Jane Ye In Hwang

Jane Ye In Hwang is a Senior Research Fellow in the Justice Health Research Program at the School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney. She completed her PhD in the School of Psychiatry at UNSW Sydney focusing on ageing well on the autism spectrum.

Her research interests center on social determinants of health, health equity, and social justice in marginalized populations facing intersectional disadvantage, particularly those with criminal justice involvement, older adults, and individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism or intellectual disability. Her work employs mixed-methods research approaches including qualitative interviews, cross-sector consultation and co-design, longitudinal health data collection, data linkage, and digital tool development.

Jane's recent publications demonstrate consistent focus on prison health, ageing in correctional settings, and neurodiversity. Her research spans preventive health screening in justice systems, improved health data collection, healthy reintegration after imprisonment, integrated care across sectors, research methodologies for hard-to-reach populations, and diversion strategies for individuals with mental health conditions and cognitive impairments.

Jane actively supervises multiple PhD students working on topics related to prisoner health, ageing, public health, offender health, re-offending, mental health, neurodiversity, autism, intellectual disability, and criminal justice. Her current research funding includes significant NHMRC grants including The Ageing in Prison Longitudinal Study (APLUS) and "No Place to Grow Old": Advancing health care and management of Australia's ageing prisoners.

Her research vision focuses on achieving health equity and social justice through two key frameworks: "PHLIP" (Preventing Health Loss In Prison) and "PREV" (Preventing Avoidable Health-related (Re)Imprisonment). Jane has also engaged with the public through media outlets including The Conversation, MJA Insight, Australian Ageing Agenda, SBS News, and ABC News on topics related to digital literacy in prisons, prison health, and autism mortality rates.