MissStephanie Aarsman

Stephanie is a Biostatistician within the School of Psychology and Deakin Lifespan Institute (DLI), with over 8 years' experience in study design, data management and advanced statistical analysis across large-scale longitudinal and intergenerational cohorts.

Her methodological expertise includes the design and analysis of observational studies (including multi-cohort studies), descriptive epidemiology, causal inference, missing data methods, and systematic reviews and meta-analysis. She is particularly interested in the application of statistical methods to strengthen the design, analysis, and interpretation of observational research. Her substantive research interests include child and adolescent health and development, mental health and substance use.

She is the lead biostatistician for major nationally funded research programs and biostatistical lead of the Evidence Innovation Hub within DLI. She is also actively involved in research capacity building through statistical supervision of HDR students, training and workshop development.