About Adrian

Adrian Chernyk is earned his M.D. at The University of Queensland Ochsner Clinical School.

Educational Background
In 2011, Chernyk received his B.S. in Neuroscience from Lafayette College, where he was also a Teaching Assistant for the Physiological Psychology course. While still an undergraduate, he was a summer research fellow at the NIH, and performed research at NYU Langone Medical Center after his college graduation. He went on to receive his M.P.H. from New York Medical College in 2015, sharpening his interest in health system operations during his hospital administration practicum at St. John’s Riverside, taking advantage of his capstone project to analyze the implementation of system-wide processes.

Move to Australia: New Clinical Populations
Since 2016, when he moved to Australia to begin his medical studies, Chernyk has gained exposure to and awareness of the unique health needs and challenges navigated by Aboriginal Australians and their healthcare providers. Aboriginal residents have significantly reduced access to healthcare services, which contributes to a high occurrence of disease, lower life expectancies, and poorer overall health. Having worked within health systems that served resource-poor populations in New York City, Chernyk has first-hand experience seeing how a person’s socioeconomic status affects their health; now in Australia, he sees a similar phenomenon operating among Aboriginal communities.

Why this blog?
Chernyk’s goal is to educate as many people as possible on the health challenges facing Aboriginal residents, some unique but many universal. You can learn more about these issues and recent approaches to improving Aboriginal health equity on this page, with many links to resources.