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Dr. Upma Chitkara holds a Professional Casual research role at Macquarie University's Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI), affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences and the Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research. She is also a Contingent Researcher at NSW Health. Her academic background includes a Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Calcutta (2001) and a Master of Public Health in Health Promotion from UNSW Sydney (2017).
Her research focuses on healthcare equity, cultural competency, and advance care planning for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities, particularly in cancer care settings. She actively collaborates with organizations like Palliative Care NSW and the Psycho-oncology Cooperative Research Group, holding leadership roles as Chair in multiple associations. Her work emphasizes co-design strategies to improve healthcare engagement, patient-reported measures, and palliative care access for marginalized populations.
Key contributions include studies on advance care planning protocols and evidence synthesis for healthcare system improvements. She has been featured as an expert in multicultural health policy discussions, with media coverage on policy sources and academic platforms.
