DrFarwa Rizvi

Dr Farwa Rizvi has extensive experience teaching and mentoring undergraduate, postgraduate and higher degree research students in public health, epidemiology and health research methods. Between 2020 and 2024, she served as a Teaching Fellow and Student Coordinator at Deakin University, contributing to Epidemiology I, Biostatistics I, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Research Literacy and related public health units. Her teaching focuses on epidemiological methods, evidence-based practice, critical appraisal, research design and data interpretation, supporting students from diverse health and clinical disciplines. Prior to joining Deakin University for her PhD program of work (2017), Dr Rizvi served as an Assistant Professor in South Asia, teaching public health, epidemiology and research methodology to undergraduate and postgraduate students in Bahria University and Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

In addition to formal teaching, Dr Rizvi has supervised and mentored Master's, PhD, medical and undergraduate students, as well as research assistants and early career researchers. She provides guidance in qualitative and quantitative research methods, systematic reviews, mixed-methods research, ethics applications, grant development, scientific writing and publication. Drawing on her background as a clinician and public health researcher, Dr Rizvi integrates real-world healthcare challenges into teaching and mentoring, fostering research capability, critical thinking and evidence-informed practice among future health professionals and researchers.