Prior to completing her PhD, together with Jeffrey Zajac, Cheung established a clinic in 2016 to serve trans and gender-diverse people.[3][4]
After completing her degree in 2017, she established the Trans Health Research group at the University of Melbourne to improve the "health and wellbeing of trans and gender-diverse communities".[1][5] Through the research led at the Trans Health Research group, she was able to help secure government funding for two trans health clinics and a state-wide training program for health professionals. Cheung promotes an informed consent approach to gender-affirming care and through her work has helped inform national guidelines in Australia on gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender patients.[4][6][7]
Cheung has been a guest on various medical podcasts. In 2019 she appeared on the Medical Journal of Australia podcast where she explained the new national guidelines on gender affirming care she helped co-author.[13] In 2020, Cheung appeared as a guest on the podcast MDQueer on the topic of gender-affirming hormone therapy.[14] In November 2023, she appeared on the Australian podcast The Latest in LGBTIQ+ Health and Policy.[15] In June 2024, Cheung appeared as a guest on the podcast Science Vs on the topic of Trans Kids’ Healthcare: Are We Getting It Wrong? alongside Professor Stephen Russell and Dr Cal Horton.[16]
In 2021, she was named the GLOBE Ally of the year.[19][3]
In 2021, she received a Strategic Grant for Outstanding Women by the University of Melbourne, recognizing her contributions in transgender research and for being "pivotal in developing new national guidelines in the hormonal management of trans and gender diverse individual".[6]
In 2024, she was named one of 50 remarkable and inspirational women in Australian science by Cosmos Magazine.[20]
Bibliography
Cheung has published a large number of highly cited research papers in peer-reviewed journals during her career.[21]
Some select articles:
