Dr. Alice Chang
2008
John Monash Scholar
MPhil Public Health
Rural & remote health
Cambridge University
United Kingdom
Medicine and Health
Alice completed her Masters Degree in Public Health at Cambridge University in 2009, specialising in rural public health issues, particularly on chronic diseases in rural Australia. Her passion for youth health started at a young age, and in 2003 Alice was named Young Queenslander of the Year, and she was subsequently a Young Australian of the Year finalist in 2004 and 2006. Alice is currently a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Cairns and is passionate about health and wellbeing of Indigenous children and young people in regional and rural communities. She has a subspeciality in infant mental health and is establishing the first infant mental health service in Far North Queensland. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry, a coordinator of a Far North Queensland rural eye health program, and an Associate Lecturer of University of Queensland and James Cook University.