Dr Tahera Ahmed

Tahera Ahmed is a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Human Development and Community Wellbeing Team at The Kids Research Institute Australia. She is currently working on NHMRC-funded Synergy Grant project (2023-2028), which links the WA Aboriginal Child Health Survey (WAACHS), conducted in 2000-02, to multiple cross-sectoral government administrative datasets (the ‘WAACHS Data Linkage Study’).

Tahera has diverse health-related research experience and continues to develop expertise in statistical methodologies for big data analysis and public health statistics. Her research spans multiple domains, including injury prevention, early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, disability, and Hernia surgical complications.

Having worked on various health topics, she has experience with both international and state-level research projects. Notably, she contributed to major international collaborative initiatives such as the Barisal Drowning Reduction Project (BHASA), which aimed to test the theory that coordinated and comprehensive national and sub-national responses can significantly reduce drowning rates at both national and global levels. This project was funded by the Royal National Lifeboat Institute, UK, with Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB) as a key collaborator and The George Institute for Global Health, Australia as an academic partner.

Research interests:

• Public Health
• Health Analysis
• Biostatistics