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.

We also house 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 Rory Wolfe BSc PhD
Professor Stephane Heritier BSc MSc MBA PhD
Associate Professor Baki Billah BSc(Hons) MSc MAS PhD
Associate Professor Arul Earnest PhD
Associate Professor Jessica Kasza BSc(Hons) PhD
Associate Professor Joanne McKenzie BSc Grad Dip App Sc MSc PhD
Associate Professor John Reynolds PhD
Dr Rhys Bowden PhD
Dr Lucy Busija PhD
Dr Alan Herschtal BCompSc BEng(Elec)
Dr Thao Le BPharm PhD
Dr Cathy Martin PhD
Dr Eldho Paul BSocSc(Hons) DLSHTM MSc PhD
Ms Madeleine Enright BBiomedSc MPH
Ms Catherine Smith BSc(Hons) MPH MAppStat
Ms Pam Simpson BSc(Hons)

Adjunct Fellows

Dr Sam Brilleman PhD
Dr Daniel Flores Agreda PhD
Dr Stella Gwini MSc BSc(Hons) PhD
Ms Kim Jachno MBiostatistics
Dr Victoria Mar MBBS FACD PhD
Dr Wei Wang PhD

Associates

Dr Joanna Dipnall BEc(Hons) PhD
Mr Jonathan Broder BPsycSc M Statistics and Operations Research
Dr Caroline Gao BEng PhD
Professor Michael Bailey BSc(Hons) MSc(Stats) PhD

PhD Candidates

Ms Kim Jachno MBiostatistics
Ms Lizzie Korevaar BSc MBiostatistics
Ms Kelsey Grantham BSc MAppStat
Ms Afsana Afroz
Mr Mohammed J Alramadan MBBS MPH
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
Mr Ashraful Kabir MPH
Ms Win Wah
Ms Mabel Kar-Wai Yan MBBS(Hons)
Mr Simon Turner MBiostats MSc(Astronomy) BSc(Hons) BTeach(Hons)

Biostatistical Research Areas

Our research interests include:

Cluster randomised trial design and analysis Risk prediction modelling Methods for missing data Causal inference methods Methods for longitudinal studies with time-varying exposures Exposure measurement error Interrupted time series methods Adaptive clinical trial designs	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.