
Overview
Background
Professor Gita Mishra’s main research area is life course epidemiology and women’s health. She joined the University of Queensland (UQ) in 2010 as the first Professor of Life Course Epidemiology at the School of Public Health. She was subsequently awarded an ARC Future Fellowship (2013-2017), a NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship (2017-2021), and is currently an NHMRC Leadership Fellow (Level 3; 2022-26).
At UQ she is founding Director of the Australian Women and Girls’ Health Research (AWaGHR) Centre that has 30 academics, professional staff, and PhD students. Within the centre, she leads the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Women and Non-Communicable Diseases (CRE WaND) and the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) a national flagship study since 1996 that has collected data on over 57,000 women in four age cohorts. Since 2012 she has also led and developed the International collaboration for a Life course Approach to reproductive health and Chronic disease Events(InterLACE) that combines data from more than 800,000 women in 27 studies in 12 countries and has become a leading global resource for robust evidence on reproductive events, including pregnancy loss and the risk of non-communicable diseases.
Professor Mishra is internationally recognized for her expertise in epidemiology and women’s health across the life course. This is especially regarding her research on the links between reproductive characteristics, from menarche to menopause, and non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Her work from ALSWH and InterLACE have contributed significantly to her career total of over 450 scientific papers, book chapters, and reports to inform government policy. As lead editor, Mishra has recently completed the 2nd edition of A life course approach to women’s health – part of the ground-breaking Life Course Series from Oxford University Press – due for publication in early 2023. As a result of successful grant funding, her current research at AWaGHR includes leading projects on endometriosis, menstrual and pelvic pain, and the healthcare experience of women with multimorbidity.
She is actively engaged in research translation and capacity building. In 2018 Professor Mishra led the evidence review for the National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030, and recently she chaired the Future Research session at the 2021 RANZCOGWomen’s Health Summit in Canberra. In 2022 she was co-convenor of the Queensland Women’s Health Forum to support research and policy development in the state. Her research is often featured by national and international media organisations. For example, her team’s recent findings on the links between stillbirth and miscarriage and the risk of stroke led to interviews for Reuters, ABC, and BBC. She has also co-authored eight articles on women’s health for The Conversation that have reached over 130,000 readers.
In addition to mentoring postdoctoral researchers, Professor Mishra currently supervises 9 PhD students, with 21 previously completed. These have typically resulted in five or more papers published alongside each dissertation. Many of her students have then gone on to successful research or scientific careers at world-leading institutions.
In 2017, she was elected as a board member for the European Menopause and Andropause Society; received honorary membership of Sigma International, a global nursing organisation; and was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS). In 2022 she received the RANZCOG award for Excellence in Women’s Health.
Availability
- Professor Gita Mishra is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Auckland
Works
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2023
Journal Article
What can death records tell us about multimorbidity?
Baneshi, Mohammad Reza, Eynstone-Hinkins, James, McElwee, Paul, Mishra, Gita D., Moran, Lauren, Waller, Michael and Dobson, Annette (2023). What can death records tell us about multimorbidity?. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77 (8), 1-8. doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-220654
2023
Journal Article
Symptoms of sleep problems and adherence to dietary guidelines in older women: evidence from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
Khalesi, Saman, Vandelanotte, Corneel, Irwin, Christopher, Vincent, Grace E., Gupta, Charlotte and Mishra, Gita D. (2023). Symptoms of sleep problems and adherence to dietary guidelines in older women: evidence from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Public Health Nutrition, 26 (8), 1679-1685. doi: 10.1017/S1368980023001052
2023
Conference Publication
Bone health in Australian women with early menopause: a 23-year longitudinal analysis
Jones, A., Ebeling, P., Mishra, G., Teede, H., Entiocott, J. and Vincent, A. (2023). Bone health in Australian women with early menopause: a 23-year longitudinal analysis. 39th Hybrid Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 25 - 28 June 2023. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dead093.044
2023
Journal Article
Does timing matter? Associations between intimate partner violence across the early life course and internalizing and externalizing behavior in children
Moss, Katrina M., Loxton, Deborah and Mishra, Gita D. (2023). Does timing matter? Associations between intimate partner violence across the early life course and internalizing and externalizing behavior in children. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38 (19-20), 10566-10587. doi: 10.1177/08862605231174505
2023
Other Outputs
COVID-19 and its impact on health care use: Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health. Report to the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, May 2023
Mishra, Gita, Dobson, Annette, Tooth, Leigh, Chan, Hsiu-Wen, Forder, Peta, Townsend, Natalie, Egan, Nick, Cavenagh, Dominic, Hockey, Richard, Barnes, Isabelle, Byrnes, Emma and Loxton, Deborah (2023). COVID-19 and its impact on health care use: Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health. Report to the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, May 2023. Brisbane, QLD Australia: University of Queensland.
2023
Conference Publication
The MatCHES Study: the mother and their children’s experience
Herbert, Anthony, Mishra, Gita, Dobson, Annette, Loxton, Deb, Buckley, Lisa, Mihrshahi, Seema, Olsson, Craig, Tooth, Leigh, Anderson, Debra, Gray, Joanne, de Jersey, Susan and Baird, Kathleen (2023). The MatCHES Study: the mother and their children’s experience. Queensland Child and Youth Clinical Network Forum, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 12 May 2023.
2023
Journal Article
A shared agenda for gender and COVID-19 research: priorities based on broadening engagement in science
George, Asha S., Lopes, Claudia A., Vijayasingham, Lavanya, Mothupi, Mamothena Carol, Musizvingoza, Ronald, Mishra, Gita, Stevenson, Jacqui and Remme, Michelle (2023). A shared agenda for gender and COVID-19 research: priorities based on broadening engagement in science. BMJ Global Health, 8 (5) e011315, 1-12. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-011315
2023
Journal Article
Impact of endometriosis on women's health-related quality of life: A national prospective cohort study
Gete, Dereje G., Doust, Jenny, Mortlock, Sally, Montgomery, Grant and Mishra, Gita D. (2023). Impact of endometriosis on women's health-related quality of life: A national prospective cohort study. Maturitas, 174, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2023.04.272
2023
Journal Article
Association between device‐measured stepping behaviors and cardiometabolic health markers in middle‐aged women: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
Wei, Le, Ahmadi, Matthew N., Chan, Hsiu‐Wen, Chastin, Sebastien, Hamer, Mark, Mishra, Gita D. and Stamatakis, Emmanuel (2023). Association between device‐measured stepping behaviors and cardiometabolic health markers in middle‐aged women: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 33 (8), 1384-1398. doi: 10.1111/sms.14363
2023
Journal Article
Maternal circulating leptin, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and interleukine-6 in association with gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Hosseini, Elham, Mokhtari, Zeinab, Salehi Abargouei, Amin, Mishra, Gita D. and Amani, Reza (2023). Maternal circulating leptin, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and interleukine-6 in association with gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Gynecological Endocrinology, 39 (1) 2183049, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/09513590.2023.2183049
2023
Journal Article
Associations of changes in physical activity and diet with incident obesity and changes in adiposity: longitudinal findings from the UK Biobank
Ahmadi, Matthew N., Inan-Eroglu, Elif, Mishra, Gita D., Salis, Amanda and Stamatakis, Emmanuel (2023). Associations of changes in physical activity and diet with incident obesity and changes in adiposity: longitudinal findings from the UK Biobank. Preventive Medicine, 168 107435, 107435. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107435
2023
Book Chapter
Voluntary childlessness: demographic, socio economic, family, and psychosocial factors
Jin, Chuyao, Xu, Xiaolin, Tooth, Leigh R. and Mishra, Gita D. (2023). Voluntary childlessness: demographic, socio economic, family, and psychosocial factors. Handbook of labor, human resources and population economics. (pp. 1-26) edited by Klaus F. Zimmermann. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_441-1
2023
Journal Article
Social relationship satisfaction and accumulation of chronic conditions and multimorbidity: a national cohort of Australian women
Xu, Xiaolin, Mishra, Gita D, Holt-Lunstad, Julianne and Jones, Mark (2023). Social relationship satisfaction and accumulation of chronic conditions and multimorbidity: a national cohort of Australian women. General Psychiatry, 36 (1) e100925, e100925. doi: 10.1136/gpsych-2022-100925
2023
Other Outputs
Evidence review: Queensland women and girls' health
Mishra, Gita, Chan, Hsiu-Wen, Hockey, Richard, Chung, Hsin-Fang, Wilson, Louise and Dobson, Annette (2023). Evidence review: Queensland women and girls' health. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2023
Journal Article
Symptom patterns and health service use of women in early adulthood: a latent class analysis from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health
Wilson, Louise F., Doust, Jenny, Mishra, Gita D. and Dobson, Annette J. (2023). Symptom patterns and health service use of women in early adulthood: a latent class analysis from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health. BMC Public Health, 23 (1) 147, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15070-7
2023
Journal Article
Do mothers or females without children have better health-related quality of life across their reproductive years?
Jin, Chuyao, Tooth, Leigh R., Xu, Xiaolin and Mishra, Gita D. (2023). Do mothers or females without children have better health-related quality of life across their reproductive years?. Quality of Life Research, 32 (5), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s11136-022-03338-1
2023
Conference Publication
Shared Genetic Factors in the Aetiology of Gastrointestinal Disorders and Endometriosis and Implications for Disease Management
Yang, Fei, Wu, Yeda, Hockey, Richard, Doust, Jenny, Mishra, Gita, Montgomery, Grant and Mortlock, Sally (2023). Shared Genetic Factors in the Aetiology of Gastrointestinal Disorders and Endometriosis and Implications for Disease Management. 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 21-25 March 2023. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.
2023
Journal Article
Levels of physical activity and sitting time in women with infants, toddlers and preschoolers: a population-based cross-sectional study
Makama, M., Brown, W. J., Lim, S., Skouteris, H., Harrison, C. L., Joham, A. E., Mishra, G. D., Teede, H. and Moran, L. J. (2023). Levels of physical activity and sitting time in women with infants, toddlers and preschoolers: a population-based cross-sectional study. Public Health, 214, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2022.10.016
2023
Journal Article
Childhood socioeconomic disadvantage and risk of physical multimorbidity in later life: the mediating role of depression
Jin, Chuyao, Dai, Xiaochen, Mishra, Gita D., Wang, Yu and Xu, Xiaolin (2023). Childhood socioeconomic disadvantage and risk of physical multimorbidity in later life: the mediating role of depression. Maturitas, 167, 17-23. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2022.09.007
2022
Journal Article
Excess healthcare costs of psychological distress in young women: evidence from linked national Medicare claims data
Jayawardana, Danusha, Gannon, Brenda, Doust, Jenny and Mishra, Gita D. (2022). Excess healthcare costs of psychological distress in young women: evidence from linked national Medicare claims data. Health Economics, 32 (3), 715-734. doi: 10.1002/hec.4641
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding voluntary childlessness among Australian women: From socio-demographic and health behaviour characteristics to subsequent health-related quality of life and mental health service use
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Leigh Tooth
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Doctor Philosophy
The impact of infertility and fertility treatment on womens working lives across the life course
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Katrina Moss, Dr Reza Baneshi
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding voluntary childlessness among Australian women: From socio-demographic and health behaviour characteristics to subsequent health-related quality of life and mental health service use
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Leigh Tooth
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Doctor Philosophy
Mothers' preventive health care, from preconception to pregnancy, and its adverse pregnancy and child health outcomes
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jenny Doust, Dr Dereje Gete
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Doctor Philosophy
The impact of infertility and fertility treatment on womens working lives across the life course
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Katrina Moss, Dr Reza Baneshi
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding physical functioning and associated factors among Australian women in their fifth decade
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jenny Doust, Dr Gregore Iven Mielke
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Doctor Philosophy
Infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth, and non-communicable diseases across lifespan
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Annette Dobson, Dr Hsin-Fang Chung
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the health of women born in 1946-51 over time
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Annette Dobson, Dr Reza Baneshi
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Doctor Philosophy
Early life exposures and longitudinal Endometriosis symptoms Study
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Reza Baneshi, Professor Jenny Doust
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Doctor Philosophy
Early life exposures and longitudinal Endometriosis symptoms Study
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jenny Doust, Dr Reza Baneshi
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Doctor Philosophy
Early life exposures and longitudinal Endometriosis symptoms Study
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ingrid Rowlands, Professor Jenny Doust
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Doctor Philosophy
Causes and Consequences of Hysterectomy: Trends in India and Australia
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Reproductive Health and Non-communicable Disease
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Annette Dobson, Dr Hsin-Fang Chung
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Doctor Philosophy
Infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth, and non-communicable diseases across lifespan
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Annette Dobson, Dr Hsin-Fang Chung
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Doctor Philosophy
Essays in Applied Health Economics and Econometrics: The Impact of Non-Communicable Diseases among Women and Children
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Luke Connelly, Professor Brenda Gannon
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Doctor Philosophy
Strengthening primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people living in urban southeast Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor James Ward
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Doctor Philosophy
Essays in Applied Health Economics and Econometrics: The Impact of Non-Communicable Diseases among Women and Children
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Luke Connelly, Professor Brenda Gannon
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Doctor Philosophy
Strengthening primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people living in urban southeast Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor James Ward
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Doctor Philosophy
Environmental burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Rheumatoid Arthritis in Australian Women
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ahmed Mehdi, Associate Professor Leigh Tooth, Professor Ranjeny Thomas
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth, and non-communicable diseases across lifespan
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Annette Dobson, Dr Hsin-Fang Chung
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Studying the effects of genetic factors on the female reproductive lifespan
Principal Advisor
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
The role of pre-pregnancy dietary patterns on adverse birth outcomes, child health, and well-being
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Michael Waller
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Postpartum depression in Australia: an exploration of profiles and characteristics
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Leigh Tooth
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
The reproductive lifespan and cardiometabolic health in women
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hsin-Fang Chung, Dr Michael Waller
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
The burden of multimorbidity on Australian women: Associations with health related quality of life and health service use
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Michael Waller
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Reproductive ageing in women and cardiovascular disease
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hsin-Fang Chung
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
The Development, Progression, and Risk Factors of Multimorbidity in Australian Women
Principal Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Middle-aged women with a hysterectomy: an exploration of trends, characteristics and mid-life health experiences
Principal Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
The role of diet in the prevention of maternal pregnancy complications
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
The magnitude, long-term trend and lifestyle risk factors of dysmenorrhea and premenstrual syndrome
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Social inequalities in body weight trajectory among young women: The role of reproductive events
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Leigh Tooth
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Essays in Applied Health Economics and Econometrics: The Impact of Non-Communicable Diseases among Women and Children
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Luke Connelly, Professor Brenda Gannon
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
The Association Between Maternal and Childhood Environmental Exposures and Mental Health and Cognitive Function of Australian Children.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
The influence of pre-pregnancy weight and weight changes on pregnancy complications and child growth and development
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Leigh Tooth
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