Profile pieces

Jul 14, 2023

Profile, Women in STEM on the lessons from an unprecedented year, Women’s Agenda (https://bit.ly/3z8A8ry), 2020
Profile, Canberra’s Dr Meru Sheel, an infectious diseases expert on the virtual frontline (https://bit.ly/3geYsPU), 2020
Profile, Johnson Diversity Series – Fighting the War on Infectious Disease with Dr Meru Sheel (https://bit.ly/3cpOeuN), 2020
Profile, Celebrating International Women’s Day, Public Health Association of Australia (https://bit.ly/2TJ1p3v), 2020

Profile, Six Shining Lights, Her Canberra (https://bit.ly/3g0Z3WC), 2019
Profile piece, Meet Dr Meru Sheel: leading infectious disease epidemiologist (https://bit.ly/3cofiLb), Women’s Agenda, 2019
The Canberra ‘disease detective’ fighting global infectious outbreaks. The Canberra Times (https://bit.ly/3pysdzh), 2019

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