Biostatistics

Biostatistics Unit

The Biostatistics Unit is actively engaged in methodological biostatistical research relevant to the solution of practical problems in clinical research. We are involved in numerous collaborative epidemiological and clinical research projects within and external to the School, and are actively involved in the School's teaching programs in biostatistics, clinical research and public health.

Staff in the Biostatistics Unit participate in the activities of the Monash University Clinical trials Centre (MUCTC), providing support and collaboration on grant proposals, study design, protocol preparation, statistical analysis plans and statistical analyses of trials.

The Unit is the grant holder and administrative centre of the Australian Trials Methodology (AusTriM) Research Network. AusTriM is an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence which brings Australia’s leading biostatisticians with expertise in trials together with clinical investigators to develop novel methodology for the design and analysis of clinical trials, and to translate the methodology into practice in landmark trials across a range of health and medical fields.

The Unit also houses the Biostatistics Consulting Platform, which provides high-quality biostatistical support to researchers at Monash University's Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and the Alfred Hospital, as well as other hospitals, institutes and health service groups. The Biostatistics Consulting Platform is subsidised by the Monash Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and the Alfred Hospital.

Our Team

Head of Unit: Professor Andrew Forbes BSc(Hons) MSc PhD FACS FAAAI
Professor Arul Earnest PhD
Professor Stephane Heritier BSc MSc MBA PhD
Professor Joanne McKenzie BSc Grad Dip App Sc MSc PhD
Professor Rory Wolfe BSc PhD
Professor Jessica Kasza BSc(Hons) PhD
Associate Professor Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi PhD
Associate Professor Baki Billah BSc(Hons) MSc MAS PhD
Associate Professor Matthew Page PhD
Dr Sarah Arnup BSc(Hons), MPhil, MBiostat PhD
Dr Rhys Bowden PhD
Dr Anais Charles-Nelson BSc MSc PhD
Dr Kelsey Grantham BSc MAppStat PhD
Dr Alan Herschtal BCompSc BEng(Elec)
Dr Elizabeth Korevaar BSc (Hons) MBiostat PhD
Dr Thao Le BPharm PhD
Dr Cathy Martin MBiostat PhD
Dr Eldho Paul BSocSc(Hons) DLSHTM MSc PhD
Dr Liz Ryan PhD
Dr Simon Turner BSc(Hons) BTeach(Hons) MSc(Astronomy) MBiostat PhD
Ms Madeleine Fry BBiomedSc MPH

Adjunct Fellows

Associate Professor John Reynolds PhD
Dr Sam Brilleman PhD
Dr Victoria Mar MBBS FACD PhD

Associates

Professor Michael Bailey BSc(Hons) MSc(Stats) PhD
Dr Joanna Dipnall BEc(Hons) PhD
Mr Jonathan Broder BPsycSc M Statistics and Operations Research
Dr Caroline Gao BEng PhD
Dr Alexandra Gorelik
Dr Stella Gwini MSc BSc(Hons) PhD
Dr Kim Jachno MBiostat PhD
Ms Catherine Smith BSc(Hons) MPH MAppStat
Dr Win Wah PhD
Dr Wei Wang PhD

PhD Candidates

Mr Mohammed J Alramadan MBBS MPH
Ms Hasina Chowdhury
Mr Mohammad (Rocky) Chowdhury
Ms Miranda Cumpston MPH BA(Hons)
Dr Sara Lee de Menezes MBBS
Dr Claire Felmingham MBBS
Ms Claire Galea MEpidemiology
Dr Robert Gotmaker MBBS FANZCA
Ms Jessy Hansen BSc MEpi
Dr Md Imran Hasan MBBS, MPH
Mr Ashraful Kabir MPH
Mr Ehsan Rezaei-Darzi MBiostat
Mr Rainer Puhr
Ms Sanuki Tissera
Dr Mabel Kar-Wai Yan MBBS(Hons)
Mr Getaneyeh Tessema
Ms Phoebe Nguyen

Biostatistical Research Areas

Our research interests include:

Cluster randomised trial design and analysis Risk prediction modelling Interrupted time series methods Adaptive clinical trial designs Methods for missing data Causal inference methods Methods for longitudinal studies with time-varying exposures	Robust statistics Spatio-temporal modelling Classification trees and random forests Forecasting Design and analysis of clinical trials in oncology Joint modelling of longitudinal and time-to-event data Methods for comparisons of healthcare provider performance

Teaching and Education

Our teaching activities include undergraduate teaching in the Bachelor of Health Sciences and Biomedical Science courses, and postgraduate teaching in the Master of Public Health and Master of Clinical Research. Our staff also coordinate three units in the Master of Biostatistics offered through Monash University in conjunction with the Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia. In addition, we run a number of short courses in biostatistics for public health and clinical researchers and in the Victorian Centre for Biostatistics (ViCBiostat) Summer School, as well as webinars and presentations as part of the AusTriM portfoilio of activities.