Monica Jung

Monica Jung is a Research Fellow at Monash University's Addiction Research Centre, specializing in opioid pharmacology and pain management within clinical and public health contexts. Her work addresses critical gaps in understanding prescription opioid tapering, pain prevalence in addiction treatment, and pandemic-related drug use patterns.

Her research spans addiction science, pain epidemiology, and pharmacological interventions, with emphases on chronic non-cancer pain management, opioid agonist therapy outcomes, and real-world impacts of health policy changes. Recent studies analyze trajectories of opioid tapering, correlates of pain in treatment-seeking populations, and nationwide shifts in prescription opioid utilization during COVID-19 restrictions.

Publications demonstrate methodological diversity across retrospective cohort studies, systematic reviews, and nationwide epidemiological analyses. Her work appears in high-impact journals including Pain, Addiction, and British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, frequently addressing intersections between pain medicine and substance use disorders.

Dr. Jung maintains active collaborations with researchers including Nielsen S., Xia T., and Ilomaki J., with publications receiving significant attention across academic (Mendeley readership) and public spheres (news coverage and social media dissemination).