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LAM, TAK MING LAWRENCE
Professor
Department: 醫學院(FMD)
Office: 擎天匯校區 PP-R207a
E-mail: tmlam@must.edu.mo
Lawrence T Lam is a qualified Epidemiologist and Biostatistician appointed as a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology and a registered Statistician with the Statistical Society Australia. He is the Principal Investigator of many grant-funded projects in Child and Adolescent Health, particularly Mental Health and other related areas. He has also been a research consultant for many large-scale clinical trials in medical and health research. With a psychology background, he is passionate about promoting physical and mental health across the life span through evidence-based strategies and with his skills in epidemiology and statistics. His work has been recognised as among the 100,000 most cited scientists (top 2%) in 2020, 2021, 2022 by the Standford University study group. As an active researcher in both clinical and community settings and a component educator at the tertiary level, Lawrence is keen and devoted to adapting digital technologies in research, translation into clinical practices, and learning and teaching.
Academic Qualification

PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Sydney, 2003. Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics, The University of Sydney, 2006. Master of Public Health (Research and Thesis), The University of Sydney, 1998. Master of Applied Psychology, Macquarie University, 1994. B.Sc.(Honours) major in Pharmacology, The University of Liverpool, England.


Teaching Area

Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Mental Health

Research Area

Public Mental Health/ Child and Adolescent Mental Health/ DHealth/ Digital Behavioural Addiction/ Clinical Epidemiology/ Clinical Trial Methodology/ Psychometrics.

Working Experience

Professor co-appointed as Vice President (Academic), Tung Wah College, Hong Kong 2017(July)-2022 (May) Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Australia 2016-2017 (June) Professor in Health Studies, Program Director, Doctoral of Education Program, The Graduate School, Hong Kong University of Education 2012(Sept)-2015           Associate Professor, Head of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Head of Evaluation,         Deputy Chair of the Discipline of Population and Public Health, School of Medicine, Sydney The University of Notre Dame, Australia 2009-2012 (Aug) Scientific Director, Centre for Trauma Care, Prevention, Education, & Research (CTCPER) Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children 2006-2009

Academic Publication (selected)

Selected publications within the last 5 years. 1.        Lam LT, Wong P, Lam MKP. (2019). Protocol for a phase III wait-listed cluster randomised controlled trial of an intervention for mental well-being through enhancing mental health literacy and improving work friendliness in Hong Kong. BMC Trial, 20:672. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3748-y 2.        Lam LT, Han DH, Zhang W, Tang L. (2021). Editorial: Violence and the Young: A Public Health Problem -Etiology, Epidemiology, Intervention, and Prevention. Front. Public Health | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.724182. 3.        Lam LT, Lam MK, Reddy P, Wong P. (2022) Efficacy of a Workplace Intervention Program With Web-Based Online and Offline Modalities for Improving Workers' Mental Health. Front Psychiatry. 2022 May 31;13:888157. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.888157. 4.        Lam MK, Lam LT, Butler-Henderson K, King J, Clark T, Slocombe P, Dimarco K, Cockshaw W. (2022) Prescribing behaviour of antidepressants for depressive disorders: A systematic review. Front Psychiatry. 2022 Sep 9;13:918040. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.918040. 5.        Lam LT and Reddy P (2023) Editorial: Psychological status of medical workers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: Mental health emergence, prevalence and interventions. Front. Public Health 11:1186807. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1186807 6.        Lam LT and Lam MK (2023) Child and adolescent mental well-being intervention programme: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Front. Psychiatry. 14:1106816. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1106816.


Books

1. Lam LT, Zhou JS, Wan GB. Eds. (2010). Psychological and Health-related Assessment Tools designed in China. The Netherlands, Bussum: Bentham Science Publishers. eISBN 978-1-60805-186-1 2. Lam, L. T., Reddy, P., Eds. (2023). Psychological status of medical workers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: Mental health emergence, prevalence and interventions. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/978-2-83252-136-6

Patents
Professional Certification and Awards
Professional Society Membership

American College of Epidemiology        Member MACE (2006-present)        Fellow FACE (2010-present) International Association of Epidemiology        Member (2022-present) Australian Statistics Society Inc.        Member (2002-present)        Accredited Graduate Statistician (2006-present) Australia and New Zealand Mental Health Association        Member (2015-present) Australian Infant, Child, Adolescent, and Family Mental Health Association        Member (2015-present) Australian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine        Member (2016-present)