Nawazish Naqvi

At the time of the QE Scholarship, Nawazish was an undergraduate student in the Bachelor of Health Sciences Program at McMaster University. While working as a research assistant for the Health Forum’s ForumLab, he developed an interest in health systems strengthening. With experiences in clinical and genetic epidemiology research, Nawazish is also interested in exploring the influence of genetic and social determinants of health on policy making and health system decisions. 

As an outbound Queen Elizabeth Scholar, Nawazish travelled to Sydney, Australia to complete an internship with the Sax Institute. His internship focused on synthesizing and compiling evidence on childhood obesity prevention within Australian Aboriginal children. This research was used to developing an intervention to reduce obesity prevalence in Australian Aboriginal children. Nawazish hoped to further investigate the collaboration required between community members, researchers, policy makers and healthcare providers involved in health systems decision.