John Carlin (statistician)

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John Carlin
NationalityAustralian
Education University of Western Australia
Harvard University
Known for Bayesian analysis
Scientific career
Fields Biostatistics
Institutions Murdoch Children's Research Institute
University of Melbourne
Thesis Seasonal Analysis of Economic Time Series  (1987)
Doctoral advisors Arthur P. Dempster
Donald Rubin

John B. Carlin is an Australian statistician. He is Head of Data Science and Director of the Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and a professor in the Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne. [1] He has also led the Victorian Centre for Biostatistics, a collaboration between the MCRI, the University of Melbourne, and Monash University, since 2012. [2] The economist Wendy Carlin is his sister.

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Besides Carlin's professorial appointment at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, he is also an Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne. [3] In 2018, Carlin was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. [4]

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References

  1. "Professor John Carlin". Murdoch Children's Research Institute. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  2. "Prof. John Carlin". The University of Melbourne. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. "Professor John Carlin". Murdoch Children's Research Institute. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. "Academy elects 37 of Australia's leading health and medical researchers as Fellows". AAHMS - Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2019.