Background

Marvad completed her Bachelor of Biomedicine at the University of Melbourne in 2018.

She is currently undertaking her honours year at the Burnet Institute as part of the BSc (Hons) with Monash University.

Her research focuses on improving hepatitis B screening during pregnancy.

Qualifications

• 2018: Bachelor of Biomedicine, University of Melbourne, Australia

Projects (1)

Current (1)

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  Cancer information compared to Hepatitis B information to INcreAse hepatitis B testing in Melbourne’s Chinese community (CHINA-B study)

Publications (2)

2022 (1)

• Hepatitis B and pregnancy: understanding the experiences of care among pregnant women and recent mothers in metropolitan Melbourne.
  Ahad M, Wallace J, Xiao Y, van Gemert C, Bennett G, Darby J, Desmond P, Hall S, Holmes J, Papaluca T, Glasgow S, Thompson A, Hellard M, Doyle J, Howell J
  BMC Public Health. 2022 Apr; 22(1):817

2021 (1)

• Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and impacts of an education program on hepatitis B testing uptake among ethnic Chinese in Australia: results of a randomised controlled pilot study.
  Xiao Y, Wallace J, Ahad M, van Gemert C, Thompson AJ, Doyle J, Lam HY, Chan K, Bennett G, Adamson E, Yussf N, Tang A, Pedrana A, Stoove M, Hellard M, Howell J
  BMC Public Health. 2021 Oct; 21(1):1861