Research Fellows

Dr Louise Wilson
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Dr Louise Wilson is an early-career epidemiologist, completing a PhD at the University of Queensland in women’s health in 2019. While doing her PhD, she worked part-time at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute doing research on cancer prevention. Prior to this, Louise had an extensive career in program planning and implementation in the Australian government across the health, aged care, housing and education sectors.
Email: l.wilson8@uq.edu.au

Dr Hsin-Fang Chung
Research Fellow
Dr Hsin-Fang Chung is an epidemiologist and Research Fellow at the University of Queensland’s School of Public Health. She is also an adjunct Collaborative Researcher at the Gunma University Initiative for Advanced Research (GIAR), Gunma University (2024). 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, public health, and epidemiology, and has worked in clinical and non-clinical sectors. Chung held UQ Research Stimulus Fellowship (2021-2022) and UQ Promoting Women Fellowship (2022).
Email: h.chung1@uq.edu.au

Dr Chen Liang
Senior Research Assistant
Dr Chen Liang is an epidemiologist and Senior Research Assistant at the University of Queensland. She completed her PhD at the Australian Women and Girls’ Health Research Centre at the University of Queensland. Her primary research interests focus on women’s health across the lifespan, particularly the relationship between female reproductive histories and non-communicable diseases.
Email: chen.liang@uq.edu.au
Professional Staff

Megan Ferguson
Research Program Manager
As Research Program Manager for the Australian Women and Girls’ Health Research Centre (AWaGHR Centre), Megan provides operational oversight of legal and financial aspects of the CRE activities.
Email: m.ferguson1@uq.edu.au

Dr. Sam Adhikary
Research Assistant
Dr. Sam Adhikary is a Research Assistant at the University of Queensland School of Public Health. Prior to this, he worked as a research support officer at Mater Hospital in Brisbane. Sam completed a PhD in Immunology at the University of Wollongong in 2021 and worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute from 2020 to 2022, where he investigated new treatments for blood cancers. This background has provided Sam with extensive experience in the clinical and pre-clinical sectors.
Email: s.adhikary@uq.edu.au
NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Women and Non-communicable Diseases: Prevention and Detection
The University of Queensland
School of Public Health,
Edith Cavell Building, Fourth Ave, Herston QLD 4006, Australia
General enquiries
wandcre@uq.edu.au