Presentations

Green, Watkeys, Tzoumakis, Laurens, Piltz & Dean (2025). NSW Child Development Study Cross-Agency Research Summit, Online, 11 November 2025.

Laurens (2025). Student mental health and wellbeing: Findings from the NSW Child Development Study. Australian Early Development Census NSW Research Symposium 2025, Sydney, Australia, 18 June 2025 (Invited Keynote Presentation).

Green (2024). Improving the mental health of young Australians using big data. Western Sydney Local Health District Mental Health Service Research Day, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia, 9 September 2024 (Invited Guest Speaker Oration).

Tzoumakis (2024). The intersection between the child protection and criminal justice systems: Making the case for early, intergenerational, and cross-agency prevention. Child Protection Week Forum, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, Australia, 3 September 2024.

Green, Watkeys, Tzoumakis, & Carpendale (2024). NSW Child Development Study Cross-Agency Research Summit, Online, 26 July 2024.

Tzoumakis, Whitten, Laurens, Dean, Harris, Carr, & Green (2024). Parental offending, child protection services involvement, and contact with police in early adolescence. Life History Research Society Conference, Montreal, Canada, 29-31 May 2024. 

Green (2024). Breaking the cycle of intergenerational risk for mental disorders using linked multi-agency data. Professor Florence Levy’s Annual Oration, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, 9 May 2024.

Green (2023). Leveraging administrative data linkage approaches in Psychiatry. Annual Meeting of the Section of Neuropsychiatry of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Sydney, Australia, 17-18 November 2023 (Invited Presentation).

Carr (2023). A developmental perspective on environmental determinants of psychosis. Australian Psychosis Conference, Sydney, Australia, 11 September 2023 (Invited Plenary Presentation).

Green (2023). Intergenerational influences on child development and mental health. Sydney Children’s Hospital Network 'Developing Brain' Clinical Research Colloquium, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia, 8 November 2023 (Invited Presentation).

Green (2023). Preventing self-harm and suicide in young people using interagency population data. NSW Department of Communities and Justice FACSIAR Lunch and Learn Webinar: Preventing and responding to self-harm and suicidal ideation: Latest research and best practice for children and young people in care, Online, 26 September 2023 (Invited Presentation).

Green (2023). Preventing self-harm and suicide in young people using interagency population data. UNSW School of Clinical Medicine Discipline of Psychiatry & Mental Health Seminar Series, Sydney, Australia, 26 July 2023 (Invited Presentation).

Tzoumakis, Whitten, Laurens, Dean, Harris, Carr, & Green (2023). Levels of involvement with child protective services associated with early adolescent police contact as a victim and person of interest: A population-based record linkage study of 71,465 young people. Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference, Sydney, Australia, 14-15 August 2023 (Selected from Abstract).

Carpendale, Green, Dix, Tzoumakis, Williams, White, Carr, & Laurens (2023). Universal primary school social-emotional learning predicts students’ social-emotional competencies in middle childhood. Society for Mental Health Research Conference, Perth, Australia, 29 November - 1 December 2023 (Selected from Abstract; Poster Presentation).

Green (2023). Intergenerational influences on early childhood health and development. Queensland Child and Youth Clinical Network Forum: A Sunny Start – Growing a Healthier Future for Qld (The First 2000 Days), Gold Coast, Australia, 12 May 2023 (Invited Keynote Presentation). 

Tzoumakis, Whitten, Laurens, Dean, Harris, Carr, & Green (2023). Levels of involvement with child protection services associated with early adolescent police contact as a victim and person of interest. Centre international de criminologie comparée, Online, 8 February 2023 (Invited Presentation).

Green (2022). NSW Child Development Study: Risk and resilience in the first 2000 days. Northern Rivers Local Health District: NSW Health First 2000 Days Program Launch, Ballina, Australia, 9 November 2022 (Invited Presentation).

Green (2022). Developmental risk for mental disorders in childhood. Australian Early Development Census Coordinator’s Meeting, Adelaide, Australia, 17 October 2022 (Invited Presentation).

Green (2022). Understanding the mental health needs of children known to child protection services using linked administrative and self-report data. NSW Department of Communities and Justice FACSIAR Lunch and Learn Webinar Series: Improving mental health outcomes for children and young people in out-of-home care, Online, 27 July 2022 (Invited Presentation).

Laurens (2022). School-based mental health and early intervention in New South Wales, Australia. Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment, Data Insights at DESE Seminar Series, Online, 23 June 2022.

Laurens (2022). Primary school outcomes for children in contact with child protection during early childhood: Findings from the NSW Child Development Study. NSW Department of Communities and Justice FACSIAR Lunch and Learn Webinar Series: Improving educational outcomes for children and young people with child protection contact, Online, 16 February 2022 (Invited Presentation).

Green (2022). NSW Child Development Study: Findings from the second wave of data linkage. NSW Department of Communities and Justice FACSIAR Lunch and Learn Webinar Series, Online, 27 April 2022 (Invited Presentation). 

Green (2022). NSW Child Development Study. Population Health Research Network Linkage Luminaries Webinar Series, Online, 28 April 2022 (Invited Presentation). 

Green (2021). The NSW Child Development Study: Translating population data into policy. NSW Ministry of Health Combined MP4Kids & RPNSW Conference, Bathurst, Australia, 29-30 April 2021 (Invited Presentation).

Athanassiou, Whitten, Tzoumakis, Hindmarsh, Harris, Carr, Green, & Dean (2021). Examining the overlap of young people’s contact with the police as a person of interest and victim or witness. Stockholm Criminology Symposium, Online, 15-16 June 2021 (Selected from Abstract).

Laurens, Dean, Whitten, Tzoumakis, Harris, Carr, & Green (2021). Early life predictors of suspensions from primary school: A longitudinal multi-agency record-linkage study. Australian Early Development Census National Conference, Online, 15-19 March 2021 (Selected from Abstract).

Hindmarsh, Laurens, Katz, Butler, Harris, Carr, & Green (2021). Child protection profiles for children with special health care needs: A population record linkage study. Australian Early Development Census National Conference, Online, 15-19 March 2021 (Selected from Abstract).

Harris, Dean, Watkeys, Hindmarsh, Laurens, Tzoumakis, Carr, & Green (2021). Risk factors at birth and later developmental risk of mental disorders. Australian Early Development Census National Conference, Online, 15-19 March 2021 (Selected from Abstract).

Harris, Dean, Laurens, Tzoumakis, Carr, & Green (2021). Regional distribution of mental health risk at age 5 years in an Australian population sample. Australian Early Development Census National Conference, Online, 15-19 March 2021 (Selected from Abstract; Rapid Presentation).

Laurens (2020). Early life predictors of suspensions from primary school: cross-agency indicators of risk for school exclusion in a NSW population cohort. International Population Data Linkage Network Conference, Online, 1-13 November 2020 (Selected from Abstract).

Green, Hindmarsh, Kariuki, Islam, Laurens, Neil, Katz, Chilvers, Harris, & Carr (2019). Mental disorders among children in contact with child protection services. Society for Mental Health Research Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 27-29 November 2019 (Invited Symposium Presentation).

Neil, Islam, Kariuki, Laurens, Katz, Harris, Carr, & Green (2019). Rates and costs of physical and mental health hospitalisations in the first 13-years of life among children in the NSW-CDS, by engagement with Child Protection Services. Society for Mental Health Research Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 27-29 November 2019 (Selected from Abstract).

Green (2019). The structure of psychopathology. Society for Mental Health Research Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 27-29 November 2019 (Invited Plenary Presentation).

Green (2019). AEDC research findings from the NSW-CDS. NSW Health Child and Family Health Advisory Group, Sydney, Australia, 25 November 2019 (Invited Presentation).

Green & Carr (2019). Predicting childhood vulnerability across the spectrum of health, education and social adversity from information known at birth. NSW Health “Sustaining Families Program” Forum, Sydney, Australia 20 November 2019 (Invited Presentation).

Tzoumakis, Whitten, Piotrowska, Dean, Laurens, Harris, Carr, & Green (2019). Examining the gender-specific transmission of antisocial behaviour. American Society of Criminology Conference, San Francisco, USA, 13-16 November 2019 (Selected from Abstract).

Carr, Kariuki, Laurens, Dean, Harris, & Green (2019). Can childhood mental health and social outcomes be predicted at birth? Melbourne, Australia, 20-23 October 2019 (Selected from Abstract; Poster).

Green (2019). NSW Child Development Study: Cross agency data linkages to inform better health and social outcomes for developing youth. Secretary of the NSW Department of Communities and Justice, Sydney, Australia, 26 September 2019 (Invited Presentation).

Dean (2019). Emergence of mental health problems in childhood: Findings from the NSW Child Development Study. Child and Adolescent Mental Health: South Eastern Sydney Local Health District Registrars, Sydney, Australia, 18 September 2019 (Invited Presentation).

Carr (2019). AEDC-related findings in the NSW-CDS (focus on Social Competence and Emotional Maturity). Australian Early Development Census National Coordinator’s Training Day, Adelaide, Australia, 4 September 2019 (Invited Presentation).

Green (2019). NSW Child Development Study: Cross agency data linkages to predict entry to Out-of-Home-Care. "Their Futures Matter" Executive Team, Sydney, Australia, 28 June 2019 (Invited Presentation).

Green (2019). Predicting childhood vulnerability across the spectrum of health, education and social adversity from information known at birth. Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Conference, Sydney, Australia, 26 July 2019 (Invited Plenary Presentation).

Green, Linscott, Laurens, Tzoumakis, Dean, Badcock, & Carr (2019). Developmental schizotypy in the general population: A record linkage study of 22,000 Australian children. International Consortium for Schizotypy Research Conference, New Orleans, USA, 10-12 June 2019 (Selected from Abstract).

Green (2019). Cross-agency predictors of children being placed in Out of Home Care. NSW Health “Whole Family Team (WFT)” Forum, Sydney, Australia, 6 June 2019 (Invited Presentation).

Green (2019). Early developmental risk for mental disorders. National Community Child Health Council, NSW Parliament House, Sydney, Australia, 23 May 2019 (Invited Presentation).

Williams, Green, & Dean (2019). Nagdhuri-Nya project. Ngadhuri-Nya Public Forum, Redfern, Australia, 15 May 2019 (Invited Presentation).

Green (2019). Population prevalence of risk for mental disorders at school entry in NSW. School Link “Got It!” Forum, Sydney, Australia, 12 April 2019 (Invited Presentation).

Green (2019). Perinatal and early life risk factors for childhood mental disorders in an Australian population cohort. Royal Hospital for Women Perinatal Group Seminars, Sydney, Australia, 20 February 2019 (Invited Presentation).

Green (2018). Early life risk factors for the development of childhood mental health problems. NSW Health Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 7 November 2018 (Invited Presentation).

Green (2018). Early developmental risk for childhood mental disorders in an Australian population cohort. Westmead Hospital Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Sydney, Australia, 1 November 2018 (Invited Presentation).

Green (2018). Prevention and early detection of psychosis using health data linkage. Early Years Collaboration, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia, 19 September 2018 (Invited Presentation).

Green, Linscott, Laurens, Tzoumakis, Dean, Harris, & Carr (2018). Developmental schizotypy in the general population. Australian Psychosis Conference, Sydney, Australia, 14-16 September 2018 (Selected from Abstract).

Green (2018). The NSW Child Development Study: Using population record linkage to facilitate early detection of risk for mental illness. NSW Health Child and Family Health Advisory Group, Sydney, Australia, 17 August 2019 (Invited Presentation).

Piotrowska, Rossen, Tzoumakis, Laurens, Chilvers, Butler, Katz, Carr, & Green (2018). Determinants of childhood socio-emotional and cognitive vulnerability using multi-agency administrative records. International Conference on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Sarawak, Malaysia, 6-8 August 2018 (Selected from Abstract).

Green (2018). Developmental schizotypy in the general population. University of Geneva Department of Psychology and Education, Geneva, Switzerland, 19 April 2018 (Invited Presentation). 

Green, Linscott, Laurens, Tzoumakis, Dean, Harris, & Carr (2018). Developmental schizotypy in the general population: associations with child protection reports and mental health contacts. Life History Research Society Conference, Paris, France, 30 May - 1 June 2018 (Selected from Abstract).

Green, Kariuki, Dean, Laurens, Tzoumakis, Harris, & Carr (2018). Childhood developmental vulnerabilities associated with early life exposure to infectious and non-infectious diseases and maternal mental illness. Life History Research Society Conference, Paris, France, 30 May - 1 June 2018 (Selected from Abstract).

Carr, Tzoumakis, Kariuki, Laurens, Harris, & Green (2018). Mental health outcomes up to age 13 years associated with latent profiles of early developmental vulnerability at age 5 years. Life History Research Society Conference, Paris, France, 30 May - 1 June 2018 (Selected from Abstract).

Green (2018). NSW Child Development Study. Inter-agency Workshop on Intergenerational Disadvantage, Sydney, Australia, 23 May 2019 (Invited Presentation).

Green, Linscott, Laurens, Tzoumakis, Dean, Harris, & Carr (2018). Latent profiles of developmental schizotypy in the general population: Associations with childhood trauma and familial mental illness. Schizophrenia International Research Society Congress, Florence, Italy, 4-8 April 2018 (Selected from Abstract; Poster).

Carr (2018). Vulnerable mother-infant dyads: Developmental, educational, social and health outcomes of the children. Australian Early Development Census National Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 14-16 March 2018 (Invited Keynote Presentation).

Green & Chilvers, Tzoumakis, Kariuki, Butler, Laurens, Harris, & Carr (2018). Early Childhood maltreatment and developmental (AEDC) vulnerabilities. Australian Early Development Census National Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 14-16 March 2018 (Selected from Abstract).

Green, Tzoumakis, Kariuki, Laurens, Harris, & Carr (2018). Do latent profiles of early development (AEDC) vulnerability predict mental illness up to age 13 years?  Australian Early Development Census National Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 14-16 March 2018 (Selected from Abstract).

Green (2018). NSW Child Development Study. Achieving better mental health for maltreated children: A large, longitudinal data-linkage study. NSW Department of Family and Community Services Research Seminar: Achieving better outcomes for children in the child protection system, Sydney, Australia, 15 March 2018 (Invited Presentation).

Tzoumakis (2018). Using cross-agency record linkage to examine the relationship between parental offending and offspring outcomes in childhood. NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research Seminar Series, Sydney, Australia, 1 February 2018 (Invited Presentation).

Green (2018). Data linkage and the NSW Developmental Study. SPHERE Early Life Determinants of Health Project Collaboration Forum, Sydney, Australia, 1 February 2018 (Invited Presentation).

Tzoumakis, Dean, Green, Kariuki, Harris, Carr, & Laurens (2017). Using Big Data to examine the relationship between parental contact with the criminal justice system and the development of early childhood offspring aggression in a population sample. Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference, Sydney, Australia, 15-16 February 2017 (Selected from Abstract).

Green (Symposium Chair), Morgan, Dean, & Carr (2017). Data linkage capacities in Australia and Scandinavia: Utility for mental health research. International Federation for Psychiatric Epidemiology Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 17-20 October 2017 (Selected from Abstract).

Green, Linscott, Laurens, Tzoumakis, Dean, Harris, & Carr (2017). Developmental schizotypy in the general population. International Federation for Psychiatric Epidemiology Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 17-20 October 2017 (Selected from Abstract).

Laurens, Tzoumakis, Green, Kaggodaarachchi, Kariuki, Harris, Carr, & Dean (2017). Pervasive influence of parental offending on offspring development in early and middle childhood: A population data linkage study. International Federation for Psychiatric Epidemiology Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 17-20 October 2017 (Selected from Abstract).

Green (2017). The NSW Child Development Study: Cross-agency linkages to improve mental health outcomes for maltreated children. NSW Health Data Linkage Special Interest Group Meeting, Sydney, Australia, 8 November 2017 (Invited Presentation).

Green (2017). Early life determinants of risk for mental illness: Insights from the NSW Child Development Study. UNSW School of Psychiatry Seminar Series, Sydney, Australia, 9 November 2017 (Invited Presentation).

Tzoumakis, Green, Dean, Laurens Kariuki, Hutchinson, Harris, & Carr (2017). Prenatal smoking, parental offending, and offspring behavioural and cognitive vulnerability in early childhood. American Society of Criminology Meeting, Philadelphia, USA, 15-18 November 2017 (Selected from Abstract).

Green, Dean, Laurens, Carr, Whittle, & Cannon (2016). Using big data to track the development of mental disorders from prenatal periods to adolescence. Society for Mental Health Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 7-9 December 2016 (Selected from Abstract).

Green, Tzoumakis, Laurens, Dean, Kariuki, Harris, & Carr (2016). Profiles of developmental function at age 5 years are associated with early life trauma and parental mental illness. Society for Mental Health Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 7-9 December 2016 (Selected from Abstract).

Dean, Green, Laurens, Kariuki, Tzoumakis, Sprague, Lenroot, & Carr (2016). Parental mental ill health and emerging psychopathology in offspring. Society for Mental Health Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 7-9 December 2016 (Selected from Abstract).

Carr, Kariuki, Laurens, Dean, Tzoumakis, Harris, & Green (2016). Influence of childhood infection and maternal infection during pregnancy on early childhood psychosocial development: A record linkage study. Society for Mental Health Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 7-9 December 2016 (Selected from Abstract).

Laurens, Tzoumakis, Green, Dean, Harris, Kariuki, & Carr (2016). Profiles of psychotic-like experiences in children aged 11-12 years: Association with emotional, social, and behavioural functioning. Society for Mental Health Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 7-9 December 2016 (Selected from Abstract).

Carr (2016). How effective are mental health programs in schools? School Counsellors and Psychologists Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 10-11 November 2016 (Selected from Abstract).

Tzoumakis, Dean, Green, Zheng, Kariuki, Harris, Carr, & Laurens (2016). The influence of maternal and paternal histories of criminal offending and mental illness on offspring aggression in early childhood. National Centre for Longitudinal Data’s Longitudinal Data Conference, Canberra, Australia, 25-27 October 2016 (Selected from Abstract).

Green, McIntyre, Tzoumakis, Kariuki, Marks, Laurens, Dean, Chilvers, Harris, Butler, Brinkman, & Carr (2016). Childhood maltreatment and developmental vulnerabilities at school entry: A prospective population record linkage study. National Centre for Longitudinal Data’s Longitudinal Data Conference, Canberra, Australia, 25-27 October 2016 (Selected from Abstract).

Dean, Tzoumakis, Green, Zheng, Kariuki, Harris, Carr, & Laurens (2016). The impact of parental mental illness across the diagnostic spectrum on emerging psychopathology in offspring. National Centre for Longitudinal Data’s Longitudinal Data Conference, Canberra, Australia, 25-27 October 2016 (Selected from Abstract).

Tzoumakis, Dean, Green, Zheng, Kariuki, Harris, Carr, & Laurens (2016). Examining the impact of parental offending on offspring aggression in early childhood: A population-based record linkage study. International Society for Research on Aggression Meeting, Sydney, Australia, 19-23 July 2016 (Selected from Abstract).

Green, Laurens, Kariuki, Dean, Tzoumakis, Harris, & Carr (2016). Developmental risk profiles of psychotic and affective disorders in offspring at age 5 years. International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 13-16 July 2016 (Selected from Abstract; Poster).

Tzoumakis, Laurens, Dean, Hamde, Kariuki, Harris, Green, & Carr (2016). The impact of parental offending on early childhood aggression. Life History Research Society Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 25-28 May 2016 (Selected from Abstract; Poster).

Laurens, Tzoumakis, Dean, Hamde, Kariuki, Green, Harris & Carr (2016). Pervasive influence of paternal and maternal criminal history on early childhood functioning: A population record linkage study. Life History Research Society Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 25-28 May 2016 (Selected from Abstract; Poster).

Dean, Kariuki, Raudino, Green, Tzoumakis, Sprague, Lenroot, Laurens, & Carr (2016). Parental psychosis and early developmental vulnerability in offspring.  Schizophrenia International Research Society Conference, Florence, Italy, 2-6 April 2016 (Selected from Abstract; Poster).

Bore, Laurens, Raudino, Green, Tzoumakis, Harris, & Carr (2015). The emerging personality structure: Gender differences in a self-report measure of the Big Five for Children. Australian Conference on Personality and Individual Differences, Sydney, Australia, 3-5 December 2016 (Selected from Abstract).

Laurens, Hamde, Raudino, Tzoumakis, Kariuki, Carr, Green, Harris, & Dean (2015). Dose-response associations between paternal and maternal criminal history and early childhood functioning at age 5 years. Society for Mental Health Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 2-4 December 2016 (Selected from Abstract).

Dean, Kariuki, Raudino, Green, Tzoumakis, Sprague, Lenroot, Laurens, & Carr (2015). Parental mental ill health and offspring emotional and behavioural vulnerability in early life. Society for Mental Health Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 2-4 December 2016 (Selected from Abstract).

Matheson, Kariuki, Green, Dean, Harris, Tzoumakis, Tarren-Sweeney, Brinkman, Chilvers, Sprague, Carr, & Laurens (2015). Maltreatment and social and emotional functioning in early childhood: Population record-linkage study of antecedents of schizophrenia. Society for Mental Health Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 2-4 December 2016 (Selected from Abstract).

Carr, Scott, Laurens, Dean, Matheson & Lin (2015). Effects of parental characteristics on offspring psychosocial development and potential adult outcomes: Record linkage and birth cohort methodologies examining transgenerational influences. Society for Mental Health Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 2-4 December 2016 (Selected from Abstract).

Tzoumakis (2015). The NSW Child Development Study (NSW-CDS): Raising awareness about the Middle Childhood Survey. Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association NSW State Conference, Broken Hill, Australia, 4 March 2015 (Selected from Abstract).

Carr (2015). Using the 2009 Australian Early Development Census with Record Linkage to identify risk and protective factors for adolescent mental health outcomes. Australian Early Development Census National Conference, Glenelg, Australia, 18-20 February 2016 (Selected from Abstract).