Dr Ken Pang
Dr Ken Pang
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Role
Team Leader / Senior Research Fellow
Research area
Clinical sciences
Group
Brain and Mind
Ken Pang is a consultant paediatrician and biomedical researcher.
Clinically, he graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne as valedictorian at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, trained in paediatrics and child psychiatry, and now works with young trans and gender diverse individuals at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.
As a researcher, Ken undertook his PhD in genomics and immunology at the University of Melbourne, before completing postdoctoral studies in genetics at Harvard University as a Fulbright Scholar and NHMRC CJ Martin/RG Menzies Fellow. After returning to Australia, he continued this research at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research, which led to his team receiving the Victorian Premier’s Award for Medical Research (Basic Science).
Since joining the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in 2016 as one of its inaugural Clinician Scientist Fellows, Ken’s research has shifted focus, with the goal of his team now aimed at improving the health of transgender and gender diverse children and adolescents. To this end, his team has now published >30 articles on transgender health across various journals such as the BMJ, JAMA Pediatrics, Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, and Pediatrics.
Clinically, he graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne as valedictorian at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, trained in paediatrics and child psychiatry, and now works with young trans and gender diverse individuals at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.
As a researcher, Ken undertook his PhD in genomics and immunology at the University of Melbourne, before completing postdoctoral studies in genetics at Harvard University as a Fulbright Scholar and NHMRC CJ Martin/RG Menzies Fellow. After returning to Australia, he continued this research at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research, which led to his team receiving the Victorian Premier’s Award for Medical Research (Basic Science).
Since joining the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in 2016 as one of its inaugural Clinician Scientist Fellows, Ken’s research has shifted focus, with the goal of his team now aimed at improving the health of transgender and gender diverse children and adolescents. To this end, his team has now published >30 articles on transgender health across various journals such as the BMJ, JAMA Pediatrics, Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, and Pediatrics.
Ken Pang is a consultant paediatrician and biomedical researcher.
Clinically, he graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne as valedictorian at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, trained in paediatrics and child psychiatry, and now works with...
Clinically, he graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne as valedictorian at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, trained in paediatrics and child psychiatry, and now works with...
Ken Pang is a consultant paediatrician and biomedical researcher.
Clinically, he graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne as valedictorian at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, trained in paediatrics and child psychiatry, and now works with young trans and gender diverse individuals at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.
As a researcher, Ken undertook his PhD in genomics and immunology at the University of Melbourne, before completing postdoctoral studies in genetics at Harvard University as a Fulbright Scholar and NHMRC CJ Martin/RG Menzies Fellow. After returning to Australia, he continued this research at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research, which led to his team receiving the Victorian Premier’s Award for Medical Research (Basic Science).
Since joining the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in 2016 as one of its inaugural Clinician Scientist Fellows, Ken’s research has shifted focus, with the goal of his team now aimed at improving the health of transgender and gender diverse children and adolescents. To this end, his team has now published >30 articles on transgender health across various journals such as the BMJ, JAMA Pediatrics, Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, and Pediatrics.
Clinically, he graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne as valedictorian at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, trained in paediatrics and child psychiatry, and now works with young trans and gender diverse individuals at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.
As a researcher, Ken undertook his PhD in genomics and immunology at the University of Melbourne, before completing postdoctoral studies in genetics at Harvard University as a Fulbright Scholar and NHMRC CJ Martin/RG Menzies Fellow. After returning to Australia, he continued this research at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research, which led to his team receiving the Victorian Premier’s Award for Medical Research (Basic Science).
Since joining the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in 2016 as one of its inaugural Clinician Scientist Fellows, Ken’s research has shifted focus, with the goal of his team now aimed at improving the health of transgender and gender diverse children and adolescents. To this end, his team has now published >30 articles on transgender health across various journals such as the BMJ, JAMA Pediatrics, Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, and Pediatrics.
Top Publications
- Hoq, M, Lami, F, Tollit, MA, Pang, KC. Gender identity questionnaire for children: An alternative scoring approach reflecting a child’s affirmed gender identity. International Journal of Transgender Health 24(2) : 127 -131 2023 view publication
- Engel, L, Majmudar, I, Mihalopoulos, C, Tollit, MA, Pang, KC. Assessment of Quality of Life of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents in Melbourne, Australia, 2017-2020. JAMA Network Open 6(2) : e2254292 2023 view publication
- Tollit, MA, May, T, Maloof, T, Telfer, MM, Chew, D, Engel, M, Pang, K. The clinical profile of patients attending a large, Australian pediatric gender service: A 10-year review. International Journal of Transgender Health 24(1) : 59 -69 2023 view publication
- Ferguson, G, Simm, P, O'Connell, M, Pang, KC. Gender dysphoria: puberty blockers and loss of bone mineral density. The BMJ 367: l6471 2023 view publication
- Van den Eynde, BJ, Pang, KC, Chen, W. Tumour Antigens Recognized by T Lymphocytes. 2023 view publication
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