Dr Romy Jia

Lecturer

School of Public Health

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Dr Romy Menghao Jia is an associate lecturer at the Synthesis Science Division, JBI, University of Adelaide. She has extensive teaching experience in health and social science, including the conduct of systematic review and scoping reviews in evidence-based healthcare. Romy is an experienced researcher and has been involved in the conduct of diverse types of systematic reviews and scoping reviews in the healthcare domain. She is the coordinator of the JBI Scoping Review Network and the convener of JBI scoping review methodology group, an esteemed international collective dedicated to enhancing the rigor and quality of scoping reviews. Additionally, she actively contributes to the product design and development of JBI SUMARI, a software widely used for conducting systematic reviews.Romy's research background encompasses information science and social science, with a specific focus on major life transitions, marginalized communities, and health information behavior. Her extensive research training, coupled with a strong commitment to community engagement, has provided her with a deep understanding of the challenges faced by marginalized populations. During her PhD, she developed grounded conceptualizations of the online peer interactions and meaning-making information practices that acknowledge the needs, goals, and values of sexuality- and gender-marginalized LGBTQIA+ young adults going through their identity transitions. Romy’s work highlights the importance of embodied information and social interactions in the construction of personal meaning during identity transitions.

Date Position Institution name
2023 - ongoing Associate Lecturer JBI

Date Institution name Country Title
University of south australia Australia PhD
Fudan University China Master of Library and Information Science

Year Citation
2026 Santos, N. K. R., Rivero, J. T. M., Dones, V. C., Jia, R. M., & Hines, S. J. (2026). Effectiveness of play therapy versus non-play interventions in palliative care for children and adolescents with cancer: a systematic review protocol. JBI evidence synthesis, Publish Ahead of Print(3), 1-13.
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2026 Lee, D., Hines, S., & Jia, R. M. (2026). Incidence and prevalence of atopic disease in second and subsequent generation immigrants from Asia in Australia: a systematic review protocol. JBI evidence synthesis, 1-10.
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2026 Stone, J. C., Stern, C., Jia, R. M., Whitehorn, A., Ho, H. T., & Doi, S. A. R. (2026). Bias adjusted meta-analysis using the quality effects model: a Stata tutorial. JBI evidence synthesis, 24(3), 1-17.
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2026 Stieven, A. S., Hines, S., Jia, R., Stern, C., & Fernandez Lourenço Haddad, M. D. C. (2026). Medical inpatient experiences and perceptions of discharge education provided by health care professionals: a qualitative systematic review protocol. Jbi Evidence Synthesis, Publish Ahead of Print.
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2025 Cai, L., Han, Y., Jia, M., Li, W., Hao, Z., & Tian, Y. (2025). The spawn and embryonic development of <i>Dendrodoris arborescens</i> (Collingwood, 1881) (Mollusca: Nudibranchia). ISRAELI JOURNAL OF AQUACULTURE-BAMIDGEH, 77(4), 94-104.
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2025 Khalil, H., Jia, R., Moraes, E. B., Munn, Z., Alexander, L., Peters, M., . . . Evans, C. (2025). Scoping reviews and their role in identifying research priorities. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 181, 111712-1-111712-7.
DOI Scopus20 WoS21 Europe PMC10
2025 Dunmall, S., Lizarondo, L., Jia, R. M., & Ooi, E. H. (2025). Safety of selective COX-2 inhibitors in tonsillectomy patients: A systematic review protocol. Jbi Evidence Synthesis, 23(7), 1434-1440.
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2025 Pollock, D., Hasanoff, S., McBride, G., Kanukula, R., Tricco, A. C., Khalil, H., . . . Munn, Z. (2025). Prioritising methodological research questions for scoping reviews, mapping reviews and evidence and gap maps for health research: a protocol for PROSPECT Delphi study. BMJ Open, 15(8), e096298-1-e096298-9.
DOI Europe PMC1
2025 Pollock, D., Hasanoff, S., Barker, T. H., Clyne, B., Tricco, A. C., Booth, A., . . . Munn, Z. (2025). Over 1000 terms have been used to describe evidence synthesis: a scoping review. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 1-11.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2025 Stern, C., Li, J., Stone, J., Khalil, H., Sears, K., Jia, R. M., . . . Fernandez, R. (2025). Data analysis and presentation methods in umbrella reviews/overviews of reviews in health care: A cross-sectional study. Research Synthesis Methods, 17(1), 15 pages.
DOI Scopus1
2025 Jia, R. M., & Stern, C. (2025). The inclusion or exclusion of studies based on critical appraisal results in JBI qualitative systematic reviews: An analysis of practices. Research Synthesis Methods, 17(2), 16 pages.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2024 Pollock, D., Khalil, H., Evans, C., Godfrey, C., Pieper, D., Alexander, L., . . . Munn, Z. (2024). The role of scoping reviews in guideline development. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 169(111301), 111301-1-111301-7.
DOI Scopus9 WoS8 Europe PMC10
2024 Ho, H. T., Jia, R., Habibi, N., Stern, C., Carter, G., Santin, O., . . . Aromataris, E. (2024). Experiences of informal caregivers of people with dementia in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol.. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 22(7), 1362-1370.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2024 Pollock, D., Evans, C., Jia, R. M., Alexander, L., Pieper, D., Brandão de Moraes, É., . . . Munn, Z. (2024). ‘How-To:’ Scoping Review?. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 176(111572), 111572-1-111572-15.
DOI Scopus62 WoS55 Europe PMC30
2023 Jia, R. M., Du, J. T., & Zhao, Y. (2023). Interaction with peers online: LGBTQIA+ individuals' information seeking and meaning-making during the life transitions of identity construction. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 75(1), 24-42.
DOI Scopus11 WoS5
2023 Lockwood, C. S., Jordan, Z., Bhatarasakoon, P., & Jia, R. M. (2023). The rise of checklists and the fall of reflexivity in qualitative research.. Nurs Health Sci, 25(3), 267-270.
DOI Scopus6 WoS7 Europe PMC5
2022 Jia, R. M., Du, J. T., & Zhao, Y. C. (2022). Characteristics of the health information seeking behavior of LGBTQ+ individuals: a systematic review on information types, information sources and influencing factors. Journal of Documentation, 78(2), 361-388.
DOI Scopus36 WoS29
2020 Yin, S., Zhang, J., Jia, M., & Hu, J. (2020). How to evaluate and select a data repository for humanities and social science: a case study of fudan university data repository for humanities and social science. Library Trends, 69(1), 125-137.
DOI Scopus2 WoS1

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 Co-Supervisor Safety of selective COX-2 inhibitors in tonsillectomy patients Master of Clinical Science Master Full Time Dr Sophie Rose Dunmall
2024 Co-Supervisor Safety of selective COX-2 inhibitors in tonsillectomy patients - Master Full Time Dr Sophie Rose Dunmall

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