Xiaoyue Xu (Luna)

Dr Luna Xu is an epidemiologist, currently working as Scientia Lecturer/Fellow at the School of Population Health, University of New South Wales. Luna is also an Honorary Fellow at The George Institute for Global Health and the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Luna awarded Bachelor of Nursing degree in China and completed her Master of Clinical Nursing in the United Kingdom. Since 2013, she changed her career trajectory to epidemiology by completing her Masters and PhD in Public Health at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

Luna’s research focuses on using large population-based health data to inform cardiovascular disease prevention and management. Luna has published over 70 publications, including in the Lancet, Lancet Neurology, and Advances in Nutrition and Clinical Nutrition. Luna has contributed to 2 book chapters and 6 government reports, including WHO and United Nations. Luna has delivered 46 national and international conference presentations, including invited presentations.

Luna serves as an Executive Member of the Australian Association of Gerontology and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. She has editorial roles for Nutrients, Frontiers in Public Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and Diabetology. Luna has reviewed competitive national and international grants, such as The National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia), Heart Foundation of Australia and Canadian Poultry Research Council. Luna also have reviewed over 100 articles in leading journals, such as The Lancet Public Health.