The Centre for Adolescent Health was pleased to recently host Dr. Xue Gao, for  part of her research training in Adolescent Health.

Xue came to the Centre for Adolescent Health three months ago, on an Endeavour Research Fellowship supported by the Australian Department of Education and Training. During her time here, she had the opportunities to learn extensively about adolescent health and well-being through a range of approaches.

Her placement included attending regular clinical, research and education meetings within the Centre, various seminars on the RCH/MCRI/University of Melbourne campuses, and several outreach and advocacy events in the community. She  also participated in a research project examining the complexity of adolescent medicine at RCH.

During her time here, she not only learned a great deal about adolescent health from the medical and research perspectives, but also developed a much deeper appreciation of the psychosocial aspect. She was very taken with how the research, clinical services and education are integrated and support each other here. Her learning experience will help with her future research and services for disadvantaged adolescents in developing countries.