Stephanie Aarsman

Stephanie Aarsman is a Research Fellow at Deakin University, affiliated with the Faculty of Health/School of Psychology. Her research focuses on applied and developmental psychology, clinical and health psychology, public health, epidemiology, and biostatistics.

She holds a Master of Biostatistics from the University of Melbourne and dual bachelor's degrees in Criminology and Psychological Science with Distinction from Deakin University. Her work emphasizes causal modeling in non-experimental psychological research, intergenerational transmission of mental health effects, and substance use consequences across life stages.

Her recent publications highlight trends in

• causal relationships between amphetamine use and mental health
• intergenerational impacts of parental psychological distress on child development
• longitudinal effects of parental substance use on birth outcomes
• methodological advancements in causal inference via target trial emulation

She is an Honorary Fellow at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and a member of the Statistical Society of Australia.

Her methodological expertise includes

• statistical analysis of cohort data
• network theory in psychopathology
• meta-analytic synthesis of intergenerational risks
• causal diagram construction

She contributes to public health policy through consortia like the Monitoring Illicit Substance Use (MISUse) Consortium, integrating four Australasian cohorts to study substance use trajectories.