Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Mandy Truong is a public health researcher, educator and health professional with experience in qualitative, mixed methods and evidence synthesis studies on topics including: cultural competency in health care, racism and health and wellbeing, healthcare provision for refugee and migrant populations and family violence. At present, she is a Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Family Studies working in the Child and Family Evidence team.
Dr Truong has extensive research and teaching experience in the areas of cultural competence and cultural safety in health care practice and organisational change. She has experience conducting rigorous qualitative research with children and adults from diverse cultural, religious and linguistic backgrounds.
Dr Truong is also a registered Optometrist with over 17 years of clinical experience.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Postgraduate Certificate of Ocular Therapeutics, University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Optometry, University of Melbourne
Masters of Public Health, University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy, A multi-level examination of cultural competence in community health: an organisational case study, University of Melbourne
External positions
Honorary Fellow, Deakin University
Jul 2020 → …
Senior project officer, Menzies School of Health Research
Jul 2019 → Jul 2022
Research area keywords
- health equity
- race and racism
- health services research
- Indigenous health
- cultural safety
- cultural competency
- family violence
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Aboriginal Deaths in Corrective Services New South Wales Custody Thematic Review: Rapid Literature Review
Bugeja, L., Truong, M. & Cuschieri, D.
Corrective Services NSW (New South Wales)
15/11/21 → 11/02/22
Project: Research
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Asian Australian doctors’ experiences of discrimination in the health system
Truong, M. & Chan, J.
Australian Chinese Medical Association (Victoria) Inc
1/11/21 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
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What are the factors influencing transplant outcomes for patients from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds?
Crawford, K. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Truong, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wilson, C. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Mulley, W. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/04/20 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives on what works in social and emotional wellbeing programs
Murrup-Stewart, C., Truong, M. & Joshi, A., Mar 2025, Melbourne Australia: Commonwealth Government of Australia. 20 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other Report › Research
Open AccessFile -
Artificial intelligence and clinical anatomical education: Promises and perils
Lazarus, M. D., Truong, M., Douglas, P. & Selwyn, N., Mar 2024, In: Anatomical Sciences Education. 17, 2, p. 249-262 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access43 Citations (Scopus) -
Racism Data in Australia: A Review of Quantitative Studies and Directions for Future Research
Ben, J., Elias, A., Sharples, R., Dunn, K., Truong, M., Mansouri, F., Denson, N., Walton, J. & Paradies, Y., 3 Mar 2024, In: Journal of Intercultural Studies. 45, 2, p. 228-257 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus) -
Understanding culture and social and emotional wellbeing among young urban Aboriginal people
Murrup-Stewart, C. & Truong, M., Jul 2024, 8 p. Australia : Commonwealth Government of Australia.Research output: Other contribution › Other
Open Access -
Why surveys are 'very hard': exploring challenges and insights for collection of authentic patient experience information with speakers of Australian First Nations languages
Lowell, A., Jones, Y., Aitken, R., Baker, D. R., Lovell, J., Togni, S., Gon D Arra, D., Sometimes, B., Smith, M., Anderson, J., Sharp, R., Karidakis, M., Quinlivan, S., Truong, M. & Lawton, P., 17 Apr 2024, In: Rural and Remote Health. 24, 2, 11 p., 8380.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Activities
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Violence Against Women (Journal)
Mandy Truong (Peer reviewer)
Jul 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Collegian (Journal)
Mandy Truong (Peer reviewer)
May 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Journal)
Mandy Truong (Peer reviewer)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Australian Epidemiological Association Menzies Symposium
Truong, M. (Invited speaker) & Chan, J. (Invited speaker)
15 Apr 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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BMC Medical Education (Journal)
Mandy Truong (Peer reviewer)
Nov 2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Press/Media
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AI in healthcare education: Is it ready to teach the future?
Lazarus, M., Douglas, P. & Truong, M.
1/09/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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The social determinants of health in COVID-19 recovery
23/09/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Racism has deep roots across all sections of society, including academic institutions
29/06/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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New study finds family violence is often poorly understood in faith communities
Mandy Truong, Bianca Calabria, Mienah Sharif & Naomi Priest
18/04/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Domestic violence and Australian churches: why the current data have limitations
Naomi Priest, Mandy Truong & Nicholas Biddle
24/07/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature