A/Prof Beben Benyamin is Research Degree Coordinator at the Allied Health and Human Performance Unit and co-leader of genetics and genomics theme at the Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of South Australia. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. He uses statistics applied to large-scale ‘omics’ data to dissect the genetic mechanisms underlying human complex traits and diseases.
He graduated from Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) Indonesia (BSc, 2000), University of Sydney, Australia (M.Agr, 2002) and University of Edinburgh, UK (PhD, 2007). He did his postdoctoral training at the Genetic Epidemiology Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical... Read more
About me
A/Prof Beben Benyamin is Research Degree Coordinator at the Allied Health and Human Performance Unit and co-leader of genetics and genomics theme at the Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of South Australia. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. He uses statistics applied to large-scale ‘omics’ data to dissect the genetic mechanisms underlying human complex traits and diseases.
He graduated from Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) Indonesia (BSc, 2000), University of Sydney, Australia (M.Agr, 2002) and University of Edinburgh, UK (PhD, 2007). He did his postdoctoral training at the Genetic Epidemiology Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute (2007-2011). Prior to joining University of South Australia, he worked as Research Fellow at the Program in Complex Trait Genomics, the University of Queensland (2012-2017). He was an NHMRC Peter Doherty Training Fellow (2009-2012) and an NHMRC R.D. Wright Career Development Fellow (2015-2018). Some of his research has been published in Nature, Nature Genetics and Nature Communications.
His current interests are in the application of statistical genomic methods to neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases, such as motor neuron disease and schizophrenia. He is also interested in trans-ethnic genomic analyses to dissect the transferability of genomic findings in European samples on other populations, such as Asians.
He also teaches biostatistics, epidemiology, public health, and research methods.
A/Prof Benyamin has supervised and mentored research students and is currently available to supervise new research students to study in the exciting areas of applied statistical genomics, genetic epidemiology, big health data and genomics of complex diseases.
About me
Date | Title |
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30/06/2019 |
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About me
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Edinburgh
Master of Agriculture (Animal Science) The University of Sydney
BSc (2000) Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
MAgr (2002) The University of Sydney, Australia
PhD (2007) The University of Edinburgh, UK
Research Officer (2006-2010) QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia
Senior Research Officer (2010-2011) QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia
Research Fellow (2012-2017) The University of Queensland, Australia
Senior Lecturer (2017-Present) University of South Australia, Australia
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Novel Epidemiological Methods to Infer the Causal Effects of Risk Factors on Neuropsychiatric and Cardiovascular Disorders, NHMRC - Project Grant, 27/11/2017 - 31/12/2018
An Integrated Genomic and Epigenomic Approach to Dissect the Aetiology of Motor Neuron Disease, NHMRC - Career Development Fellowship, 27/11/2017 - 31/12/2018
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
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2023 |
Open access
4
12
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2023 |
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2023 |
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2023 |
Open access
2
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2023 |
Open access
1
38
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2022 |
Open access
9
4
122
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2022 |
Open access
2
1
14
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2022 |
11
10
3
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2022 |
10
6
36
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2022 |
Open access
4
3
1
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2022 |
475
301
465
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2021 |
Open access
9
7
10
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2021 |
Open access
122
84
167
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2020 |
Open access
16
15
23
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2019 |
Open access
4
3
1
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2019 |
Open access
34
30
126
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2019 |
Open access
314
260
129
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2019 |
Open access
29
27
23
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2017 |
Open access
56
53
42
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2017 |
Open access
13
13
1
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2017 |
Open access
26
22
5
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2017 |
Open access
11
11
10
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2017 |
Open access
21
17
15
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2017 |
Open access
8
7
14
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2017 |
6
4
17
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2017 |
Open access
115
92
189
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2016 |
Open access
55
54
17
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2015 |
Open access
6
5
9
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2015 |
Open access
53
49
25
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2015 |
Open access
23
23
5
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2015 |
Open access
46
45
14
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2015 |
Open access
110
97
19
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2015 |
Open access
1254
1112
1872
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2014 |
Open access
161
151
5
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2014 |
Open access
178
158
201
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2014 |
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2014 |
Open access
46
45
12
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2014 |
Open access
181
169
332
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2013 |
Open access
162
144
83
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2013 |
Open access
118
111
65
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2013 |
29
26
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2013 |
Open access
43
39
5
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2012 |
Open access
22
20
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2012 |
Open access
5
4
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2012 |
Open access
63
48
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2012 |
Open access
244
241
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2011 |
Open access
47
40
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2011 |
Open access
31
26
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2011 |
28
23
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2010 |
Open access
81
73
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2010 |
Open access
2940
2739
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2009 |
Open access
211
196
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2009 |
Open access
142
129
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2009 |
Open access
59
53
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2009 |
Open access
19
20
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2008 |
Open access
11
11
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2008 |
Open access
24
24
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Research
2019-2021: NHMRC Ideas Grant Review Panel (GRP) member
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Aarhus University | DENMARK |
Boston Children's Hospital | UNITED STATES |
Cardiff University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin | GERMANY |
Copenhagen University Hospital | DENMARK |
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation) | AUSTRALIA |
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam | NETHERLANDS |
Erasmus University Medical Centre | NETHERLANDS |
Erasmus University Rotterdam | NETHERLANDS |
Flinders Medical Centre | AUSTRALIA |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Garvan Institute of Medical Research | AUSTRALIA |
GlaxoSmithKline | AUSTRALIA |
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health | UNITED STATES |
Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen | GERMANY |
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine | UNITED KINGDOM |
Information Management Services | UNITED STATES |
J Craig Venter Institute | UNITED STATES |
Karolinska Institute | SWEDEN |
King's College London | UNITED KINGDOM |
Lausanne University Hospital | FRANCE |
Macquarie University | AUSTRALIA |
Massachusetts General Hospital | UNITED STATES |
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics | GERMANY |
Medical University of Graz | AUSTRIA |
Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami | UNITED STATES |
National Cancer Institute | UNITED STATES |
National Institute for Health and Welfare | FINLAND |
National Institute of Animal Science | UNITED STATES |
National Institute of Public Health | CANADA |
Peking University | CHINA |
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institut | AUSTRALIA |
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute | AUSTRALIA |
Queensland Institute of Medical Research | AUSTRALIA |
Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
Radboud Institute for Health Sciences | NETHERLANDS |
Radboud University Nijmegen | NETHERLANDS |
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Scripps Research Institute | UNITED STATES |
Second Military Medical University | CHINA |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | CHINA |
SPLUS Game | UNITED STATES |
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics | SWITZERLAND |
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology | UNITED KINGDOM |
Universitas Indonesia | INDONESIA |
University College London | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Amsterdam | NETHERLANDS |
University of Bristol | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of California | UNITED STATES |
University of California San Diego | UNITED STATES |
University of Cambridge | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Copenhagen | DENMARK |
University of Edinburgh | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg | GERMANY |
University of Granada | SPAIN |
University of Groningen | NETHERLANDS |
University of Helsinki | FINLAND |
University of Ioannina | GREECE |
University of Lausanne | SWITZERLAND |
University of Leicester | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Lubeck | GERMANY |
University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
University of New England | AUSTRALIA |
University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | UNITED STATES |
University of Oxford | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Southern Denmark | DENMARK |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Tartu | ESTONIA |
University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Uppsala University | SWEDEN |
Utrecht University | NETHERLANDS |
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | NETHERLANDS |
VU Medical Centre | NETHERLANDS |
VU University Medical Center | NETHERLANDS |
Washington University | UNITED STATES |
Washington University in St Louis | UNITED STATES |
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute | UNITED KINGDOM |
Western Australian Institute for Medical Research | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Editorial Board MemberScientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) |
2021 |
Invited LectureFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Indonesia |
2021 |
Invited LectureFaculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia |
2021 |
Invited Speaker52nd Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health Conference |
2021 |
Invited Speaker3rd International Conference of Brawijaya Dentistry 2021 |
2021 |
Invited SpeakerUniversitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya Covid-19 Seminar |
2021 |
Editorial Board MemberScientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) |
2020 |
Enhancing Cooperation Between Australian and Indonesian Higher EducationEmbassy of Republic of Indonesia, Australia |
2020 |
Foundation Member of the Health Analytics Research Collaborative (HARC) Expert Reference PanelHealth Translation SA |
2020 |
Invited LectureSepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) |
2020 |
Invited LectureIPB University |
2020 |
Invited LectureThe University of Brawijawa |
2020 |
Invited LectureUniversity of Jember, Indonesia |
2020 |
Invited LectureUniversitas Pendidikan Indonesia |
2020 |
Invited LectureInstitut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia |
2020 |
NHMRC Ideas Grant Review Panel (GRP) MemberNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2020 |
Editorial Board MemberScientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) |
2019 |
Editorial Board MemberTropical Animal Science Journal |
2019 |
Foundation Member of the Health Analytics Research Collaborative (HARC) Expert Reference PanelHealth Translation SA |
2019 |
Invited LectureThe South Australian Branch of the Statistical Society |
2019 |
Invited LectureUniversity of Airlangga Staff Inbound Program |
2019 |
Invited LectureDepartment of Statistics Lecture Program |
2019 |
NHMRC Ideas Grant Review Panel (GRP) MemberNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2019 |
Editorial Board MemberAmerta Nutrition |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberMedia Peternakan: Journal of Animal Science and Technology |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberScientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) |
2018 |
General LectureUniversity of Nusa Cendana |
2018 |
Grant ReviewerEuropean Research Council |
2018 |
Indonesian Academics and Researchers Network AustraliaSouth Australia Coordinator |
2018 |
Invited DelegateWorld Class Scholars Symposium, Indonesian Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education |
2018 |
Invited Speaker3rd International Conference on Chemistry, Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember |
2018 |
Invited SpeakerCollege Medicine and Public Health Seminar, Flinders University |
2018 |
Invited SpeakerUniversity of Adelaide |
2018 |
Invited SpeakerInstitut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia |
2018 |
Invited SpeakerUniversity of Airlangga, Indonesia |
2018 |
Op-Ed Article in Precision Medicine (in Indonesian)Koran SINDO Newspaper |
2018 |
Senior Research FellowSouth Australian Health and Medical Research Institute |
2018 |
EditorMedia Peternakan: Journal of Animal Science and Technology |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberScientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) |
2017 |
Grant ReviewerNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2017 |
Grant ReviewerIndonesian Science Fund |
2017 |
Grant ReviewerWellcome Trust |
2017 |
Grant ReviewerWellcome Trust |
2017 |
MemberAmerican Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) |
2017 |
Project Grant ReviewerNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2017 |
Review EditorFrontiers in Genetics |
2017 |
ReviewerIndonesian Science Fund |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberScientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) |
2016 |
Invited SpeakerDepartment of Statistics, Bogor Agricultural University |
2016 |
Invited SpeakerEijkman Institute for Molecular Biology |
2016 |
Invited SpeakerFaculty of Medicine, Macquarie University |
2016 |
Keynote SpeakerInternational Symposium on Bioinformatics, Chemometrics and Metabolomics, Indonesia |
2016 |
Keynote SpeakerSymposium on Biomathematics, Indonesia |
2016 |
Nina Buscombe AwardMotor Neurone Disease (MND) Victoria |
2016 |
Visiting ScientistQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute |
2016 |
Editorial Board MemberScientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) |
2015 |
Invited SpeakerIndonesian Student Seminar Dialogue with Indonesian High Achievers in Brisbane, The University of Queensland |
2015 |
Keynote SpeakerInternational Symposium on Current Progress in Mathematics and Sciences |
2015 |
Keynote SpeakerThe international symposium on current progress in mathematics and sciences |
2015 |
Visiting ProfessorInstitut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia |
2015 |
Visiting ScientistQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute |
2015 |
Editorial Board MemberScientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) |
2014 |
Visiting ScientistQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute |
2014 |
Indonesia Partnership AwardThe University of Queensland |
2013 |
Visiting ScientistQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute |
2013 |
Visiting ScientistQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute |
2012 |
Finalist, Queensland Health & Medical Research Award (Postdoctoral Researcher Category)Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) |
2010 |
Panel Member Iron Overload ConferenceThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
2009 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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111041 - Novel statistical approach to tackle the problem of genotype-by-environment interaction | Current |
Application of statistical genomic methods to tackle heterogeneity in psychiatric diseases | Current |
Assessing non-HLA genetic markers in susceptibility to Type I Diabetes and environmental risk factors: A genome-wide association study | Current |
Dissecting the genetic and environmental factors affecting stunting | Current |
Genomics in motor neuron disease | Current |
Investigating the causes for sex differences in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | Current |
Novel statistical analyses to reveal latent genetic architecture and to increase genomic prediction accuracy for complex diseases | Current |
Estimating genetic and non-genetic risk for type 2 diabetes modulated by lifestyle using a whole-genome approach | Completed |
Estimation of cross-ancestry genetic correlation and genomic prediction of complex traits using UK Biobank data | Completed |