Dr Luna Xu

Dr Luna Xu

Research Fellow

PhD, MPH, MSc, BNursing

Medicine & Health
School of Population Health

Dr Luna Xu joined SPHCM as Scientia lecturer, UNSW with Heart Foundation post-doctoral fellowship in July 2020. Dr Xu has nursing degree in China (2009), Masters by research of advanced nursing study in the United Kingdom (2011), Masters of Public Health (2012) and PhD (2016) at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

Dr Xu is an executive member of NSW, Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG), a member of the 2019 AAG Conference planning committee, a member of the 2019 Emerging Resear...

E-mail
luna.xu@unsw.edu.au

  • SPHCM grant building support scheme, UNSW. Title: Determining the cumulative effect of diet on the risk of cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality across the life-course. $10,000.
  • SPHCM grant building support scheme, UNSW. Title: Investigating the association between post-migration nutrition and lifestyle transition and the risk of developing chronic diseases among Australian residents of sub-Saharan African ancestry in NSW. $7,000.
  • National Heart Foundation post-doctoral fellowship: Atrial Fibrillation in older women: exploring how diet and nutrition can improve outcomes. 2020-2022. $153,850.
  • NSW Heart Foundation CVRN 2020 Professional Development Award. $1,790.
  • Evaluate dietary intake among older Chinese population. 2019. Bengbu Medical College, China. $5,000.
  • Quantitative Evaluation of the Uniting Household Model: Uniting Care. 2018-2019. $100,000.
  • Heart Foundation CVRN travel scholarship. 2019. $1,544.
  • Research participation by older people with impaired decision- making capacity: a scoping review of consumers’ perspectives and experiences. SPHERE Age and Ageing Clinical Academic Group. 2018- 2019. $29,963.
  • Seed Grant Funding, Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney (Nov 2017-Nov 2018): $ 21,050.
  • Center of Excellence in Population Ageing Research, University of New South Wales (2014): Travel Grant $1,500.

  • NSW Heart Foundation CVRN 2020 Professional Development Award.
  • CSANZ ASM Nursing Prize finalist (2020).
  • CSANZ ASM Nursing Prize finalist (2019).
  • International Conference on Healthy and Active Aging best presentation award (2019).
  • CSANZ Clinical and Preventative Cardiology Prize Finalist (2018).