Research Interests
Translational Health Outcomes Ageing, Frailty and Mobility Musculoskeletal Health Surgical and Health Systems Innovation Innovative Therapeutics Neurology & Neurosurgery Cognitive neuroscience Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases Orthopaedics Bioinformatics Biomarkers Medical biochemistry - proteins and peptides (incl. medical proteomics) Proteomics and metabolomics Data management and data science Data quality Data security and protection Database Management Database systemsTeaching Strengths
Dr Nashwa Najib
Grant-Funded Researcher (B)
School of Medicine
College of Health
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr Nashwa Najib (MD, PhD) is a Grant-Funded Researcher and an Adjunct Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at Adelaide University and a Senior Medical Neuroscientist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. She specialises in spinal disorders, neurological outcomes, and clinical registry science. She completed her PhD in Surgery at UNSW, Sydney, where her research focused on unravelling the natural history of degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) using longitudinal registry data, plasma proteomics, and advanced health data linkage. Her doctoral work led to the inception of Australia’s first national myelopathy registry—the MYelopathy NAtural History (MYNAH) Registry (Registry ID ACSQHC-ARCR-258) that has informed emerging biomarker discovery.
Dr Najib's earlier training includes an MPhil in Medicine from the University of Newcastle, Australia where she investigated the prognosis of transient ischaemic attack in contemporary healthcare settings, and an MBBS from Jilin University, China. Across her clinical career, she has held medical and scientific appointments in Australia, India, and China, spanning emergency medicine, anaesthesia, critical care medicine, obstetrics & gynaecology, clinical trials, and spinal research. She served frontline as an Emergency Medical Officer in India during the COVID-19 pandemic, providing acute clinical care under high-pressure conditions.
Dr Najib’s research expertise covers proteomics, mass spectrometry, registry science, big‑data analytics, epidemiology, R programming, bioinformatics, translational spinal research, health technology assessment, and data linkage.
Ongoing projects:
- ANZ scale-up of the MYelopathy NAtural History (MYNAH) Registry
- Degenerative cervical myelopathy plasma-based biomarker discovery and validation
Alongside her research, Dr Najib contributes to teaching and co-supervision in health research, mentors medical students, and participates in community and university outreach initiatives. Her long‑term vision is to advance precision diagnostics for spinal cord disorders and strengthen national clinical registries to improve patient outcomes across Australia.
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jilin University | China | MBBS | |
| University of Newcastle Australia | Australia | MPhil | |
| UNSW Sydney | Australia | PhD |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Najib, N., Wasinger, V. C., O'Hare Doig, R., Alsherbiny, M., Sima, S., & Diwan, A. D. (2026). Plasma proteomics implicates NOX-driven redox imbalance in degenerative cervical myelopathy: findings from the Australian MYelopathy Natural History Registry [AO Spine RECODE-DCM research priority number 5]. Redox Report, 31(1), 12 pages. |
| 2025 | Wasinger, V. C., Bustamante, S., Najib, N., Diwan, A., Jayasena, T., Chowdhury, N. S., . . . Schabrun, S. (2025). Enzymes Drive Glutathione Shunt to Explain Oxidative State Using an In-Parallel Multi-Omic Method. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 26(8), 15 pages. Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1 |
| 2025 | Najib, N., Sial, A. W., Bohra, H., & Diwan, A. D. (2025). MYNAH Registry: A novel approach to decoding the natural history of degenerative cervical myelopathy. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, 68, 103075. |
| 2025 | Chauhan, R. V., Segar, A. H., Diwan, A. D., Najib, N., Zeng, I., Rice, D., & White, S. G. (2025). Diagnostic and Surgical Decision-Making for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Survey With Post-Stratification Analysis. GLOBAL SPINE JOURNAL, 16(4), 11 pages. Scopus2 |
| 2024 | Sial, A. W., Sima, S., Narulla, R., Najib, N., Davies, M., & Diwan, A. D. (2024). Is neck pain a marker for something serious? Like myelopathy. Spinal Cord, 62(12), 718-720. Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC5 |
| 2024 | Najib, N., Yataganbaba, A., Briggs, N. E., Ghahreman, A., Mobbs, R., Rao, P. J., . . . Diwan, A. D. (2024). Baseline characteristics of patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy in Australia: analysis from the MYelopathy NAtural History registry. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 95(5), 6 pages. Scopus5 WoS3 Europe PMC2 |
| 2023 | Gangadharan, S., Tomari, S., Levi, C. R., Weaver, N., Holliday, E., Bajorek, B., . . . Magin, P. (2023). Rural versus metropolitan comparison of processes of care in the community-based management of TIA and minor stroke in Australia (an analysis from the INSIST study). Australian Journal of Rural Health, 31(2), 274-284. Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC3 |
| 2021 | Tomari, S., Levi, C. R., Holliday, E., Lasserson, D., Valderas, J. M., Dewey, H. M., . . . Magin, P. (2021). One-Year Risk of Stroke After Transient Ischemic Attack or Minor Stroke in Hunter New England, Australia (INSIST Study). Frontiers in Neurology, 12, 8 pages. Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC6 |
| 2020 | Tomari, S., Magin, P., Lasserson, D., Quain, D., Valderas, J. M., Dewey, H. M., . . . Levi, C. R. (2020). The Characteristics of Patients With Possible Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke in the Hunter and Manning Valley Regions, Australia (the INSIST Study). Frontiers in Neurology, 11, 7 pages. Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC6 |
| 2020 | Gorges, H., Heal, C., van Driel, M., Tapley, A., Davis, J., Davey, A., . . . Magin, P. (2020). Prevalence and Associations of General Practice Registrars' Management of Impetigo: A Cross-Sectional Analysis From the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) Study. DERMATOLOGY PRACTICAL & CONCEPTUAL, 10(2), 6 pages. WoS3 Europe PMC2 |
| 2019 | Levi, C. R., Lasserson, D., Quain, D., Valderas, J., Dewey, H. M., Alan Barber, P., . . . Magin, P. (2019). The International comparison of Systems of care and patient outcomes In minor Stroke and Tia (InSIST) study: A community-based cohort study. International Journal of Stroke, 14(2), 186-190. Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC9 |
| 2019 | Najib, N., Magin, P., Lasserson, D., Quain, D., Attia, J., Oldmeadow, C., . . . Levi, C. (2019). Contemporary prognosis of transient ischemic attack patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Stroke, 14(5), 460-467. Scopus15 WoS13 Europe PMC16 |
| 2019 | Heal, C., Gorges, H., Van Driel, M. L., Tapley, A., Davis, J., Davey, A., . . . Magin, P. (2019). Antibiotic stewardship in skin infections: A cross-sectional analysis of early-career GP's management of impetigo. BMJ Open, 9(10), 9 pages. Scopus8 WoS9 Europe PMC6 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Tomari, S., Levi, C., Lasserson, D., Quain, D., Valderas, J., Dewey, H., . . . Magin, P. (2021). One-year risk of stroke after transient ischemic attack or minor stroke in Hunter New England, Australia (INSIST study). In AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH Vol. 27 (pp. LII). CSIRO PUBLISHING. |
| 2019 | Tomari, S., Levi, C., Lasserson, D., Quain, D., Valderas, J., Dewey, H., . . . Magin, P. (2019). The characteristics of patients with possible transient ischemic attack and minor stroke in the Hunter and Manning valley regions, Australia. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE Vol. 14 (pp. 28). SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. |
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