Dr Tehzeeb Zulfiqar

Contacts

Contact email:Tehzeeb.zulfiqar@anu.edu.au
Contact phone:+61 2 6125 2573
Location:Building 62, Room 2.38
Centre:Department of Applied Epidemiology
Link:ANU Researchers profile
PhD (ANU), MPH (ANU), MPhil (QAU), MSc (AIOU), MBBS (AMC)
Fellow

Biography

Dr Tehzeeb Zulfiqar is a Research Fellow at the National Centre of Epidemiology and Population Health at the ANU. Her current work focuses on evaluation of AusPathGen program using realist theory. Her research examines utility and cost-effectiveness of genomic based public health responses and capacity of transformation focusing on end-user acceptability and interpretation of results.

Tehzeeb has over 30 years of experience working on policy in Pakistan and Australia. She has been involved in numerous small and large program evaluations in Pakistan- the most

significant one was the third party evaluation of Lady Health Workers in Pakistan conducted by the Oxford Policy Management, UK. Tehzeeb was the national lead for the evaluation.

Tehzeeb is currently an adjunct Associate Professor at the Health Services Academy, Pakistan. Her teaching experience include Family Medicine, Public Health Nutrition and Life Style Medicine, and Public Health. In Australia, she was a tutor at the ANU Medical school for 8 years for problem-based-learning and Population Health.

Tehzeeb holds a Doctorate and a Master's in Public Health from the ANU. She also holds MPhil in reproductive Physiology, MSc in Community Nutrition and MBBS from Pakistan.

Publications

  • Williamson Smith, R, Banwell, C, Calear, A et al. 2022, 'Bushfire Smoke in Our Eyes: Community Perceptions and Responses to an Intense Smoke Event in Canberra, Australia', Frontiers in Public Health, vol. 10, pp. 1-11.
  • Williamson Smith, R, Banwell, C, Calear, A et al. 2022, 'I didn't feel safe inside": navigating public health advice, housing and living with bushfire smoke', Critical Public Health, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 1-12.
  • Tabatabaei Jafari, H, Zulfiqar, T, Welsh, J et al. 2020, 'The association between living in socially fragmented neighbourhoods and psychological distress among immigrant and non-immigrant people aged 45 and over in NSW, Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.
  • Zulfiqar, T, Burns, R, D'Este, C et al 2019, 'BMI trajectories and risk factors among 2-11-year-old children by their immigrant status: Evidence from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children', BMJ Open, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 1-11.
  • Zulfiqar, T, Lithander, F, Young , R et al. 2018, 'Recruiting women for health research', Canberra Health Annual Research Meeting (CHARM), Canberra Health Annual Research Meeting, Canberra.
  • Zulfiqar, T, Nolan PhD, C, Banwell, C et al. 2018, 'Barriers to a healthy lifestyle for three- to four-year-old children of Australian-born and overseas-born mothers with post-gestational diabetes: An Australian qualitative study', Journal of Child Health Care, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 447-459.
  • Zulfiqar, T, Strazdins, L, Banwell, C et al. 2018, 'Growing up in Australia: paradox of overweight/obesity in children of immigrants from low-and-middle -income countries', Obesity Science & Practice, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 178-187pp.
  • Zulfiqar, T, Strazdins, L, Dinh, H et al. 2018, 'Drivers of Overweight/Obesity in 4�11 Year Old Children of Australians and Immigrants; Evidence from Growing Up in Australia', Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 737-750.
  • Zulfiqar, T, Lithander, F, Banwell, C et al. 2017, 'Barriers to a healthy lifestyle post gestational-diabetes: An Australian qualitative study', Women and Birth, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 319-324.