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Email

shakira.onwuka@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Research Fellow, Indigenous Health Equity
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health - Centres and Institutes
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Masters (Coursework & Research)
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
Millikin University
ORCID

0000-0002-8510-6351

Dr Shakira Onwuka

Research Fellow, Indigenous Health Equity
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

39 Scholarly works
1 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    ‘Keeping Ourselves Safe From the System’: Perinatal Care Model Considerations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families Intersecting With Child Protection
    DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.70088
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Identifying eligible patients for the Australian national lung cancer screening program in primary care: A cross-sectional study using clinical decision support systems and evaluating PLCOm2012 data quality
    DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2025.108880
  • 2025

    Journal article

    What Is My Risk? A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review of Risk Perception for Cardiometabolic Pregnancy Complications and Future Cardiometabolic Disease Development
    DOI: 10.1111/obr.13967
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Optimizing risk-reducing surgery and aspirin decision aids for Lynch syndrome carriers using the person-based approach: A think-aloud interview study
    DOI: 10.1002/jgc4.70089
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Replanting the Birthing Trees: A Call to Transform Intergenerational Trauma into Cycles of Healing and Nurturing
    DOI: 10.3390/genealogy9020052
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Australia's National Lung Cancer Screening Program—It's Time to Address the Stigma in the Room
    DOI: 10.1002/hpja.70011
  • 2020

    Research Grant

    The SITA Trial (Should I Take Aspirin?): An RCT of a Decision Aid to Support Informed Choices About Taking Aspirin to Prevent Cancer and Other Chronic Disease.
Shakira Onwuka

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2023
Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care Travelling Fellowship
2022
Melbourne Abroad Travelling Scholarship (MATS), Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne
2020
Research Training Scholarship Australian Government

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Using an SMS to improve bowel cancer screening: the acceptability and feasibility of a multifaceted intervention
    DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmae073
  • 2024

    Thesis / Dissertation

    Trial of a decision aid to support informed decision-making about aspirin to prevent bowel cancer and other chronic conditions
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Should I Take Aspirin? (SITA): randomised controlled trial of a decision aid for cancer chemoprevention
    DOI: 10.3399/BJGP.2023.0385
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Designing a decision aid for cancer prevention: a qualitative study
    DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmad042

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