Biostatistics and Modelling

Biostatistics and Modelling

We are a global leader in the use of advanced statistical techniques and computational tools to deliver innovative methods for tackling complex public health challenges.

Our expertise shapes health policy and practice—powering clinical care with robust science, enhancing disease prediction and prevention strategies, and driving evidence-based decision-making worldwide.

Our focus areas

Research units

Biostatistics

We collaborate with research teams on study design and statistical analysis, provide advanced training and mentorship, and advance the field through our methodological approaches to solve practical problems in clinical research.

Head of Unit

Professor Andrew Forbes

Climate, Air Quality Research

Using datasets from around the world, our team conducts modelling of the impact of unmitigated climate change on human health, to inform planning for resilient health services able to meet the climate-driven health challenges of our near future.

Head of Unit

Professor Yuming Guo

Clinical Outcomes Data Reporting and Research

A multidisciplinary team with world-leading expertise in all aspects of Clinical Quality Registries (CQR) across their lifespan. We administer a suite of CQRs, advance registry science, and advise other Monash CQR managers.

Head of Unit

Professor Susannah Ahern

Epidemiological Modelling

Embracing cutting-edge approaches, we project the burden and spread of infectious diseases across communities, and predict the effectiveness of prevention and control measures across time, location, and demographic groups.

Head of Unit

Associate Professor James Trauer

Pharmacoepidemiology

We use advanced pharmacoepidemiological methods – including causal inference, trajectory analysis, structural equation modelling and risk prediction – to evaluate medicine use and outcomes, contributing methodological innovation to strengthen quantitative population health research.

Head of Research Group

Dr Stella Talic

Centres and major initiatives

Australian Trials Methodology (AusTriM) Research Network

This NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence links Australia’s trials-focussed statisticians with methodological and health researchers, to facilitate landmark trials and advance health research.

Biostatistics Consulting Platform

Providing high-quality biostatistical consulting and support to researchers at all locations of Monash University's Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, and to researchers at the Alfred Hospital.

Monash University Clinical Trials Centre (MUCTC)

A non-profit Academic Research Organisation uniting academic expertise and leadership with industry-standard operational capabilities, our unique model delivers trials with speed, reliability and the highest level of independent scientific rigour.

Our courses

Visit our Professional Education page for a list of upcoming short course dates, including:

Our impact in action

Australia-first study predicts annual heatwave deaths could reach 6000 by 2100

The first study of the health impacts of increasing heatwaves predicts that almost 6000 Australians will die from heatwaves in the year 2100 under climate change, compared to around 250 deaths per year during 2016–19.
Public Health and Preventive Medicine 4 May, 2026

Study of over 46 million deaths globally reveals who is most at risk from non-optimum temperatures and which diseases are most affected

A large international study of the health impacts of cold and heat has just been published in The Lancet’s eClinicalMedicine journal, finding that 4.4 percent of deaths between 2000 and 2019 can be attributed to short-term exposure to
Public Health and Preventive Medicine 4 May, 2026

We studied 217 tropical cyclones globally to see how people died. Our findings might surprise you

Tropical cyclones can be even more deadly – and for a wider range of reasons – than we ever thought.
Public Health and Preventive Medicine 6 November, 2025

Mollie Holman Award winner: Dr Wenhua Yu

We’re celebrating a fantastic achievement by one of our PhD students – receiving one of the University’s annual Mollie Holman Awards. Established in 1998, the awards are named after the late pioneering physiologist, Emeritus
Public Health and Preventive Medicine 5 May, 2025

Increasing urban vegetation could have saved over 1.1m lives in two decades

Increasing urban vegetation by 30 per cent could save over one-third of all heat related deaths, saving up to 1.16 million lives globally from 2000 to 2019 according to a 20-year modelling study of the impact of increasing greenness in more than
Public Health and Preventive Medicine 1 May, 2025
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