Rate My Professor Alexandra Chung

Dr Alexandra Chung serves as a Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow in the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University. As an Accredited Practising Dietitian, she possesses a Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Public Health, and Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics degrees from Monash University. Her doctoral research examined trends, determinants, and policy approaches addressing socioeconomic inequalities in childhood obesity in Australia. Chung has built extensive expertise in public health nutrition through roles in clinical practice, community nutrition, education, and research. She holds the VicHealth Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from 2022 to 2025, focusing on food marketing directed at children and parents, and developing policy interventions to curb its negative effects. Previously, she received scholarships including the Bright Sparks Postgraduate Top-Up Scholarship (2014) and Career Development Fellowship (2018).

Her research specializations encompass childhood obesity prevention, health equity, public health nutrition, public health policy, social determinants of health, and commercial determinants of diets. Key publications include "Contemporary digital marketing techniques used in unhealthy food campaigns targeting young people" (2025, Appetite), "Driving Research and Advocacy for Healthy Infant and Toddler Diets: The Infant and Toddler Foods Research Alliance" (2025, Maternal & Child Nutrition), "Childhood obesity in the first 2000 days: A focus on primary health care in regional and rural Australia" (2025, Australian Journal of Rural Health), "Sharing the motherload: A review and development of the CO–Parent conceptual model for early childhood obesity prevention" (2025, Obesity Reviews), and "Equalising power imbalances or a trail of broken promises? A qualitative study on engaging people with diverse lived experience of marginalisation in food policymaking in Australia" (2025, BMC Public Health). With 1,431 citations and an h-index of 17 on Google Scholar, her work influences nutrition policy and health equity. Awards include the Advancing Women's Success Grant (2023), Award for Excellence - Best Publication (2015), and Salzburg Global Seminar Fellowship (2019). She teaches units like Community and public health nutrition and food systems and Applied research skills in nutrition and dietetic practice. Featured in Monash’s Agents of Change Campaign (2018) and as a thought leader in the Monash Commission (2021), her contributions support UN Sustainable Development Goals on good health, zero hunger, and reduced inequalities.