Dr Malcolm Gillies

Senior Biostatistician

BSc(Hons) PhD MBiostat

Medicine & Health

School of Population Health

Bio

I am a biostatistician in the Medicines Intelligence Research Program at the School of Population Health, with particular experience working on linked administrative health data and primary care electronic health records.

My background is in pharmacology, computer science, critical appraisal of clinical research and medical writing. I've worked in the areas of drug adverse effects, child development, drug utilisation, acute care service use and patient reported outcome measures.

Phone

+61 2 9348 0078

malcolm.gillies@unsw.edu.au

Publications

Journal articles | 2023

Costa J, Gillies MB, Schaffer AL, et al. Changes in antidepressant use in Australia: A nationwide analysis (2015–2021). Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (2023). https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674221079740

Journal articles | 2022

Vuong T, Gillies M, Larney S, et al. The association between involuntary alcohol treatment and subsequent emergency department visits and hospitalizations: a Bayesian analysis of treated patients and matched controls. Addiction (2022). https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15755

Varney B, Zoega H, Gillies MB, et al. Prescription opioid use in Australian women of reproductive age: Implications for unplanned pregnancies. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (2022). https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.15074

Kusuma K, Larsen M, Quiroz JC, Gillies MB, et al. The performance of machine learning models in predicting suicidal ideation, attempts, and deaths: A meta-analysis and systematic review. Journal of Psychiatric Research (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.09.050

Gillies MB, Burgner DP, Ivancic L, et al. Changes in antibiotic prescribing following COVID‐19 restrictions: Lessons for post‐pandemic antibiotic stewardship. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (2022). https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.15000

Bruno C, Havard A, Gillies MB, et al. Patterns of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medicine use in the era of new non-stimulant medicines: A population-based study among Australian children and adults (2013–2020). Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (2022).https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674221114782

Journal articles | 2018

Gillies MB, Bowen JR, Patterson JA, et al. Educational outcomes for children with cerebral palsy: a linked data cohort study. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology (2018). https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.13651

Journal articles | 2016

Gunnell AS, Hung J, Knuiman MW, Nedkoff L, Gillies M, et al. Secondary preventive medication use in a prevalent population‐based cohort of acute coronary syndrome survivors. Cardiovascular Therapeutics (2016). https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-5922.12212

Journal articles | 2015

Gillies M, Ranakusuma A, Hoffmann T, et al. Common harms from amoxicillin: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials for any indication. CMAJ (2015). https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140848

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