Ada Cheung

Australian gender studies scholar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ada Cheung is an Australian clinical scientist, endocrinologist and researcher who is known for her research in transgender studies.

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Principal Research Fellow
Ada Cheung
PhD
EducationUniversity of Melbourne (MBBS)
University of Melbourne (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsTransgender studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Melbourne
Austin Hospital
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She holds both a NHMRC and Dame Kate Campbell Research fellowship as a principal research fellow at the University of Melbourne and works as a clinician scientist and endocrinologist at Austin Hospital in Melbourne.[1]

Education and career

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Cheung earned a MBBS (Hons) in 2003,[2] and a PhD in 2017 at the University of Melbourne.

Prior to completing her PhD, together with Jeffrey Zajac, Cheung established a clinic in 2016 to serve trans and gender-diverse people.[3][4]

After completing her degree in 2017, she established the Trans Health Research group at the University of Melbourne to improve the "health and wellbeing of trans and gender-diverse communities".[1][5] Through the research led at the Trans Health Research group, she was able to help secure government funding for two trans health clinics and a state-wide training program for health professionals. Cheung promotes an informed consent approach to gender-affirming care and through her work has helped inform national guidelines in Australia on gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender patients.[4][6][7]

Cheung serves as a board member on the Endocrine Society of Australia Council.[8] She also serves as a member of the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (CoDI) at the international Endocrine Society.[9]

Cheung is an associate editor of the International Journal of Transgender Health.[10] She is also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism,[11] as well as a member of the editorial board of the journal on Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism.[12]

Cheung has been a guest on various medical podcasts. In 2019 she appeared on the Medical Journal of Australia podcast where she explained the new national guidelines on gender affirming care she helped co-author.[13] In 2020, Cheung appeared as a guest on the podcast MDQueer on the topic of gender-affirming hormone therapy.[14] In November 2023, she appeared on the Australian podcast The Latest in LGBTIQ+ Health and Policy.[15] In June 2024, Cheung appeared as a guest on the podcast Science Vs on the topic of Trans Kids’ Healthcare: Are We Getting It Wrong? alongside Professor Stephen Russell and Dr Cal Horton.[16]

Awards and recognition

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Cheung has published a large number of highly cited research papers in peer-reviewed journals during her career.[22] Some select articles:

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