Eli Chu has more than twenty years of clinical and clinical leadership experience in occupational therapy, rehabilitation and ambulatory care in Hong Kong and Australia, in both public and private health settings. Eli specialised in chronic pain management; rehabilitation for adults with rheumatism, neurological conditions, spinal cord injuries and complex geriatric care.  She is one of the founding executive members of the Hong Kong Arthritis & Rheumatism Foundation.

Eli joined Monash University in 2017. She coordinates teaching units in professional practice and occupational therapy interventions for the Occupational Therapy undergraduate program.  She is experienced in developing and implementing innovative teaching and learning experiences for students that include the use of simulation and experiential learning.

Dr Eli Chu is experienced in mixed methods research and curriculum design, including managing a $1.3m multi-site, RCT of simulated education across six universities and other educational research. She received multiple teaching and learning grants as lead or co-investigators to evaluate the effectiveness of various teaching methods that include the use of role-playing, simulations and computer-assisted scenario-based learning. Eli has published in peer-review journals and presents regularly in national and international conferences.