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PhD Researcher (Health & Psychology) | AI Co-Chair | Data Analyst & Medical Writer with 10+ years of experience

Profile Summary

I am a PhD-qualified researcher and Co-Chair of an Artificial Intelligence Community of Practice, specialising in the intersection of health science, advanced data analysis, and AI-driven insights. How I Can Help You: Advanced Data Analysis: I specialise in complex quantitative methods. I can clean, analyse, and interpret your data using SPSS, JAMOVI and other statistical packages, ensuring your results are robust and publication-ready. Medical & Academic Writing: With 37 peer-reviewed papers in high-impact Q1/Q2 journals and over 1,700 citations, I know how to write content that gets published in world leading academic journals. I can help with systematic reviews, meta-analyses, correlational designs (regression, mediation/moderation, psychometric analyses), and randomised controlled trials. Grant Writing & Review: I have a proven track record of securing funding and can help you structure compelling grant applications. Scientific Consulting: I offer expert consultation on correlational and experimental research design, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, data collection, statistical analysis, and the interpretation and write up of your results. Why Hire Me? Proven Expertise: I am a current Lecturer and Unit Coordinator for advanced quantitative research methods at a top ranked Australian university, as well as a Deputy Member of the university's Academic Board, and Co-Chair of the university's Artificial Intelligence group. High Impact: My research has been featured in major media outlets including Reuters (New York), The Conversation, and ABC News, and generated more than $3.5 million in advertising value. Reliability: I have supervised 45+ Honours, Masters, and PhD projects to completion, maintaining a 93% performance average in student teaching evaluations. I deliver work that meets the highest standards of academic rigour, so let’s discuss your project.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Data Analysis
• ★ Statistics
• ★ Health Data Analysis
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Data Exploration
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Data Cleaning
• ☆ Artificial Intelligence
• ☆ Comparative Analysis
• ☆ Regression Analysis
• ☆ Multivariate Analysis
• ☆ Bayesian Statistics
• ☆ Correlation Analysis
• ☆ Study Design
• ☆ Statistical Review
• ☆ Medical Statistics
• ☆ Data Storage
• ☆ Human Behavior & Psychology
• ☆ Health Psychology
• ☆ Applied Psychology
• ☆ Abnormal Psychology
• ☆ Obesity
• ☆ Eating Disorders
• ☆ Body Image
• ☆ Depression
• ☆ Quantitative Market Research

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Medical Writing, Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Market Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Digital Strategy Consulting, Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Lecturer/Researcher

Curtin University

November 2019 - Present

Research Fellow

Curtin University

November 2019 - Present

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Ear Science Institute Australia

August 2017 - Present

Postdoctoral Researcher

Cancer Council NSW

February 2017 - August 2017

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Flinders University

August 2016 - February 2017

PhD Candidate and Lecturer/Tutor

Curtin University

January 2014 - August 2016

Unit Coordinator and Lecturer

Murdoch University

January 2015 - August 2015

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (School of Psychology and Speech Pathology)

Curtin University

2014 - 2016

Bachelor of Psychology (First Class Honours) (School of Psychology and Speech Pathology)

Curtin University

2010 - 2013

Certifications

• Gen AI: Unlock Foundational Concepts

  Google

  https://www.skills.google/public_profiles/7283ebb5-1a73-4082-b1a0-a5043e00b4e5/badges/19945080

  November 2025 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Jayawickrama, R.S., Hill, B., O'Connor, M., Flint, S.W., Hemmingsson, E., Ellis, L.R., Du, Y., Lawrence, B.J.(2025). Efficacy of interventions aimed at reducing explicit and implicit weight bias in healthcare students: A systematic review and meta-analysis . Obesity Reviews. 26. (2).

Haywood, D., Chan, A., Chan, R.J., Baughman, F.D., Dauer, E., Dhillon, H.M., Henneghan, A.M., Lawrence, B.J., Lustberg, M.B., O’Connor, M., et al.(2025). The MASCC COG-IMPACT: An unmet needs assessment for cancer-related cognitive impairment impact developed by the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer . Supportive Care in Cancer. 33. (2).

Lawrence, B.(2024). Commentary on Webber et al . Physiotherapy Canada. 76. (2). p. 230-231.

Haywood, D., O’Connor, M., Baughman, F.D., Chan, A., Chan, R.J., Dauer, E., Dhillon, H.M., Henneghan, A.M., Lawrence, B.J., Lustberg, M., et al.(2024). Protocol for the Development and Initial Validation of the COG-IMPACT Tool: A Purpose-Built Unmet Needs Assessment for Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment . Methods and Protocols. 7. (4).

Hill, B., de la Piedad Garcia, X., Rathbone, J.A., Malik, Z., Holmes‑Truscott, E., Lawrence, B.J., Kite, J., Cooper, K., Broady, T.R., Dixon, J.B.(2024). Supporting healthcare professionals to reduce weight stigma . Australian Journal of General Practice. 53. (9). p. 682-685.

Alexander, E.S., Halkett, G.K.B., Lawrence, B.J., O’Connor, M.(2023). A Conceptual Model Depicting How Children Are Affected by Parental Cancer: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Approach . Children. 10. (9).

Jayawickrama, R.S., Hill, B., O’Connor, M., Flint, S.W., Hemmingsson, E., Lawrence, B.J.(2023). Assessing Explicit Weight Bias Among Australian Health Care Students: Suitability of the Beliefs About Obese Persons Scale (BAOP) and the Antifat Attitudes Questionnaire (AFA) . Stigma and Health.

Jayawickrama, R.S., O'Connor, M., Flint, S.W., Hemmingsson, E., Lawrence, B.J.(2023). Explicit and implicit weight bias among health care students: a cross-sectional study of 39 Australian universities . Eclinicalmedicine. 58.

Čadek, M., Täuber, S., Lawrence, B.J., Flint, S.W.(2023). Effect of health-care professionals’ weight status on patient satisfaction and recalled advice: a prospective cohort study . Eclinicalmedicine. 57.

Dana, L.M., Wright, J., Ward, R., Dantas, J.A.R., Dhaliwal, S.S., Lawrence, B., O’Connor, M., Booth, S., Kerr, D.A., Pollard, C.M.(2023). Food Insecurity, Food Assistance, and Psychological Distress among University Students: Cross-Sectional Survey Western Australia, 2020 . Nutrients. 15. (11).

Maghiar, M.J., Lawrence, B.J., Mulders, W.H.A.M., Moyle, T.C., Livings, I., Jayakody, D.M.P.(2023). Hearing loss and mental health issues in amateur and professional musicians . Psychology of Music. 51. (6). p. 1584-1597.

Haywood, D., Wallace, I.N., Lawrence, B., Baughman, F.D., Dauer, E., O'Connor, M.(2023). Oncology healthcare professionals' perceptions and experiences of ‘chemobrain’ in cancer survivors and persons undergoing cancer treatment . General Hospital Psychiatry. 84. p. 271-272.

Dachew, B., Ayano, G., Duko, B., Lawrence, B., Betts, K., Alati, R.(2023). Paternal Depression and Risk of Depression among Offspring: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis . JAMA Network Open. 6. (8). p. E2329159.

Grant, H., Anderton, R., Gasson, N., Lawrence, B.J.(2023). The gut microbiome and cognition in Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review . Nutritional Neuroscience. 26. (10). p. 932-941.

Haywood, D., Dauer, E., Baughman, F.D., Lawrence, B.J., Rossell, S.L., Hart, N.H., O’Connor, M.(2023). “Is My Brain Ever Going to Work Fully Again?”: Challenges and Needs of Cancer Survivors with Persistent Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment . Cancers. 15. (22).

James, A., Lawrence, B., O’Connor, M.(2022). Healthy Eating as a New Way of Life: A Qualitative Study of Successful Long-Term Diet Change . Inquiry United States. 59.

Offer, S., Alexander, E., Barbara, K., Hemmingsson, E., Flint, S.W., Lawrence, B.J.(2022). The association between childhood trauma and overweight and obesity in young adults: the mediating role of food addiction . Eating and Weight Disorders. 27. (8). p. 3257-3266.

Lawrence, B.J., de la Piedad Garcia, X., Kite, J., Hill, B., Cooper, K., Flint, S.W., Dixon, J.B.(2022). Weight stigma in Australia: a public health call to action . Public Health Research and Practice. 32. (3).

Haywood, D., Lawrence, B.J., Baughman, F.D., Mullan, B.A.(2021). A conceptual model of long-term weight loss maintenance: The importance of cognitive, empirical and computational approaches . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18. (2). p. 1-15.

Lawrence, B.J., Eikelboom, R.H., Jayakody, D.M.P.(2021). Auditory-cognitive training for adult cochlear implant recipients: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial . Trials. 22. (1).

O’connor, M., Martin, C., Wilmott, L., Haywood, D., Lawrence, B.J., Breen, L.J.(2021). Australian health professionals’ attitudes toward voluntary assisted dying: A cross-sectional survey . Social Sciences. 10. (11).

Loftus, A.M., Gasson, N., Lopez, N., Sellner, M., Reid, C., Cocks, N., Lawrence, B.J.(2021). Cognitive reserve, executive function, and memory in parkinson’s disease . Brain Sciences. 11. (8).

Lawrence, B.J., Alexander, E., Jayakody, D.M.P.(2021). Hearing Loss and Depression in Older Adults: A Small Association . American Journal of Medicine. 134. (1). p. e76-e77.

Lawrence, B.J., Kerr, D., Pollard, C.M., Theophilus, M., Alexander, E., Haywood, D., O’Connor, M.(2021). Weight bias among health care professionals: A systematic review and meta-analysis . Obesity. 29. (11). p. 1802-1812.

Lawrence, B.J., Alexander, E., Grant, H., O'Connor, M.(2021). Colorectal cancer and absolute risks . Gut. 70. (11). p. 2215-2216.

(2020). Hearing Loss and Depression in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis . The Gerontologist.

Lawrence, B.J., Jayakody, D.M.P., Bennett, R.J., Eikelboom, R.H., Gasson, N., Friedland, P.L.(2020). Hearing loss and depression in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis . Gerontologist. 60. (3). p. E137-E154.

(2019). Is Hearing Loss Associated with Depression in Older Adults? . The Hearing Journal.

Lawrence, B.J.(2019). Is hearing loss associated with depression in older adults? . Hearing Journal. 72. (7). p. 8-11.

(2018). Visuospatial asymmetries do not modulate the cheerleader effect . Scientific Reports.

(2018). Auditory and Cognitive Training for Cognition in Adults With Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis . Trends in Hearing.

(2018). Mild Cognitive Impairment: Implications of Diagnosis . Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & Parkinsonism.

Lawrence, B.J., Jayakody, D.M.P., Henshaw, H., Ferguson, M.A., Eikelboom, R.H., Loftus, A.M., Friedland, P.L.(2018). Auditory and Cognitive Training for Cognition in Adults With Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis . Trends in Hearing. 22.

Carragher, D.J., Lawrence, B.J., Thomas, N.A., Nicholls, M.E.R.(2018). Visuospatial asymmetries do not modulate the cheerleader effect . Scientific Reports. 8. (1).

(2018). Cognitive Training and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial . Parkinson's Disease.

Lawrence, B.J., Gasson, N., Johnson, A.R., Booth, L., Loftus, A.M.(2018). Cognitive Training and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial . Parkinson S Disease. 2018.

(2017). Cognitive Training and Noninvasive Brain Stimulation for Cognition in Parkinson’s Disease: A Meta-analysis . Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair.

Lawrence, B.J., Gasson, N., Bucks, R.S., Troeung, L., Loftus, A.M.(2017). Cognitive Training and Noninvasive Brain Stimulation for Cognition in Parkinson's Disease: A Meta-analysis . Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 31. (7). p. 597-608.

(2016). Prevalence and Subtypes of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease . Scientific Reports.

(2016). Suitability of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale in Parkinson’s Disease . Journal of Parkinson's Disease.

Johnson, A.R., Lawrence, B.J., Corti, E.J., Booth, L., Gasson, N., Thomas, M.G., Loftus, A.M., Bucks, R.S.(2016). Suitability of the depression, anxiety, and stress scale in Parkinson's disease . Journal of Parkinson S Disease. 6. (3). p. 609-616.

Lawrence, B.J., Gasson, N., Loftus, A.M.(2016). Prevalence and subtypes of mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease . Scientific Reports. 6.

Lawrence, B.J., Gasson, N., Kane, R., Bucks, R.S., Loftus, A.M.(2014). Activities of daily living, depression, and quality of life in Parkinson's disease . Plos One. 9. (7).

Lawrence, Blake J., Gasson, Natalie, Kane, Robert, Bucks, Romola S., Loftus, Andrea M.(2014). Activities of Daily Living, Depression, and Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease . Plos One. 9. (7).

OTHER

Offer, S., Alexander, E., Barbara, K., Hemmingsson, E., Flint, S.W., Lawrence, B.(2022). The association between childhood trauma and overweight and obesity in young adults: The mediating role of food addiction . Research Square.

CONFERENCE POSTER

(2017). Motor Heterogeneity in Parkinson’s Disease: A Bayesian Perspective. 21st International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders.

(2016). Can we remediate mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's Disease? A randomised controlled trial of cognitive training and transcranial direct current stimulation. 4th World Parkinson Congress.

DISSERTATION THESIS

(2016). Nonpharmacological Interventions for Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease . Curtin University.