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| Dr StellaMay Gwini |
Monash Health
Translation Precinct (MHTP) biostatistician Dr StellaMay Gwini has received the
prestigious Professor Damien Jolley Award for excellence in statistics within a
doctoral thesis.
Dr Gwini’s award
was for her PhD research that examined the health of Australian veterans of the
1990-1991 Gulf War.
Dr Gwini said that on return from the
1990-1991 Gulf War, veterans complained of many unexplainable symptoms.
“My thesis examined how symptom reporting had
changed over time among Gulf War veterans. We further investigated the impact
high symptomatology had on health service use,” Dr Gwini said.
“The research indicated that symptom
reporting increased over time and high symptom reporting was associated with
increased chronic disease incidence in the longer-term.”
“Health service use by veterans reporting
many symptoms (but without chronic diseases) was similar to that of veterans
with some chronic disease diagnosis indicating that the high unexplained
symptom reporting exerted a sizeable health burden on veterans and the health
system.”
Dr Gwini said it
was an honour to receive the award.
“Going through a PhD is hard work
so getting rewarded for it is satisfying. Damien Jolley was a great
biostatistician, and the award is a reminder to me of the importance of good
statistical practice,” she said.
As a research fellow in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive
Medicine, Dr Gwini’s role at MHTP and the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash
Health (SCS) is to assist researchers and students in research design and
statistical aspects of their projects.
“Our service can
provide a once-off consultation or longer term collaborations for grant
applications, research preparation, research administration, data analysis, and
dissemination. In our
work, we understand that impeccable biostatistical knowledge is an invaluable
tool for all clinicians—one they should keep next to their stethoscope. So we
are here to help.” Dr Gwini said.
Dr Gwini is
located on level 4, Translational
Research Facility (TRF) and can be contacted at stella.gwini@monash.edu.
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