Bahareh is affiliated with the School of Population Health at Curtin University. Bahareh is an advocate for neurodiversity and has extensive experience in the field of autism research and neurodevelopmental disorders more broadly. She is particularly interested in understanding socialisation and the development, evaluation, and translation into practice of evidence-based interventions (particularly social skills, strengths-based programs, and mental health) and research directed at improving the participation of autistic adolescents and young adults in major life areas such as education, using a coproduction approach.

Bahareh leads a Neurodiversity Community of Practice at Curtin to raise awareness amongst academic staff about neurodiversity, specifically autism and ADHD. She is also a member of the Curtin Autism Research Group and enAble Institute.