David Chua

I am a primary health care researcher with unique insights into the development of practical solutions for the delivery of general practice and allied health care. My core strengths are pragmatic implementation and evaluation methods, leading advocacy for evidence-based practice and policy change and bringing multidisciplinary teams of researchers and community stakeholders together to perform meaningful, co-developed research partnerships. My interests are multicultural health care equity, primary care systems innovation, pragmatic use of primary care data to improve services and outcomes and strengthening how primary care supports healthier lifestyles. I prioritise collaborative cross-disciplinary partnerships. Not only do I contribute to impact and knowledge creation at the UQ Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing, I also work at the UQ Centre for Health Services Research and I am an adjunct at the UQ General Practice Clinical Unit. My contributions to the field extend beyond UQ; I am a Research, Collaborations and Audits Manager at a not-for-profit general practice clinic, Inala Primary Care, giving me an invaluable look of what work at the ‘coalface’ is really like and how we should shape our research and innovations to leverage real-world strengths and meet the practical challenges. I am collaborative and deeply value progress towards greater health care equity for all, especially people from priority populations. primary health care research, pragmatic implementation and evaluation methods, evidence-based practice and policy change, multidisciplinary research partnerships, multicultural health care equity, primary care systems innovation, pragmatic use of primary care data to improve services and outcomes, strengthening how primary care supports healthier lifestyles

[2026] Culturally and linguistically diverse experiences of chronic pain in Australia: a qualitative synthesis. Taddese, Amanuiel, Bisset, Leanne, Chua, David, Kelly, Joan, Coombes, Brooke K., Evans, Kerrie, Thomson, Hayley, Parkinson, Joy, Nuttall, Jamie, Henderson, Daniel, Johnson, Tracey and Bunzli, Samantha (2026). Culturally and linguistically diverse experiences of chronic pain in Australia: a qualitative synthesis. Ethnicity and Health, 1-23. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2026.2659124 [2026] Springfield Healthy Hearts Data Framework Protocol: A co-designed, city-wide, multi-component initiative that coordinates, monitors and evaluates place-based heart health action. Ball, Lauren, Adlard, Kirsten N, Chua, David, Kirkegaard, Amy, Healy, Genevieve N, McNaughton, Sarah A, Ferris, Jason, Shah,