Dr Helena Romaniuk
Is an experienced biostatistician who has worked on clinical trials and observational studies with a range of collaborators in a variety of health fields, in academia and government. Helena is currently employed as a Biostatistician in the First Nations Cancer & Wellbeing Research Program.
She has previously worked as a biostatistician within the Faculty of Health at Deakin University, and was involved in multiple studies investigating heart failure, using cohort studies, hospital records, and Victorian surveillance data. She has also worked on multiple projects undertaken by the Centre of Research Excellence in Food Retail Environments for Health (RE-FRESH) which was led from Deakin. She also has experience of conducting randomised control trials: An online mindfulness program for people after treatment for breast, bowel or prostate cancer (MindOnLine); an internet-based intervention for overweight or obese adolescents; an online intervention to prevent obesity and promote healthy body image in secondary schools.
While employed at Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Helena led the analysis on several large observational cohort longitudinal studies focusing on child and adult health outcomes, such as the 2000 stories Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study; Victorian Intergenerational Health Cohort; The Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study; Beyondblue; the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children; and International Youth Development Study. The focus of this research has been on: Mental health (peri-natal depression, adolescent and adult mental health), alcohol use, licit and illicit substance use, and self-harm, and child development (puberty, academic outcomes and childhood obesity).
Currently Helena provides valuable assistance with the design, management and analysis of the First Nations Cancer and Wellbeing Research Program.