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Dr Rafat Hussain is a public health physician with qualifications in medicine, public health and epidemiology. Currently Dr Hussain is working as an Associate Professor in Population Health at the Australian National University (ANU), with joint affiliation across the ANU Medical School & Research School of Population Health (Centre for Research in Ageing, Health, and Wellbeing). She is an Associate Investigator with the Centre for Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR). A/Prof Hussain has received several major research nationally-competitive research grants including a current 4-year grant on Disabilities & Ageing funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC). She also has an ongoing long-term collaboration on several projects on disabilities and ageing with her colleagues at various academic institutions in Western Australia. This has led to several research grants and highly cited publications.
A/Prof Hussain has published extensively in high quality international journals with over 90 refereed journal papers and presentations at over 75 research conferences and symposia. Many of her research publications are widely cited with 3,500 citations of her published scholarly work. She has been on the scientific committee for several national & international conferences & symposia and is a reviewer for a number of international journals on health and ageing.
Qualifications
MBBS, MPH, Phd
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Variations in perceived social support among family caregivers from diverse cultural backgrounds
Hussain, R., Ahmad, D., Pushkarna, B. & Malhotra, R., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Ethnicity and Health. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What Does ‘Old’ or ‘Older’ Mean for the Cohort of People With Intellectual Disabilities? An Alternative Approach to Defining Commencement of Ageing in a Given Population
Wark, S., Hussain, R. & D'Espaignet, E. T., Mar 2026, In: British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 54, 1, p. 59-64 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ageing Across Continents: Insights Into the Physical Health of Older Adults With Intellectual Disability From Ireland and Australia
Fitzpatrick, D. J., Burke, E., Hussain, R., Wark, S. & McMahon, M., Dec 2025, In: Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities. 22, 4, e70028.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Health System Strengthening Recommendations for Cancer Care in Women With Disabilities
Ahmad, D. & Hussain, R., 13 Nov 2025, In: JAMA network open. 8, 11, p. e2543564-e2543564 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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Unstructured Parental Feedback at A Tertiary Maternity Hospital: A Cohort Study Using Routinely Collected Health Data
Abdel-Latif, M. E., Cheng, J., Todd, D. A., Davis, D., Alzahrani, N., Carlisle, H. & Hussain, R., Apr 2025, In: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 61, 4, p. 593-601 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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