DrAbela Mahimbo
Adjunct Fellow
Discipline of Public Health
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- Adjunct FellowDiscipline of Public Health
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FUNDED RESEARCH
Dr Mahimbo's research has received the following financial support:
2021 (29th September) UTS 2021 Early Career Research Capability Development Initiative grant ($18,807). Assuming a public health research leader role through purposeful and skillful action. Mahimbo A.
2021 (25th February) A category 3 grant from NSW Refugee Health Service to examine refugees’ perceptions, attitudes and concerns about the COVID-19 vaccines, their information needs as well as barriers and facilitators to accessing the vaccine ($24,343.40). A rapid response to meeting COVID-19 vaccine implementation needs among vulnerable refugees in NSW. Mahimbo A, Abdi I & Dawson A.
2016 (1st June) Received a GSK Independent Medical Education grant for developing an educational program for Australian general practitioners ($76,050): A practical approach to travel immunisation in general practice with a focus on visiting friends and relatives and refugee populations. Mahimbo A, Heywood AE, Seale H, Zwar N, Kay M, Bissinger W and Smith M
2014 Recipient of a Tuition Fee Scholarship (TFS) plus a Research Stipend, an International Research Candidate Scholarship for undertaking a PhD ($76,176 provided over a period of 3 years) offered by the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
2021 (29th September) UTS 2021 Early Career Research Capability Development Initiative grant ($18,807). Assuming a public health research leader role through purposeful and skillful action. Mahimbo A.
2021 (25th February) A category 3 grant from NSW Refugee Health Service to examine refugees’ perceptions, attitudes and concerns about the COVID-19 vaccines, their information needs as well as barriers and facilitators to accessing the vaccine ($24,343.40). A rapid response to meeting COVID-19 vaccine implementation needs among vulnerable refugees in NSW. Mahimbo A, Abdi I & Dawson A.
2016 (1st June) Received a GSK Independent Medical Education grant for developing an educational program for Australian general practitioners ($76,050): A practical approach to travel immunisation in general practice with a focus on visiting friends and relatives and refugee populations. Mahimbo A, Heywood AE, Seale H, Zwar N, Kay M, Bissinger W and Smith M
2014 Recipient of a Tuition Fee Scholarship (TFS) plus a Research Stipend, an International Research Candidate Scholarship for undertaking a PhD ($76,176 provided over a period of 3 years) offered by the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTCaring for our community in a new home: End-of-life care for refugee communitiesNew South Wales Department of Health1 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2027People funded by this grant:
- Dawson A,
- Hayen A,
- Lekkas P,
- Agar M,
- De Abreu Lourenco R
- TENDERA COVID-19 decision aid to support adult and child vaccine uptake in multicultural communitiesAustralian Digital Health Agency13 Apr 2022 - 1 Aug 2022People funded by this grant:
- Frawley J,
- Mahimbo A,
- Leask J,
- Zachariah D,
- Macartney K
- GRANTAssuming a public health research leader role through purposeful and skillful action.University of Technology Sydney4 Oct 2021 - 3 Oct 2022People funded by this grant:
- Mahimbo A,
- Kang M,
- Dawson A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHA rapid response to meeting COVID-19 vaccine implementation needs among vulnerable refugees in NSWNSW Ministry of Health31 Mar 2021 - 30 Sep 2021People funded by this grant:
- Dawson A,
- Mahimbo A,
- Abdi I
- GRANTAustralian Partnership (for) Preparedness Research on InfectiouS (disease) Emergencies (APPRISE): A COVID-19 decision aid to support adult and child vaccine uptake in multicultural communitiesNational Health & Medical Research Council1 Jul 2016 - 31 Dec 2022People funded by this grant:
- Frawley J,
- Abdi DI,
- Macartney K,
- Seale H,
- Zachariah D