Dr. Kylie Vuong

Biography

Kylie is an Associate Professor in Primary Care and the Academic Lead in General Practice at Griffith University. Additionally, she holds the position of Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Her work focuses on collaborative teaching and research aimed at improving patient health outcomes through whole person, patient-centered care. Kylie is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. She has been awarded the Bachelor of Science (Medicine) and Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degrees from UNSW Sydney, as well as a Master of International Public Health (Merit) from the University of Sydney and a PhD in Cancer Epidemiology from the University of Sydney. She has developed and utilized data from a large Australian population-based case-control study to create a melanoma risk prediction model that is based on self-assessed risk factors. This melanoma risk prediction model has been adopted by the Melanoma Institute Australia as an online Melanoma Prediction Tool. Currently, she is working to improve cancer survivorship through lifestyle improvement strategies and shared care planning, driven by her passion for primary health care and general practice.

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