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Jing Wang

Jing Wang

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Role Senior Research Officer
Group GenV

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Available for student supervision
Dr Jing Wang is a medically trained doctor with a Master’s degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She completed her PhD in population hearing loss without amendments, receiving multiple awards and grants, including the 2021 University of Melbourne Strategic Grant for Outstanding Women and a nomination for the Chancellor’s Prize. 

Following her PhD, Dr Wang was awarded the MCRI LifeCourse Postdoctoral Fellowship (top-ranked applicant) to advance her career in population hearing research. She later secured a competitive MCRI Stimulus Award, a Jack Brockhoff Foundation Medical Research Grant, and a GenV Fellowship, which continue to support her research.

Dr Wang has expertise in large-scale population cohorts and registries, with strengths in epidemiology, biostatistics (including causal inference), data linkage, and the management and analysis of complex, large datasets.

She currently serves as Clinical and Services Data Lead for Generation Victoria (GenV) - Australia’s largest child and parent cohort (~50,000 children and ~75,000 parents). Dr Wang established and leads the GenV Special Care Nursery Registry and the GenV–VIHSP data linkage project. She also manages GenV’s statewide clinical data linkage initiative, involving all 58 birthing hospitals across Victoria and engaging more than 150 stakeholders.
Dr Jing Wang is a medically trained doctor with a Master’s degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She completed her PhD in population hearing loss without amendments, receiving multiple awards and grants, including the 2021 University of...
Dr Jing Wang is a medically trained doctor with a Master’s degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She completed her PhD in population hearing loss without amendments, receiving multiple awards and grants, including the 2021 University of Melbourne Strategic Grant for Outstanding Women and a nomination for the Chancellor’s Prize. 

Following her PhD, Dr Wang was awarded the MCRI LifeCourse Postdoctoral Fellowship (top-ranked applicant) to advance her career in population hearing research. She later secured a competitive MCRI Stimulus Award, a Jack Brockhoff Foundation Medical Research Grant, and a GenV Fellowship, which continue to support her research.

Dr Wang has expertise in large-scale population cohorts and registries, with strengths in epidemiology, biostatistics (including causal inference), data linkage, and the management and analysis of complex, large datasets.

She currently serves as Clinical and Services Data Lead for Generation Victoria (GenV) - Australia’s largest child and parent cohort (~50,000 children and ~75,000 parents). Dr Wang established and leads the GenV Special Care Nursery Registry and the GenV–VIHSP data linkage project. She also manages GenV’s statewide clinical data linkage initiative, involving all 58 birthing hospitals across Victoria and engaging more than 150 stakeholders.

Top Publications

  • Wang, J, Qian, W, Smith, L, Bond, V, Elliott, K, Deutscher, E, Gillespie, A, Poulakis, Z, Beswick, R, McHugh, L, et al. Environmental scan of hearing health services and databases in Australia: barriers and enablers for a national learning health system. 2026
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  • Hu, YJ, Chan, EY, Sipio, MDI, Wang, J, Yuan, J. Enabling real-world evidence for medication safety in pregnancy: Determinants of research participation and linked EHR data use.. Int J Med Inform 217: 106506 2026
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  • Sharma, R, Gu, Y, Sinha, K, Easwar, V, Ching, TYC, Gold, L, Wang, J, Wake, M, Parkinson, B. Optimizing Decision Making in Universal Newborn Hearing Screening: A Value of Information Perspective.. Value Health 29(5) : 754 -763 2026
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  • Potter, L, Gasparini, L, Ertan, C, Sung, V, Wang, J, Wake, M. Measuring Environmental Noise for Babies in Special Care Nurseries and Neonatal Intensive Care Units on a Large Scale: Research Methods.. Health Sci Rep 9(4) : e71890 2026
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  • Sung, V, Smith, L, Elliott, K, Wang, J, Beswick, R, Ching, TYC, Feller, H, Harkus, S, Kluk, K, Kong, K, et al. Study protocol - the Australian National Child hearing Health Outcomes Registry (ANCHOR): collecting and connecting national data into a child deafness Learning Health System.. BMC Health Serv Res 26(1) : 2026
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