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Dr Sarah Hanieh

Dr Sarah Hanieh

(03) 9035 9939 | shanieh@unimelb.edu.au

Position:: Infectious Diseases Physician
Discipline(s):: Global Health, Indigenous Health
Unit(s):: The University of Melbourne
Lab Group(s):: Biggs Group

Dr Sarah Hanieh is a paediatric infectious diseases physician and post-doctoral Research Fellow in the International and Immigrant Health Group in The University of Melbourne’s Department of Medicine at the Doherty Institute. Sarah was awarded a PhD in Medicine at The University of Melbourne in 2015 for her work on maternal and early infant factors contributing to chronic undernutrition in infants in rural Vietnam. Her current research focuses on developing a predictive algorithm to identify infants at high risk of stunting in resource-constrained settings, and investigating the link between the gut microbiome and child undernutrition.

Key Achievements
Research Groups

Key Achievements
- Sarah has worked in maternal and child health for over 16 years in a clinical, research and policy capacity with a number of non-governmental, academic and other international institutions including Medecins Sans Frontieres and the World Health Organization. She has previously spent time working in Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Liberia, South America, Ethiopia and Vietnam, as well as in indigenous communities in the Northern Territory. Sarah received a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) post-graduate scholarship from 2011-2014, a four-year NHMRC Early Career Research Fellowship in 2016, and was awarded both the Chancellors Prize and Dean's Award for Excellence in a PhD thesis in 2016.
Research Groups
- Biggs Group
  
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  Lab Team
  - Dr Ricardo Ataide
    
    Senior Research Fellow in Global Health Trials
  - Dr Rosalind Beadle
    
    Clinical Research Officer in Indigenous Health
  - Associate Professor Sabine Braat
    
    Senior Biostatistician
  - Dr Hasthi Dissanayake
    
    Research Fellow in Indigenous Health
  - Dr Joanne Gardiner
    
    Refugee Health Primary Health Care
  - Ms Ruth Gulamanda
    
    Indigenous Health Research Leader
  - Mr Garambaka Gurruwiwi
    
    Indigenous Health Research Leader
  - Dr Sarah Hanieh
    
    Infectious Diseases Physician
  - Mr Thomas Hayman
    
    Research Assistant in Indigenous Health
  - Ms Juanita Mooney
    
    Nutritionist and Health Coach
  - Dr Janet Pasricha
    
    Refugee Health Specialist
  - Dr Jennifer Shield
    
    Guest Researcher
  - Mr Tim Trudgen
    
    Anthropologist and Educator
  - Ms Dorothy Yunggirrnga
    
    Galiwin’ku Nutrition Action Group Leader
  - Ms Kristy Gardner
    
    PhD Candidate
  - Ms Beth Hilton Thorp
    
    Project Consultant
  - Ms Christalla Hajisava
    
    Admin/Project Support Officer

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