Principal Investigator:
ViCBiostat research team:
Non-ViCBiostat research team
A/Prof Angela Devine
A/Prof Rob Commons
Dr Rob Moss
Dr Patrick Abraham
Kathy Nguyen
Chaya Weerasinghe
Dr Rabiah al Adawiyah
Megan Hawkins
Integration of biostatistics and mathematical modelling to accelerate malaria elimination
This research program brings together advanced biostatistical research with mathematical modelling to assess antimalarial treatments and radical population interventions, as well as machine learning methods to identify markers of drug resistance, in order to accelerate malarial elimination efforts. The research program primarily focuses on malaria, but the methodological advances have widespread applicability to other infectious diseases. Access to individual patient data and dissemination of findings is via Professor Simpson’s role as senior methodology advisor to the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory.
For more details of individual research projects and publications please see the qMalaria research group website:- https://qmalaria.
Collaborators:
- Co-investigators of NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination (www.acreme.org.au )
- Members of the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) and Infectious Diseases Data Observatory
- Profs. Francois Nosten and Sir Nicholas J White, The University of Oxford
