Nina Lazarevic

Nina Lazarevic is a Research Fellow at the Australian National University's Centre of Epidemiology for Policy and Practice within the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health. She holds a PhD in environmental epidemiology and biostatistics, along with Masters degrees in biostatistics and environmental science. Prior to her academic career, she worked as an econometrician in banking and market research.

• Research Fellow, Centre of Epidemiology for Policy and Practice
• PhD in Environmental Epidemiology and Biostatistics
• Masters in Biostatistics and Environmental Science

Her research focuses on statistical methods in environmental epidemiology, particularly Bayesian nonparametric approaches for analyzing health effects of environmental chemical mixtures and exposome-health associations. Key projects include studies on PFAS exposure impacts on maternal and child health, telehealth policy evaluation, and asbestos-related cancer incidence in the ACT.

Nina has published extensively on environmental chemical exposure impacts, including PFAS contamination studies (2023-2024) and prenatal exposure effects on fetal growth (2022). Her methodological work includes simulation studies for chemical mixture analysis (2020).

Current projects involve:

• ACT Asbestos Health Study II: Linked Data Project
• ANU Telehealth in Primary Care Study
• PFAS Health Study

Her work leverages large-scale linked data to inform government policy on cardiovascular disease prevention and chronic disease management.