Katrina Sharples | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | biostatistician |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Washington |
| Thesis | Regression Analysis of Correlated Binary Data (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Norman Breslow |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Otago |
| Doctoral students | Ayesha Verrall [1] |
Katrina Jane Sharples is a New Zealand biostatistician. She is a full professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Otago,and head of statistics at Otago. [2]
Sharples completed a Ph.D. in statistics at the University of Washington in 1989. Her dissertation,Regression Analysis of Correlated Binary Data,was supervised by Norman Breslow. [3]
Her research has included work on cattle-based spreading of leptospirosis in Tanzania, [4] and a study of tuberculosis in Indonesia. [5]
Sharples is also a viola player in the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, [6] and has performed in smaller string ensembles in Dunedin. [7]