King Wa Tam
PhD · Public Health & EpidemiologyOpen to research & data roles
A PhD-trained researcher with over a decade of expertise in epidemiology, statistics, health economics, and quantitative social science, including over two years of postdoctoral fellowship at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Calgary. My work has taken me from Australia to Hong Kong to Canada, and as a consultant to the World Bank.
My work spans study design, statistical modelling, manuscript drafting, peer-review revision, and translating quantitative findings for diverse stakeholders, resulting in twelve peer-reviewed publications in journals such as PLOS Medicine, Cancers, BMC Geriatrics, and JMIR Public Health and Surveillance.
Alongside my research, I also have hands-on experience with independent agentic AI projects by leveraging rapid prototyping, automated testing, and software design to improve the efficiency, reproducibility, reliability, and scalability of my workflows.
Biostatistics
Meta-analysis, systematic reviews, multi-level modelling, causal inference methods, and more.
Cancer Epidemiology
Survival analysis and subsequent neoplasm risk in childhood cancer survivors; breast cancer screening and health literacy.
Ageing & Multimorbidity
Geriatric mental health, cognitive impairment, long COVID, and chronic disease management in primary care populations.
Health-Economic Modelling & Policy
Cost-effectiveness and simulation models evaluating taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, alcohol, and salt, informing policy in Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia, Mongolia, Australia, and India.
Research
Epidemiology · Statistics · Health economics · Meta-analysis · Scientific writing · Data visualization
Analytical Tools
R · Excel · Stata · SQL · QGIS · Ersatz · DisMod II
Developer & AI Tools
OpenCode · Git · Python · C# · VBA
Languages
Fluent: English, Cantonese, Mandarin · Intermediate: French, Spanish · Basic: Russian
Interests & Hobbies
Snowboarding & skiing · Piano · Fitness · Sourdough · Creative writing
AI · Philosophy · Psychology · Medicine · Computer science · Linguistics · Speculative fiction
AI & Computer Science12
- AI Agent Developer (6-course specialization)Vanderbilt UniversityPDF
- AI Agents with Model Context Protocol (3-course specialization)Vanderbilt UniversityPDF
- Generative AI Software Engineering (4-course specialization)Vanderbilt UniversityPDF
- Generative AI Automation (4-course specialization)Vanderbilt UniversityPDF
- Mathematics for Machine Learning: Linear AlgebraImperial College LondonPDF
- Principles of ComputingRice UniversityPDF
- Creative, Serious and Playful Science of Android AppsUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignPDF
- An Introduction to Interactive Programming in PythonRice UniversityPDF
- Beginning Game Programming with C#University of Colorado Colorado SpringsPDF
- Computer NetworksUniversity of WashingtonPDF
- Learn to Program: The FundamentalsUniversity of TorontoPDF
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Advanced Track)Stanford OnlinePDF
Medicine & Health15
- Become an EMT (6-course specialization)University of Colorado SystemPDF
- Immunology: The Immune System and its Failures (5-course specialization)Imperial College LondonPDF
- Cancer Biology (3-course specialization)Johns Hopkins UniversityPDF
- Wilderness First Aid (4-course specialization)University of Colorado SystemPDF
- Human Anatomy & Physiology I (3-course specialization)Rice UniversityPDF
- Human Anatomy & Physiology II (3-course specialization)Rice UniversityPDF
- Medical Terminology (3-course specialization)Rice UniversityPDF
- The Nurse's ToolkitUniversity of MichiganPDF
- Contemporary BiologyUniversity of North TexasPDF
- Rationing and Allocating Scarce Medical ResourcesUniversity of PennsylvaniaPDF
- Cardiac Arrest, Hypothermia, and Resuscitation ScienceUniversity of PennsylvaniaPDF
- Nutrition for Health Promotion and Disease PreventionUniversity of California, San FranciscoPDF
- Drugs and the BrainCaltechPDF
- VaccinesUniversity of PennsylvaniaPDF
- Fundamentals of PharmacologyUniversity of PennsylvaniaPDF
Writing & Humanities7
- Creative Writing (5-course specialization)Wesleyan UniversityPDF
- Memoir and Personal Essay: Write About Yourself (4-course specialization)Wesleyan UniversityPDF
- Sharpened Visions: A Poetry WorkshopCalifornia Institute of the ArtsPDF
- The Modern and the Postmodern (Part 2)Wesleyan UniversityPDF
- The Modern and the Postmodern (Part 1)Wesleyan UniversityPDF
- Étudier en France: French Intermediate course B1–B2École PolytechniquePDF
- Write Like Mozart: An Introduction to Classical Music CompositionNational University of SingaporePDF
My research repositories cover work at UQ, HKU, CUHK and UCalgary, including childhood cancer epidemiology, community eHealth and multimorbidity, school mental health, suicide epidemiology and poverty, energy balance, future BMI distribution and the health burden of obesity. Consulting projects for The World Bank and Griffith University covered disease burden modelling for health tax policy across eight countries and 48 Sub-Saharan African countries.
Beyond research, I design and develop my own software with agentic AI coding tools, including agent skills, dashboards, browser extensions, and this site. The rigour I bring to study design carries over: version control, automated testing, and reproducible workflows.
