Rate My Professor Shaouli Shahid

Associate Professor Shaouli Shahid serves at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Curtin University, as a teaching-research academic. She supervises postgraduate students and contributes to programs such as Supervising Indigenous Research. Shahid earned her PhD in International Health from Curtin University in 2011. Following her doctoral studies, she received the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council post-doctoral training fellowship. Her academic background also includes an MA, MSS (Soc), and BSS (Hons).

Shahid's research specializations encompass Indigenous health and education, chronic disease management focusing on cancer and liver disease, palliative care, public health and health promotion, gender and sexuality, Indigenous education pedagogies, and translational intervention-based social research. She employs qualitative methods and bottom-up approaches, particularly in community settings aligned with Sustainable Development Goals. Key publications include "Understanding, beliefs and perspectives of Aboriginal people in Western Australia about cancer and its impact on access to cancer services" (2009), "Exploration of the beliefs and experiences of Aboriginal people with cancer in Western Australia: a methodology to acknowledge cultural difference and build understanding" (2009), "'If you don't believe it, it won't help you': Use of bush medicine in treating cancer among Aboriginal people in Western Australia" (2010), "Identifying barriers and improving communication between cancer service providers and Aboriginal patients and their families: the perspective of service providers" (2013), "Improving palliative care outcomes for Aboriginal Australians: service providers' perspectives" (2013), "Australian cancer services: a survey of providers' efforts to meet the needs of Indigenous patients" (2018), "Key features of palliative care service delivery to Indigenous peoples in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States: a comprehensive review" (2018), and "'We Have to Be Strong Ourselves': Exploring the support needs of informal carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer" (2021). She has 46 publications with 1,349 citations on ResearchGate.

Shahid has been awarded an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (APP1037386) and the Curtin Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Award. She participated in a Curtin University grant for developing an online learning resource on Indigenous Research Methodologies (2017). Her contributions extend to research seminars and teaching grants enhancing employability skills.