Robin Turner | |
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Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Canterbury |
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Doctoral advisor | Irene Hudson |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Otago |
Robin Maree Turner (born 1976) is a New Zealand statistician,and is a full professor at the University of Otago,specialising in applying biostatistics to health-related research. She is the director of the Biostatistics Centre in the School of Medicine.
Having wanted to be an astronaut as a child,and then turning her attention to astronomy,Turner initially studied physics,astronomy and mathematics at the University of Canterbury. [1] Turner then completed a PhD titled Independent component analysis of personality and symptoms of depression and statistical parametric mapping of personality and brain function also at Canterbury. Her research was supervised by Irene Hudson. [2] After living in Australia for twelve years,where she worked at the University of Sydney,and the University of New South Wales, [3] [4] Turner then returned to New Zealand to join the faculty of the University of Otago in 2017. She was promoted to full professor in 2022. [5] She is the inaugural Director of the Otago School of Medicine Biostatistics Centre.
Turner's research focuses on applying biostatistical methods to health-related research. [6] She works across a variety of health-related areas,including epidemiology of respiratory viruses,risk factors for chronic disease,and how to improve the follow-up and monitoring of cancer patients. [5] [7] She has also worked on methods for designing clinical trails to allow the effect of patient treatment preferences to be assessed,and is interested in investigating the accuracy of diagnostic tests. [5] [8]
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Merilyn Hibma is a New Zealand viral immunologist, and is a full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in immune regulation by viruses, especially human papillomavirus, the causative agent of cervical cancer.
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Jessie Elisabeth Wells is a New Zealand biostatistician, and is a professor emerita at the University of Otago, specialising in epidemiology and mental health research.
Catherine Ann Malcolm Stedman is a New Zealand pharmacologist and gastroenterologist, and is a clinical professor at the University of Otago, specialising in hepatitis C drug development. She is the first woman gastroenterologist to become a professor of medicine in New Zealand.
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