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Ada Cheung standing outdoors and smiling

Prof. Ada Cheung

She/Her

MBBS(Hons) FRACP PhD DipBus(Gov)

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5257-5525


Ada is an Endocrinologist at Austin Health and a NHMRC & Dame Kate Campbell Research Fellow at The University of Melbourne. Driven by community need and working with the trans community, she established the Trans Health Research group and is an unwavering ally. She has won a number of national and international awards for research excellence and outstanding community leadership, and is committed to training MD and PhD students and trans researchers.


Ada authored these blog posts:

Nature Medicine Publishes First Study on how Gender-Affirming Hormones Reshape the Body’s Biology
Menstrual Periods and Testosterone Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy
Why is There a Shortage of Oestrogen Patches in Australia... Again?
Oestradiol Implants in Australia
Trans People and the AstraZeneca Vaccine
Trans Women in Sport: What Does the Science Say?
Trans Health Research at the 2024 WPATH Conference, Portugal
Do Higher Oestradiol Levels Result in Better Mental Health and Wellbeing?
Challenging Five Years of Transphobia

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