Dr Ben Balzer
Conjoint Lecturer
BMedSc, University of Sydney, 2011
MBBS, University of Sydney, 2015
PhD, University of Sydney, 2020
FRACP, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 2023
Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine
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2018 JMO Teacher of the Year Award, UNSW School of Women's and Children's Health
I am passionate about clinical research and use it to complement and inform my role as a staff specialist paediatrician in child protection.
Current projects include:
- Understanding the health needs of adolescent survivors of sexual assault
- Prevalence of strangulation/asphyxiation child sexual assault
- Drug-facilitated and technology-facilitated sexual assault in children and adolescents
- Characterising referrals to tertiary child protection units with fabricated/induced illness (FII) and understanding systemic drivers of FII
My Research Supervision
Currently co-supervising one ILP project and seven RACP advanced trainee research projects.