Rate My Professor Anson Chau

Dr. Anson Chau is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Imaging, Medical Radiation Science at Adelaide University in the College of Health. She received her diagnostic radiography training in Hong Kong and earned a fellowship in diagnostic radiography from The Hong Kong College of Radiographers and Radiation Therapists. After completing her PhD studies, she commenced her academic career in dental radiography at the Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong. She then relocated to Australia, joining Medical Radiation Science at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. Following this, she held a mentoring position in research and professional development for radiographers at The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital prior to taking up her role at the University of South Australia, now integrated into Adelaide University. In her current position, Dr. Chau serves as the Radiation Safety Officer of the unit and is a member of the ARENA research center. During 2022/23, she co-chaired the ASMIRT South Australia and Northern Territory branch committee.

Dr. Chau's principal research experience centers on utilizing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in clinical research. Her recent efforts concentrate on neuroimaging in dementia to identify at-risk individuals, promote early detection, and distinguish dementia subtypes through structural, angiographic, diffusion, and perfusion MRI techniques, resting-state fMRI, and PET-CT amyloid tracers. She has also collaborated on projects in other facets of medical radiation science, including stroke and diabetes-related brain alterations. Key publications include: "Trauma-informed care in medical imaging: A scoping review of current practices and best practice recommendations" (2026, Radiography); "Understanding Clinical Decision-Making in Medical Imaging Referrals: A Cross-Sectional Study of Public Health Practices in South Australia" (2026, Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology); "Disrupted structural white matter network in Alzheimer’s disease continuum, vascular dementia, and mixed dementia: a diffusion tensor imaging study" (2023, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease); "Resting EEG power spectra across middle to late life: associations with age, cognition, APOE-ɛ4 carriage and cardiometabolic burden" (2023, Neurobiology of Aging); and "A scoping review of resting-state brain functional alterations in Type 2 diabetes" (2022, Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology).