Allen Cheng
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Allen Cheuk-Seng Cheng {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC}} is an Australian epidemiologist and professor of medicine.
Since 2015, he has been the Professor of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology at Monash University.
His area of research is epidemiology, focusing on infectious disease research and public health policy.
In 2025, he was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia for his eminent service to medicine.
Early life and education
Medical career
During the COVID-19 pandemic, he served as Victoria's Deputy Chief Health Officer and chaired the Target Vaccine Advisory Group. He was also co-chair of coronavirus vaccines for the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI).{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/you-agonise-over-it-allen-cheng-s-lockdown-dilemma-20210722-p58byb.html |title='You agonise over it': Allen Cheng's lockdown dilemma |first1=Melissa |last1=Cunningham |first2=Aisha |last2=Dow |date=24 July 2021 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918090743/https://www.smh.com.au/national/you-agonise-over-it-allen-cheng-s-lockdown-dilemma-20210722-p58byb.html |archive-date=18 September 2024 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}
Cheng has been Professor of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology within the Monash University Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine since 2015.
Since 2023, he has been the Director of Infectious Diseases at Monash Health. Previously, he served as the Director of Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology at Alfred Health and held a professorship in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology at Monash University's School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Before his tenure at Alfred Health, Cheng worked as an infectious diseases physician in regional locations such as Darwin and Geelong, as well as internationally in Thailand, Papua New Guinea, the United States, and Finland.
Awards and recognition
In the 2025 Australia Day Honours, Cheng was awarded Australia's highest civilian honour, Companion of the Order of Australia, "for eminent service to medicine as an epidemiologist, to infectious and communicable disease research and education, and to national and international public health policy".
: 2008 Sir Richard Stawell Memorial Award, Australian Medical Association (Victoria).
: 2012 Frank Fenner Award for Advanced Research in Infectious Diseases, Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases.{{cite web |title=Awards and Grants |url=https://asid.net.au/awards-and-grants |website=ASID - Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases |access-date=1 March 2025 |language=en-AU}}
: 2014 National Health and Medical Research Council Excellence Award and Level 2 Clinical Fellowship.
: 2018 WG Smith Fellow, Visiting Lecturer, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
Personal life
Publications
{{As of|2025|3}}, Scopus lists 535 publications, which have been cited 29,107 times, and an h-index of 76.
Google Scholar lists 46,012 citations to his works, and an h-index of 94.
References
External links
- {{official website| https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/allen-cheng}} at Monash University
- {{cite web |last1=Cheng |first1=Allen |title=My year as Victoria's deputy chief health officer: On the pandemic, press conferences and our COVID future |url=https://theconversation.com/my-year-as-victorias-deputy-chief-health-officer-on-the-pandemic-press-conferences-and-our-covid-future-166164 |website=The Conversation |access-date=1 March 2025 |date=5 September 2021}}
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