Researcher biography

Dr Hsin-Fang Chung is an epidemiologist and post-doctoral research fellow for the International collaboration for a Life course Approach to reproductive health and Chronic disease Events (InterLACE) consortium at the School of Public Health, University of Queensland. Prior to this, Hsin-Fang completed her PhD on lifestyle and genetic risk factors of diabetic complications at UQ in 2015. She has a multidisciplinary educational background, spanning nursing, nutrition, and public health. Her research interests currently focus on mid-aged women's health, particularly reproductive factors across the life course and the risk of chronic diseases in later life. In her role as a lead research fellow for the InterLACE consortium, Hsin-Fang is involved in all aspects of research activity, including data harmonisation and management of 27 pooled studies, and contributed substantially to the initiation and maintenance of this large scale international collaborative project.