Challenges in the analysis of registry data, 9 August

A/Prof Arul Earnest

1-2pm, Tuesday 9 August. MHTP, TRF Seminar Room 3                           

Presented by Associate Professor Arul Earnest from the Biostatistics Consulting Platform in conjunction with the Monash Centre for Health Resaerch and Implementation (MCHRI)  “Challenges in the analysis of registry data”. 

Due to the longitudinal and observational nature of data collection in registries, there can be many challenges in the analysis of such data, including missing data, spatial and temporal correlation in the data. This talk will highlight some potential remedies including multiple imputation techniques and Bayesian spatio-temporal models.

Arul is an Associate Professor with the Biostatistics Unit and senior Biostatistician with the Registry Sciences Unit in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. For close to 20 years, Arul has provided consultative and collaborative methodological input to various collaborators. The outcome for some of this work has been more than 125 publications in a variety of peer-reviewed international journals, including BMC Health Services Research, BMJ and JAMA. He is the author of the upcoming book “Essentials of a Successful Biostatistical Collaboration”. Arul was awarded the status of Chartered Statistician (C.Stat) by the Royal Statistical Society in London in 2003. He enjoys teaching courses on biostatistics and research methodology.