ProfessorMelissa Kang

Melissa Kang is Professor of Adolescent Health and co-head of the General Practice Clinical School at the Sydney Medical School. She has an interest in adolescent and young adult health and sexual health, particularly in improving the interactions and engagement between young people and the health system. She teaches in the Sydney Medical School MD program in the General Practice, Child and Adolescent Healthand MD Research terms. She regularly teaches GP registrars in consultation skills with adolescents. She has supervised and continues to supervise several academic GP registrars and Higher Degree by Research students (MPhil, PhD). Her research into access to health services for young people spans over 20 years and has contributed to policy and practice in Australia. She is an Associate Editorfor the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health and is on the Editorial Board of Family Practice OUP.

Melissa is an Honorary Medical Officer in the Centre for Adolescent and Young Adult Health in Western Sydney Local Health District. She currently sits on several state and national committees and advisory groups for government and non-government. She is a past president of the Australian Association for Adolescent Health, is the Vice President Oceania of the International Association for Adolescent Health and a member of the Education Committee for the International Association for Adolescent Health. Melissa was the main medical consultant behind the popular teenage girls' magazine, Dolly, from 1993 until the magazine closed in 2016. She has recently co-authored four books for adolescents, Welcome to Your Period, Welcome to Consent, Welcome to Your Boobs and Welcome to Sex.