Biography
Dr Menglu Ouyang is a Senior Research Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health in Sydney, Australia, and a Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales. Her research field is in stroke, including acute care, clinical management, health system and implementation science. She has extensive experience in large international clinical trials and implementation research. Her current research is focused on the implementation...view more
Dr Menglu Ouyang is a Senior Research Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health in Sydney, Australia, and a Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales. Her research field is in stroke, including acute care, clinical management, health system and implementation science. She has extensive experience in large international clinical trials and implementation research. Her current research is focused on the implementation of evidence-based interventions to improve the system of care in stroke, which aims to fill the knowledge gap in stroke clinical guidelines development, inform implementation strategies and support promoting the care embedded in existing processes in a global context. She is the leading investigator for the process evaluation alongside the large international trials funded by MRC and NHMRC, to explore the feasibility, acceptability and implementation of evidence-based care. She also chairs the monthly Process Evaluation/Health System Research Seminar at TGI. She is in the UNSW Cardiac, Vascular, Metabolic Medicine Early Career Researcher Committee and the editor board of Cerebrovascular Diseases and Frontiers Public Health.
My Grants
- "The willingness to accept brain imaging evaluation for the optimisation of anticoagulation management among people with atrial fibrillation and low-to-intermediate stroke risk" | University of New South Wales, Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine (CVMM) Collaborative Grant, 2024-2025. Role: Chief Investigator; $ 30,000 AUD
- “Artificial intelligence for decision support in acute stroke” | NSW Health, 2023-2026. Role: Co-Investigator; $450,000 AUD.
- “Atrial Fibrillation in Rheumatic Heart Disease with ECG Screening at Home Study (AFRESH)” | World Heart Federation Emerging Leader Seed Funding, 2023-24. Role: Chief Investigator; $30,000 USD.
- “CODE-ICH” | Medical Research Foundation: Changing Policy and Practice Award, 2024-25. Role: Chief Investigator B; £30,000 GBP
- “Improving primary health care for hypertension management implementation: a formative study in Shenzhen and Hong Kong” | Collaborative Seed Grant between TGI and CUHK, 2023-24, Role: Chief Investigator A; $29,400 AUD
- “Outcome PredicTion in IntraCerebral haemorrhage Study (OPTICS) with machine learning” | MRFF Cardiovascular Health Mission 2021, NHMRC; 2022-2024; Role: Chief Investigator D; $ 405,000 AUD
- “Listen to your heart and mind” | UNSW Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine (CVMM) Collaborative Grant Scheme, 2023-2024; Role: Associate Investigator; $AUD 30,000
- “Generating new evidence to better guide to stroke managment” | Investigaotr development grant 2020, NSW Health; 2020-2021; Role: Associate Investigator; $ 100,000 AUD
- “Optimal Post tPA-IV Monitoring in Ischaemic Stroke Trial (OPTIMIST) development”; Scheme: UNSW Medicine Non-communicable Disease Theme E/MCR Seed Grant Scheme 2019, UNSW; 2019-2020; Role: Associate Investigator; $ 50,000 AUD
My Awards
- Professional Development Award, NSW Cardiovarscular Research Networks, 2025
- Young Investigator Award, World Stroke Organisation, 2025
- Best Poster Abstract Finalist Award, European Stroke Organisation Conference, 2025
- The George Institute Emerging Thought Leader, 2024 cohort
- Outstanding Reviewer, Year 2023, Cerebrovascular Diseases Journal
- The Best ECR Reviewer, Year 2022, Cerebrovascular Diseases Journal
- 1st Prize, The George Institute Prediction Challenge 2023, Project title: “Cardiovascular risk prediction using the INTEGRATE dataset”
- World Heart Federation Emerging Leader, World Heart Federation, 2023
My Research Supervision
Supervision keywords
Areas of supervision
Honours, ILP, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Masters by Research, and Master of Philosophy
Currently supervising
3 PhD
3 ILP Medical students, 1 Honors student