Associate Professor Kristen Gibbons

Kristen is the Senior Epidemiologist, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland and Senior Biostatistician, Mater Research. Kristen is the Statistician and Vice-Chair of the multiple Data and Safety Monitoring Boards, member of Mater Misericordiae Limited Human Research Ethics Committee (MML HREC) (previously Co-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee, MML HREC), Vice-Chair of the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Paediatric Study Group (ANZICS PSG), and Chair, Big Data Working Group, ANZICS PSG.  Kristen’s collaborations have resulted in more than 130 peer-reviewed publications and she is currently a CI on >$8.5m in research funding. In addition to performing statistical analyses, Kristen has a strong interest in the education of researchers in best practice of statistics and presentation of results, resulting in a published book chapter, and development and presentation of more than 20 research courses.