Biostatistical Group

The biostatistics group is a group of statisticians from the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine. The aims of the group are:

to act as a professional focus for all biostatistics within the University of Otago
to collaborate with the Health Sciences Division clinical and scientific staff, and other staff carrying out health research, in the development of high quality interdisciplinary research programmes, paying particular attention to excellence in terms of the statistical components of their design, implementation, analysis and reporting
to provide high quality and innovative postgraduate training in statistical methodology for statisticians, epidemiologists and research workers from other disciplines involved in clinical and health services research, both within the Health Sciences Division and in the wider research environment
to provide training in the understanding of statistical methodology for undergraduate students in medicine and related fields
to develop, evaluate and implement new statistical methodology relevant to clinical, epidemiological and health research
to provide advice and support to students and research workers in the Health Sciences Division

People

Name	Primary Role	Special Interests
José Garcia	Teaching/research	Computational biology Inflammation and cancer Infection and immunity
Andrew Gray	Consulting	Longitudinal data analysis Power and sample size estimation Structural equation models Item-response models Cancer Nutrition and physical activity Paediatrics
Peter Herbison	Consulting	Systematic reviews/meta-analysis Randomised trials Incontinence Asthma
Katrina Sharples	Teaching/research	Clinical trials Analysis of longitudinal data Statistical methods in epidemiology
Sheila Williams	Consulting	Lifecourse epidemiology Longitudinal analysis Randomised controlled trials