Marcus Lai Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Operational support for Shapes and Sounds community-based and practitioner programs / services

Online moderation of the Shapes and Sounds club, a forum aimed at fostering a culturally safe and responsive space for Asian Australians to navigate their mental health with the support of mental health practitioners and other members of the community

• Culture, Trauma and Mental Health group• Investigating cultural differences in affective / physiological markers of emotion regulation strategies in Chinese vs Australian trauma-exposed individuals• Performing a systematic review on cultural differences in cognitive appraisals, emotion regulation, mental health, and wellbeing outcomes

• Review and extraction of key descriptive statistics and methodological measures for a systematic review on the prevalence of ADHD within individuals with psychotic disorders • Performing risk of bias assessments• Manuscript draft review

• Administered standardised literacy assessments (CUBED NLM, CELF-5, TOWRE-2 and SPAT-R) to Grade 2 students for a large state-wide project that investigates the impact of evidence-based oral language and reading interventions during early primary schooling

• Delivered behavioural therapy and play-based therapy programs to a 6-year-old nonverbal child with level-3 autism spectrum disorder and ADHD to assist with the development of his independence, interests and speech (via AAC)• Monthly meetings with psychologists, support workers, speech pathologists, and other therapists to review progress and modify program plans

• Subcortical Cognitive Dysfunction Laboratory• Investigating cognitive outcomes following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)• Administered neuropsychological assessments such as RAVLT, RUFF, RCFT, SDMT, Victoria Stroop, TMT etc. to 20+ healthy control participants• Managed and entered assessment data via Microsoft Excel• Prepared online questionnaires via Qualtrics

Westfield Southland

• Provided VCE support to students from disadvantaged schools / communities through the Feedback to Giveback initiative. • Co-Author of Health In Focus' 2021 VCE Physical Education Practice Exam

• Fundraised for medical camps in Vietnam and Laos via sporting and BBQ events • Healthcare project development (COVID safety kit initiative) • Sponsorship management and social media content creation

Physiotherapy rehabilitation assistant

Bachelor Of Science (Degree With Honours), Psychology, First Class Honours

Courseworks includes Advanced Data Analysis, Ethics and Evidence-based Practice, Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience, and Developmental.

Bachelor Of Science, Psychology & Neuroscience, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Melbourne University Psychology Association, Melbourne University Mixed Development Volleyball, Tin Alley Social.

Vce Baccalaureate

Completed VCE English, Mathematical Methods, Chemistry, Biology, Chinese Second Language Advanced, Physical Education • Class of 2020 High.

Biomedicine And Biological Sciences

Participated in the selective Biomedical & Biological Sciences (BBS) stream of the Yale Young Global Scholars program. Activities include.