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Melissa Kang is an Associate Professor in the General Practice Clinical School at the University of Sydney's Sydney Medical School. She specializes in adolescent and young adult healthcare, with a focus on improving engagement between young people and health systems. Her work spans clinical teaching, GP registrar supervision, and policy-influencing research on youth healthcare access.
Education: MBBS, MCH, PhD. She teaches in the Sydney Medical School's MD program across General Practice, Child and Adolescent Health, and Perinatal/Women’s Health. She also supervises Higher Degree by Research students (MPhil/PhD).
Research Interests: Adolescent sexual health, culturally competent care, digital health literacy, and healthcare equity for marginalized youth. Her 20+ year research on youth health access has shaped Australian policies.
Grants: Recent funding includes a NSW Health grant for pre-service teacher sexuality education training (2024) and Sydney Medical School support for General Practice research strategy implementation (2022). She co-leads projects like the Health4Me digital intervention and co-design initiatives for youth health resources.
Labs/Teams: Involved in multi-stakeholder collaborations including Access 3 knowledge translation forums and the Social Networks and Agency Project (SNAP).
