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Janine Lam
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Janine Lam

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PhD candidate

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Janine Lam completed her Master of Education (Counselling) at The University of Auckland in 2010, which included establishing and running a school-based counselling service for children. She then worked at The University of Melbourne (UoM) in twin research from 2014-19 while completing a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. At the UoM she co-ordinated The Global Twins and Multiples Priority Setting Partnership, a collaboration which involved over 31 countries. She is currently undertaking her PhD in child mental health and wellbeing with the Gatt resilience group at Neuroscience Research Australia.

Publications

2021 Apr

Association of Adult Socioeconomic Status with Body Mass Index: A Within- and Between-Twin Study

View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/thg.2021.14

2021

Research Studies in Twins and Multiple Pregnancy

View full book-chapter on https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47652-6_28

2020 Dec

The Association Between Chronic Disease and Psychological Distress: An Australian Twin Study

View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/thg.2020.86

2020 Mar

Improving health outcomes for twins, multiples and their families: The growth in scientific research and community-based initiatives

View full journal-article on https://ijbpe.com/about/in-this-issue

2019 Dec

Research priorities for the future health of multiples and their families: The Global Twins and Multiples Priority Setting Partnership

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1002/uog.20858

2019, 07 Nov

The Association between Socioeconomic Status and Psychological Distress: A Within and Between Twin Study

View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/thg.2019.91

2019, 01 Nov

Twins Research Australia: A New Paradigm for Driving Twin Research

View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/thg.2019.101

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Janine's research projects and related news

Research Project

The COMPAS-KIDS and COMPAS-PARENTS wellbeing scales

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Your Health
Your Health
Neurodegeneration
Dementia, cognitive decline, Parkinson’s disease and more.
Mental Health
From schizophrenia and bipolar disorder to wellness and resilience.
Translational Neuroscience
Pain management, spinal cord, sleep apnoea and falls prevention.
Neurodegeneration
Aboriginal Ageing
Alzheimer's disease
Dementia
Frontotemporal dementia
Parkinson's Disease
NeuroHIV
Motor neurone disease
Mitochondrial disease
Mental Health
Anxiety
Autism
Binge drinking
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Resilience
Schizophrenia
Stress-related psychopathology
Translational Neuroscience
Sleep apnoea
Road safety
Back pain
Balance training
Child injury
Chronic pain
Falls and balance
Fracture recovery
Motorcycle safety
Muscle pain
Nerve and spinal cord injury
Neural injury
Pain
Vestibular balance
Breathing
Stroke
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