Research Project
Janine Lam
Current Appointments
PhD candidateKey Research Areas
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