Sameera Ansari
عضو هیئت علمی · Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
University of New South Walesمعرفی
Sameera Ansari is a Senior Research Fellow at UNSW Sydney’s School of Population Health and an Honorary Adjunct Assistant Professor at Bond University’s Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine. With 19 years of experience as a cardio-respiratory physiotherapist, academic and applied health-services researcher, she leads an internationally recognised program on COPD, multimorbidity, digital health and implementation science.
Education
- PhD in Public Health – University of New South Wales, 2018
- Master of Physiotherapy (Cardio-Pulmonary Sciences) – Sri Ramachandra University, India, 2008
- Bachelor of Physiotherapy – Sri Ramachandra University, India, 2005
Research Focus
Her work centres on improving self-management and health-system delivery for people living with COPD and multiple chronic conditions. She combines quantitative and qualitative methods, co-design and pragmatic clinical trials to develop scalable, evidence-based interventions such as the APCOM Program and the PRISIMA-PECO digital health trial.
Recent Articles & Trends
Over the last decade Dr Ansari’s publications have clustered around three themes: (i) design and evaluation of COPD self-management programs delivered in primary care; (ii) digital health maturity and telehealth adoption in low-resource settings, particularly Pacific Island nations; and (iii) systematic reviews synthesising evidence on multimorbidity, mHealth and secondary use of electronic health data. These works inform both global policy (WHO, APSR) and local clinical practice guidelines.
Scientific Awards
- Early Career Research Excellence Award – School of Population Health, UNSW (2024)
- Young Scientist Sponsorship – European Respiratory Society (2017)
- Dora Lush NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship (2015)
- Multiple university gold medals for academic and clinical excellence (2005–2008)
Grants & Supervision
She has secured >AU$5 million in competitive funding from NHMRC, MRFF, WHO and industry partners as lead or coordinating investigator. She currently supervises two UNSW MD Research students and welcomes PhD candidates in COPD, multimorbidity, digital health and implementation science.
Professional Memberships & Engagement
Dr Ansari is a community member of the WHO Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Silver Member of the European Respiratory Society, and sits on several international working groups shaping policy statements on digital respiratory care.
