Rohina Joshi

Professor Rohina Joshi is a prominent global health researcher leading the Global Health Research team at the School of Population Health, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney. She serves as Senior Technical Advisor and Aus-Hub lead for the Data for Health Initiative, contributing to strengthening health data systems across the Asia Pacific region.

Education Background

• MBBS, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India
• MPH, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India
• PhD, University of Sydney, Australia
• Certificate in Executive Management and Development, AGSM, UNSW
• MBA, University of New South Wales

Research Focus

Professor Joshi's research program aims to strengthen health workforce and health information systems to deliver quality healthcare in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Her expertise spans health system assessment, implementation science, community health worker programs, mortality surveillance, and verbal autopsy methods. She applies human-centered design principles to develop effective health interventions and has led significant research on task-sharing for chronic disease management at primary healthcare levels.

Research Impact

Her work has provided critical evidence about Community Health Workers' roles in non-communicable disease service delivery, factors impacting task-sharing implementation, and policy changes for improving death certification processes. She has assessed implementation factors for scaling chronic disease interventions across multiple countries in South Asia and the Pacific region.

Awards & Recognition

• 2020 Sax Institute Research Action Award for health policy impact
• 2013 George Institute Award for Humanitarian Commitment in Research
• Multiple academic excellence awards throughout medical and public health training

Research Leadership

Professor Joshi has secured substantial research funding as Principal Investigator (PI) and Chief Investigator (CI) from major organizations including World Diabetes Foundation, CDC Foundation, DFAT, NHMRC, WHO, and Gates Foundation. Her current projects include the Data for Health Initiative across Pacific nations, diabetes prevention programs in South Asia, Community Health Worker training in Fiji, and epilepsy management through task-sharing in India.

Teaching & Supervision

She convenes and teaches the 'Global Health and Development' course at UNSW and has previously coordinated the 'Global NCD Control' unit at the University of Sydney. Professor Joshi supervises Masters, PhD and DrPH students, currently serving as primary supervisor for 2 students and joint primary supervisor for 3 students across multiple cohorts.