Postdoctoral biostatistician at Murdoch Children's Research Institute and University of Melbourneā Biostatistics research : causal inference and missing data problems in child health, population allergy and social epidemiology ā she/her ā Views my own
Rushani Wijesuriya
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NEW PAPER! (in press in EPIDEMIOLOGY)
Have you wondered:
- How to specify a target trial: as an ideal trial or something else?
- What biases do target trial emulations and actual RCTs share?
- How does it all relate to potential outcomes?
Read here! š arxiv.org/abs/2405.10026
#EpiSky #CausalSky
Too many meta-analyses have findings equivalent to: āIf you average the cost of a loaf of bread, car insurance for a year and a movie ticket, you get $752.36ā
Awarded every two years by Australian Academy of Science,
the Moran Medal honours outstanding Australian scientists in statistics & related fields. Huge congratulations to our Co-Director @margaritamb.bsky.social on this well-deserved recognition! šš„³ #WomenInSTEM #ResearchExcellence
#ViCBiostat Summer School 13-20 Feb 2026
#Causal inference
#Estimands in trials
#Cluster randomised trials
Advanced #meta-analysis
In Melbs and online.
More details to come.
www.vicbiostat.org.au
NEW PAPER!!! "Causal Machine Learning Methods and Use of CrossāFitting in Settings With HighāDimensional Confounding"
led by Susie Ellul, with Stijn Vansteelandt & John Carlin
Published in Stats in Med
Check it out š
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#EpiSky #CausalSky
Incredibly honoured to receive the Rising Star Award at MCRI Staff Awards āØ Thank you to my mentors, especially @margaritamb.bsky.social for championing the nomination, and to colleagues and collaborators @mcri.bsky.social who nominated me. Grateful to be part of such a supportive community š
šØNew method! So proud to see work led by @cttc101.bsky.social w/ @margaritamb.bsky.social @ghazalehd.bsky.social now available as an R package š¦
A powerful tool for estimating intervention effects via multiple mediators w/real examples to guide you!
Check it out ā¬ļø
#epitwitter #causaltwitter #rstats
Mark your diaries! The ViCBiostat Summer School returns from 13-20 Feb 2026, in Melbourne and online.
Courses include causal inference, cluster randomised trials, meta-analysis and the estimand framework.
Further details TBA shortly - sign up to our mailing list at www.vicbiostat.org.au
#statistics
