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Email

mridula.shankar@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Research Fellow in Sexual & Repro. Health & Rights
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health - Centres and Institutes
Education
PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Masters
University of California - Berkeley
Bachelors Degree
Bryn Mawr College
ORCID

0000-0002-4652-6396

Dr Mridula Shankar

Research Fellow in Sexual & Repro. Health & Rights
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

35 Scholarly works
7 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Bridging disciplinary siloes: a scoping review on the inclusion and exclusion of pregnant and lactating populations in clinical research.
    DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2025-003423
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Migrant Mums and Maternity Care: A Qualitative Participatory Health Research Study
    DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.18249
  • 2025

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Co-Designing Accountability: A Feasibility Study of a Consumer Reporting Tool for Unprofessional Abortion Care
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Factors that affect the provision of medical abortion services in Australian primary care: a mixed methods systematic review
    DOI: 10.5694/mja2.52707
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Factors Influencing Pregnant Women's Participation in Randomised Clinical Trials in India: A Qualitative Study
    DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.18074
  • 2024

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Abortion Self-Management as Health System Innovation: Preparing for the Future
  • 2022

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Accelerating Innovation for Mothers (AIM) - Gender
Mridula Shankar

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2020
Carl Swan Shultz Fellowship for 2020-21 Johns Hopkins University
2019
Endowed Fellowship in Family Planning and Reproductive Health Johns Hopkins University
2010
Sally Bellows Endowed Fund Award University of California, Berkeley
2009
University Fellowship, UC Berkeley, 2009-2011 University of California, Berkeley

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Time trends and characteristics associated with abortion method used by young Australian women
    DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyaf028
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Quality of care offered by health care retail markets for medication abortion self-management: Findings from states in Nigeria and India
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003971
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Correction to: Eliminating gender bias in biomedical research requires fair inclusion of pregnant women and gender diverse people (Communications Medicine, (2024), 4, 1, (211), 10.1038/s43856-024-00629-1)
    DOI: 10.1038/s43856-024-00689-3
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Eliminating gender bias in biomedical research requires fair inclusion of pregnant women and gender diverse people
    DOI: 10.1038/s43856-024-00629-1
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Factors influencing the participation of pregnant and lactating women in clinical trials: A mixed-methods systematic review
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004405
  • 2024

    Journal article

    The prevalence of and factors associated with prior induced abortion among women who gave birth in Victoria, 2010-2019
    DOI: 10.5694/mja2.52202

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2024

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Co-Designing Abortion Care in Melbourne\2019s North
  • 2025

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    ARPAN - Accelerating Research and Progress in Maternal and Newborn Health: A Centre for Research Excellence to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health in the Post-Covid-19 Pandemic Era

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