Dr Abira Chandrakumar

Research Fellow, Adelaide Unicare

School of Medicine

College of Health


Dr Abira Chandrakumar is a clinician and early career researcher, with interests in preventive health, including cancer screening and immunisation. Dr Chandrakumar has particular interests in qualitative research approaches in health, translational health research and addressing health inequities. 

Date Position Institution name
2025 - ongoing Research Fellow University of Adelaide

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2022 Award David Game Prize RACGP Australia -

Year Citation
2022 Chandrakumar, A., Hoon, E., Benson, J., & Stocks, N. (2022). Barriers and facilitators to cervical cancer screening for women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; a qualitative study of GPs.. BMJ open, 12(11), 1-9.
DOI Scopus12 WoS10 Europe PMC10
2020 McMillan, M., Chandrakumar, A., Wang, H. L. R., Clarke, M., Sullivan, T. R., Andrews, R. M., . . . Marshall, H. S. (2020). Effectiveness of meningococcal vaccines at reducing invasive meningococcal disease and pharyngeal Neisseria meningitidis carriage: A systematic review and meta-analysis.. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 73(3), E609-E619.
DOI Scopus53 WoS45 Europe PMC36

Year Citation
2021 Chandrakumar, A., Stocks, N., Benson, J., & Hoon, E. (2021). General Practitioners' perspectives on barriers and facilitators to cervical cancer screening in women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in South Australia; a qualitative study. In AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH Vol. 27 (pp. XIII). CSIRO PUBLISHING.

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