Biography

Dr Caroline Jung graduated from the University of Melbourne with Honours in 1999. She completed specialist physician training in Endocrinology in 2006. Dr Jung has completed the Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PhD) at the University of Melbourne 2011 on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.

Dr Jung is the Head of Diabetes and Endocrinology clinic (DEC) at The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital which is a monthly clinic for internal referrals from other doctors for patients who currently do not have an Endocrinologist or Diabetes clinic involved in their care.

Dr Jung is a clinical senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne.

Awards

2008 – Women in Endocrinology (WE) Travel Award, ENDO

2008 – Australian Women in Endocrinology (AWE) Merit Certificate, ENDO

2010 – Winner of the Presidential Poster Competition, ENDO

2010 – Endocrine Society Outstanding Abstract Award, ENDO

2010 – Poster Prize, World Congress of Internal Medicine

2012 – Bryan Hudson-Mayne Pharma Clinical Endocrinology Award, ESA

2012 – T J Martin Medal, awarded for PhD thesis, St Vincent’s Health

2019 – ESA Seed grant

2021 – AWE award for conference presentation at ESA/SRB conference

Qualifications

MBBS Hons, FRACP, PhD