Benjamin Lam is an applied biostatistician working within Education Futures. Primarily supporting research of inequalities in child development within lower and middle income countries, Ben is most interested in applied techniques of causal inference and target trial emulation to reuse existing datasets to its maximum value.
Ben also manages a data linkage project funded by Australian Research Data Commons to leverage existing datasets within government jurisdictions for researcher access. Leveraging WEC will link longitudinal student wellbeing data with school outcomes and census information between South Australia, Tasmania, and the ACT.
Ben completed a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) and Bachelor of International Studies,... Read more
About me
Benjamin Lam is an applied biostatistician working within Education Futures. Primarily supporting research of inequalities in child development within lower and middle income countries, Ben is most interested in applied techniques of causal inference and target trial emulation to reuse existing datasets to its maximum value.
Ben also manages a data linkage project funded by Australian Research Data Commons to leverage existing datasets within government jurisdictions for researcher access. Leveraging WEC will link longitudinal student wellbeing data with school outcomes and census information between South Australia, Tasmania, and the ACT.
Ben completed a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) and Bachelor of International Studies, Diploma of Languages (Japanese), along with a Master of Biostatistics at the University of Adelaide. Outside of statistics he is interested in research translation through policy and cultural impact.
About me
Masters of Biostaistics University of Adelaide
Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics University of Adelaide
Bachelor of Arts University of Adelaide
Bachelor of International Studies University of Adelaide
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Self Regulated Learning RCT, Department for Education, 19/06/2023 - 30/06/2024
Genetic Education Research Data Infrastructure (GERDI): Proof of Concept, Department for Education, 20/06/2023 - 30/06/2024
Self Regulation Measurement, Department for Education, 07/06/2023 - 06/06/2024
AEDC Analyses - Settlement Services, SETTLEMENT SERVICES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, 03/04/2023 - 30/11/2023
Playgroups and Child Development: Update, Playgroup Australia, 07/07/2023 - 31/10/2023
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 or ResearcherID or
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
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2023 |
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2023 |
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2021 |
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External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
Flinders Medical Centre | AUSTRALIA |
Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
Perth Children's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Royal Hobart Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
St Vincent's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Copenhagen | DENMARK |
University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Westmead Hospital | AUSTRALIA |