ISCB41 2020

ViCBiostat members (virtually) flew to Krakow, Poland for the 41st Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics.

An Invited Session organised by John Carlin with...

Dr Jessica Kasza was recently welcomed as President of the Statistical Society of Australia, for a two-year term. The SSA is the home for statisticians working in Australia, and represents...

ViCBiostat investigators and postdocs are co-investigators on trials awarded over $12 million in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

Prof...

Parinaz Mehdipour has won the first prize at Statistical Society of Australia Young Statisticians Network’s Virtual Poster Pitch Competition.

As the winner, Parinaz will be presenting her research at...

The Opportunity

You will contribute statistical expertise to a portfolio of clinical trials and related projects being conducted on the Melbourne Children’s campus within the work program of...

New research published today in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology by ViCBiostat members Simon Turner, Prof Andrew Forbes, Dr Emily Karahalios and Dr Joanne McKenzie.

Abstract Objectives

Interrupted time...

Congratulations to Lead Investigator Professor Julie Simpson who was awarded a NHMRC Investigator grant (2021-5) totalling $2,163,220 for her research “Optimising treatment and prevention strategies to accelerate malaria elimination”.

In the event of an outbreak of an infectious disease, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, we often know very little, yet are required to act very fast. In...

New approaches to collecting and analysing data can enhance cancer treatments for individuals and better allocate healthcare resources for everyone.

Dr Robert Mahar from Centre for Epidemiology...

In their latest paper, ViCBiostat Executive members Dr Jessica Kasza and Professor Andrew Forbes discuss different types of open cohort sampling schemes and how open cohort sampling structure impacts on...

Editorial from ViCBiostat Executive, and new research from PhD candidates Marnie Downes and Mr Monsurul Hoq.

Editorial: A potpourri of biostatistical research

The motivation and themes for a Special...

Congratulations to Lead Investigator Professor Andrew Forbes who was awarded a 2019 NHMRC Ideas Grant totalling $480,350 for his project ‘ Pragmatic cluster randomised trials: Bridging the gap between theory...