Sonia Minooee
- sonia.minooee@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3680-2163- Senior Research Officer
- Regional Training Hubs
Projects
5
Publications
29
Awards
3
Biography
I am a researcher with a background in Midwifery and Reproductive Health. Over the past decade, I have worked across both clinical practice and research, with a focus on labour, birth, and maternal wellbeing. More recently, my work has extended to regional and rural health service evaluation and medical education research. I value collaborative, multidisciplinary approaches and am currently involved in projects aimed at improving medical education and workforce planning in Northern Queensland. I have contributed to more than 30 peer‑reviewed publications and have served on the editorial boards of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth and BMC Archives of Public Health.
Research
Research Interests
Women's Health
Midwifery
Rural and Remote Health
Medical Education and Training
Program Evaluation
Projects
Evaluation of research opportunities and research engagement among junior doctors (Revised)
01 Apr 2024 - 30 Sep 2025
Queensland Junior Doctors Project: Recruitment and Retention
19 Jul 2023 - 17 Sep 2024
Research Collaborators and Partners
Teaching
Research Advisor Accreditation
Advisor Type
Primary
Research Advisor Accreditation
Role
Independent Academic
Activities
Other Activities
Associate Editor- BMC Archives of Public Health
2024 - 2025
Education
Awards
Employment
Output
Stern, Cindy; Valenzuela, Chelsea; Whitehorn, Ashley; Pollock, Danielle; Minooee, Sonia; Gohil, Dilan Arun; Zhu, Zheng; Kirkpatrick, Pamela; Loureiro, Ricardo; Davies, Ellen; Cardoso, Daniela; Munn, Zachary; Carrier, Judith; Pieper, Dawid; Cooper, Kay; Jia, Romy Menghao; Loveday, Heather; Martin, Priya; Salmond, Susan; Borges dos Santos, Kelli; Habibi, Nahal; Lizarondo, Lucylynn (2026) 'Evidence synthesis methodology for questions relating to barriers and enablers in health care: a scoping review'. JBI Evidence Synthesis, . [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Minooee, Sonia; Wright, Susan; Woolley, Torres (2025) 'Choosing regional, rural, and remote practice: what attracts or deters early-career doctors?'. BMC Health Services Research, 25 . [DOI]
Rahmati, Maryam; Nazarpour, Sima; Minooee, Sonia; Behboudi-Gandevani, Samira; Azizi, Fereidoun; Ramezani Tehrani, Fahimeh (2023) 'A Bayesian model to estimate the cutoff value of TSH for management of preterm birth'. PLoS ONE, 18 (3). [DOI]
Minooee, Sonia; Cummins, Alison; Foureur, Maralyn; Travaglia, Joannne (2021) 'Shoulder dystocia: A panic station or an opportunity for post-traumatic growth?'. Midwifery, 101 . [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Minooee, Sonia; Cummins, Allison; Foureur, Maralyn; Travaglia, Joanne (2021) 'Catastrophic thinking: Is it the legacy of traumatic births? Midwives' experiences of shoulder dystocia complicated births'. Women and Birth, 34 (1):e38-e46. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Minooee, Sonia; Cummins, Allison; Sims, Deborah J.; Foureur, Maralyn; Travaglia, Joanne (2020) 'Scoping review of the impact of birth trauma on clinical decisions of midwives'. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 26 (4):1270-1279. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Minooee, S.; Ramezani Tehrani, F.; Rahmati, M.; Amanollahi Soudmand, S.; Tohidi, M.; Sabet, Z.; Azizi, F. (2019) 'The association between serum total testosterone and progression of hyperglycemia: a 15-year prospective cohort study'. Andrology, 7 (2):148-155. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Minooee, Sonia; Simbar, Masoumeh; Sheikhan, Zohreh; Majd, Hamid Alavi (2018) 'Audit of Intrapartum Care Based on the National Guideline for Midwifery and Birth Services'. Evaluation & the Health Professions, 41 (3):415-429. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Tehrani, Fahimeh Ramezani; Behboudi-Gandevani, Samira; Dovom, Marzieh Rostami; Farahmand, Maryam; Minooee, Sonia; Noroozzadeh, Mahsa; Amiri, Mina; Nazarpour, Sima; Azizi, Fereidoun (2018) 'Reproductive assessment: Findings from 20 years of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study'. International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 16 (4). [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Nazarpour, Sima; Tehrani, Fahimeh Ramezani; Rahmati, Maryam; Minooee, Sonia; Simbar, Masoumeh; Noroozzadeh, Mahsa; Azizi, Fereidoun (2018) 'Validation of Billewicz scoring system for detection of overt hypothyroidism during pregnancy'. International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 16 (3). [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Rostami, Maryam; Tehrani, Fahimeh Ramezani; Simbar, Masoumeh; Bidhendi Yarandi, Razieh; Minooee, Sonia; Hollis, Bruce W.; Hosseinpanah, Farhad (2018) 'Effectiveness of prenatal vitamin D deficiency screening and treatment program: a stratified randomized field trial'. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 103 (8):2936-2948. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Nazarpour, Sima; Tehrani, Fahimeh Ramezani; Simbar, Masoumeh; Minooee, Sonia; Rahmati, Maryam; Mansournia, Mohammad Ali; Azizi, Fereidoun (2018) 'Establishment of trimester-specific reference range for thyroid hormones during pregnancy'. Clinical Biochemistry, 53 :49-54. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Nazarpour, Sima; Ramezani Tehrani, Fahimeh; Simbar, Masoumeh; Tohidi, Maryam; Minooee, Sonia; Rahmati, Maryam; Azizi, Fereidoun (2018) 'Effects of levothyroxine on pregnant women with subclinical hypothyroidism, negative for thyroid peroxidase antibodies'. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 103 (3):926-935. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Minooee, S.; Ramezani Tehrani, F.; Rahmati, M.; Mansournia, M. Ali; Azizi, F. (2018) 'Prediction of age at menopause in women with polycystic ovary syndrome'. Climacteric, 21 (1):29-34. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Role of androgen ratios in the prediction of the metabolic phenotype in polycystic ovary syndrome
2017
Minooee, Sonia; Ramezani Tehrani, Fahimeh; Tohidi, Maryam; Azizi, Fereidoun (2017) 'Role of androgen ratios in the prediction of the metabolic phenotype in polycystic ovary syndrome'. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 137 (2):110-115. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Minooee, Sonia; Ramezani Tehrani, Fahimeh; Rahmati, Maryam; Mansournia, Mohammad Ali; Azizi, Fereidoun (2017) 'Dyslipidemia incidence and the trend of lipid parameters changes in women with history of gestational diabetes: a 15-year follow-up study'. Endocrine, 58 :228-235. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Ramezani Tehrani, Fahimeh; Mansournia, Mohammad Ali; Solaymani-Dodaran, Masoud; Minooee, Sonia; Azizi, Fereidoun (2017) 'Serum variations of anti-mullerian hormone and total testosterone with aging in healthy adult Iranian men: a population-based study'. PLoS ONE, 12 (7). [DOI]
Minooee, Sonia; Tehrani, Fahimeh Ramezani; Rahmati, Maryam; Mansournia, Mohammad Ali; Azizi, Fereidoun (2017) 'Diabetes incidence and influencing factors in women with and without gestational diabetes mellitus: A 15 year population-based follow-up cohort study'. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 128 :24-31. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Kazemi, H; Ramezani Tehrani, F.; Minooee, S.; Khalili, D.; Azizi, F. (2015) 'Women self-perception of excess hair growth, as a predictor of clinical hirsutism: a population-based study'. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 38 :923-928. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Tehrani, Fahimeh Ramezani; Minooee, Sonia; Azizi, Fereidoun (2014) 'Validation of a simplified method to assess hirsutism in the Iranian population'. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 174 :91-95.
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Tehrani, Fahimeh Ramezani; Minooee, Sonia; Azizi, Fereidoun (2014) 'Comparison of various adiposity indexes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome and normo-ovulatory non-hirsute women: a population-based study'. European Journal of Endocrinology, 171 (2):199-207. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Minooee, Sonia (2026) 'Beyond the birth: validating women’s experiences through postpartum debriefing' Evidence-Based Nursing, . [DOI]
Journal Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU
Minooee, Sonia (2025) 'Virtual reality at birth: a distractive tool for creating a positive birth experience' Evidence-Based Nursing, . [DOI]
Journal Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU
Minooee, Sonia (2025) 'co-operation, training and leadership are key factors for successful management of postpartum haemorrhage' Evidence-Based Nursing, . [DOI]
Journal Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU
Minooee, Sonia (2025) 'Low-risk caesarean among black women may be independent of hospital structural characteristics' Evidence-Based Nursing, 28 (1) :37-37. [DOI]
Journal Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU
Discrimination during childbirth among black birthing people predicts postpartum care utilisation
2024
Minooee, Sonia (2024) 'Discrimination during childbirth among black birthing people predicts postpartum care utilisation' Evidence-Based Nursing, 27 (3) :89-89. [DOI]
Journal Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU
Minooee, Sonia; Cummins, Allison (2022) 'Childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic' JBI Evidence Synthesis, 20 (3) :723-734. [DOI]
Journal Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU
Minooee, Sonia; Cummins, Allison; Foureur, Maralyn (2018) 'Shoulder dystocia and range of head-body delivery interval (HBDI): The association between prolonged HBDI and neonatal outcomes: Protocol for a systematic review' European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 229 :82-87. [DOI]
Journal Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU
Minooee, Sonia; Ramezani Tehrani, Fahimeh; Azizi, Fereidoun (2016) 'Hirsutism region and the likelihood of metabolic syndrome: is there a link?' Endocrine, 53 :607-609. [DOI]
Journal Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU