ProfessorShailendra Sawleshwarkar
Honorary Professor
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Orcid identifier0000-0002-9399-0490 (opens in a new tab)
- Honorary ProfessorFaculty of Medicine and Health
RESEARCH INTERESTs
A/Prof Sawleshwarkar's research interests include sexual and reproductive health, health professions education, One health, management of HIV and STIs in primary care, molecular epidemiology of HIV, STIs/HIV in culturally and linguisticallly diverse populations. He has helped to develop the Australian Molecular Epidemiology Network-HIV (AMEN-HIV ), a national network of hospitals and reference laboratories that studies HIV subtype diversity and drug resistance in Australia. He also works with research groups in India and Australia with a focus on infectious diseases and One Health.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTEquitable access to perinatal care in culturally and linguistically diverse settings: blood-borne virus (BBV) and sexually transmitted infection (STI) service re-design as a model for future health system preparedness: BUMP-UP CQI (BBV/STI)Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jan 2026
- GRANTPRECISE (Practitioner Readiness, Education and Capabilities, with Implementation Science Evaluation) Genomics Research ProjectDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Jun 2023 - 31 May 2027People funded by this grant:
- Cust A,
- Steinberg J,
- Sawleshwarkar S,
- Wilkinson D,
- Ma A
- GRANTA biosurveillance incubator for zoonoses at the human-animal interface in South IndiaOffice of Global and Research Engagement1 Jan 2019People funded by this grant:
- Sawleshwarkar S,
- Walsh M,
- Mor S
- GRANTMolecular Epidemiology and Phylogenetic Analysis of HIV in AustraliaHIV Foundation Queensland1 Jan 2017People funded by this grant:
- Sawleshwarkar S,
- Dwyer D
- GRANTGlobal Intensive Professional Programme in HIVAustralian Agency for International Development (AUSAID)1 Jan 2014People funded by this grant:
- Hillman R,
- Caldwell M,
- Sawleshwarkar S,
- Mpofu E
- GRANTShort Intensive Professional Program in HIV: GlobalAustralian Agency for International Development (AUSAID)1 Jan 2013People funded by this grant:
- Sawleshwarkar S,
- Hillman R,
- Caldwell M,
- Mpofu E
- GRANTDeveloping a partnership between Sydney Medical School and medical institutions in Ghana for capacity building in health education with focus on priority areas.DVC International1 Jan 2012People funded by this grant:
- Ahmed M,
- Sawleshwarkar S,
- Amonoo-Kuofi H,
- Iddrisu B,
- Foster KC
- GRANTJoint Cancer Research Symposium between the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), India and Sydney Medical School (SMS), University of SydneyDVC International1 Jan 2012People funded by this grant:
- Bandaranayake D,
- Sawleshwarkar S,
- Jamkar A
- GRANTShort Intensive Professional Programme in HIV (SIPP-HIV)Australian Agency for International Development (AUSAID)1 Jan 2012People funded by this grant:
- Caldwell M,
- Hillman R,
- Sawleshwarkar S
- GRANTShort Intensive Professional Programme in HIVAustralian Agency for International Development (AUSAID)1 Jan 2011People funded by this grant:
- Hillman R,
- Caldwell M,
- Sawleshwarkar S,
- Mindel A,
- Mpofu E
- GRANTShort Intensive Professional Programme in HIV (SIPPH)Australian Agency for International Development (AUSAID)1 Jan 2010People funded by this grant:
- Sawleshwarkar S,
- Hillman R,
- Mindel A
- GRANTIntensive Professional Program in STIs and HIVAustralian Agency for International Development (AUSAID)1 Jan 2009People funded by this grant:
- Hillman R,
- Sawleshwarkar S