Biostatistics & ecology
Biostatistics and ecology
Our members have specific interests in a diverse range of methodological topics such as analysing survival data, categorical and correlated count data, high-dimensional data such as gene expression and other complex genetic data, model selection, point process modelling and infectious diseases.
We work with biological and medical researchers on topics such as the evaluation of impact of environmental factors on health outcomes, assessment of policy changes on public health outcomes, and assessment of surrogate measures in treatment evaluation.
The Ecological Statistics – or "Eco-Stats, opens in a new window" – Research Group has a strong focus on improving the methods for utilising data to answer research questions commonly asked in ecology. A particular focus is studying the potential effects on ecological communities of climate change and other environmental impacts. We regularly collaborate with ecologists and environmental scientists in UNSW, CSIRO, the Australian Museum, and other research institutions in Australia and internationally.