CV
Skills
R, SQL, Stata
R is my preferred language and I’m proficient with SQL and Stata
Consulting
There are a lot of good questions out there being asked, I like helping figure out how to answer them
Reproducible research
From start to finish I like my make sure my reports are reproducible and as automated as possible
Data cleaning
Who doesn’t like taking some dirty data and giving it a good scrub
Data visualisation
Sure, pictures speak a thousand words, but they might take a thousand lines of code too
Googling
The majority of my R knowledge is self-taught, so I’d say my Google-Fu is pretty good
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy
The University of Melbourne, 2025
The Health of Aboriginal Children born in Western Australia in the Context of Out-of-Home Care
Master of Biostatistics
The University of Melbourne, 2018
Electives in survival analysis, modelling longitudinal and correlated data, and survey design and analysis
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
University of Western Australia, 2015
Double major in psychology, minor in anthropology
Employment
Biostatistician, Data Manager, Research Fellow
- Yardhura Walani, Australian National University
- October 2024 – Present
My work focuses predominantly on the Mayi Kuwayu Study, where I developed a data cleaning pipeline using R that harmonises the raw paper and online survey data, incorporates results of our data audits, performs a series of data validation steps, derives new variables and survey weights, integrates external data, and outputs cleaned datasets. Using this pipeline, I also report on question performance and missingness to inform our questionnaire redesign process.
I also provide my expertise to multiple other studies and research groups, as well as supervise graduate students and conduct survey methodology research of my own. In my first few months I also took the lead on finishing the study’s operational manual. In doing this, I converted the existing Word draft into a HTML document using Quarto, making the manual more user-friendly, improving the interface, and making the maintenance of documentation easier.
PhD Candidate
- Indigenous Health and Epidemiology Group, University of Melbourne
- March 2020 – June 2024
Throughout my PhD I translated findings from Aboriginal-led qualitative research and community reference group conversations into questions I could address using linked administrative datasets. This included how contacts by child protective services are clustered within sibling groups, the prevalence and cumulative incidence of mental and neurodevelopmental health conditions, and estimating the effect of placement in out-of-home care on rates of potentially preventable hospitalisations.
I used a variety of statistical methods, including descriptive statistics, various regression models, survival analysis, and matching methods. All of my research was written in R and RMarkdown, where I created a reproducible pipeline from data cleaning through to multiple journal articles and my final thesis.
Biostatistician
- Deakin University
- August 2022 – October 2023
- Grampians Health
- September 2021 – October 2023
In these two biostatistician roles I acted as the sole statistical expert in clinical research and academic settings. Across these roles I provided study design and statistical oversight for a randomised trials, including sample size calculations, developing statistical analysis plans and randomisation schemes, advising on technical challenges arising, and analysing trial data. I also developed educational materials and delivered seminars for clinicians on the topic of good research practices.
Volunteering
Wearer of Many Hats
- Statistical Society of Australia
- December 2018 – Present
Currently I’m the Vice President of the SSA. Since joining back in 2018, I have taken on many different voluntary roles, including:
- Secretary and then President of the Victorian and Tasmanian Branch
- Coordinator of the 2021 Early Career and Student Statisticians Conference
- Committee member and Secretary of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) committee
- Committee member of the Reconciliation Action Plan committee
- Mentor in the SSA’s Mentoring Program
Across these roles I coordinated strategic planning, managed teams, maintained relationships with external organisations, surveyed and reported on EDI in the Australian statistics profession, and wrote EDI recommendations for the Society.
Research supervision
Current
Doctor of Philosophy — Sedgwick, M., Understanding the Health and Wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples with Disability.
Master of Applied Epidemiology — Moreton, K., TBC.
Completed
Psychology Honours — Madeley, B., Intentions and preferences of adults with diabetes toward seeking psychological support, 2022.
Psychology Honours — Chhatiawala, A., Differences in coping self-efficacy between adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes and the association with emotional-well-being, 2022.
Master of Medicine — Haussegger, Z., Sleep and Mental Health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Young People: A retrospective data analysis, 2021.
Master of Medicine — Moffroid, H., ‘Next Generation Youth Well-being Study:’ The importance of cultural connectedness for Aboriginal adolescent health and wellbeing., 2021.
Awards
2025 Bruce Lord Award for Excellence in Research Methodology — Australian Association of Social Workers
2023 T-shirt design competition winner — Australian Statistical Conference
2022 President’s Award for Leadership in Statistics — Statistical Society of Australia
2021 T-shirt design competition winner — Statistical Society of Australia
Memberships and Accreditations
Statistical Society of Australia
Accredited Graduate Statistician, Statistical Society of Australia
International Population Data Linkage Network
International Society of Non-Binary Scientists
Professional Development
Workshops
2024
Spatial Analysis in R — Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated
Working Smarter with Targets presented by Miles McBain — Statistical Society of Australia
2021
A Crash Course in SQL — Statistical Society of Australia
AMSI Winter School for Statistical Data Science — Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute
2020
Data wrangling with R — Statistical Society of Australia
Data visualisation with R — Statistical Society of Australia
Semiparametric regression in R — Statistical Society of Australia
Conferences
2025
Global Indigenous Data Sovereignty Conference — Attendee
2023
Australian Statistical Conference and Australian Conference on Teaching Statistics — Attendee
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance Conference — Attendee
2022
International Population Data Linkage Network Conference — Presenter
2021
9th SNAICC Annual Conference — Attendee
The Early Career and Student Statisticians Conference — Presenter
2020
International Population Data Linkage Network Conference — Attendee
2018
International Metropolis Conference — Presenter
Joint International Society for Clinical Biostatistics and Australian Statistical Conference — Attendee
UseR! Conference Brisbane — Attendee
