Advances in linear modelling contribute to advances in population research: all the world’s a linear model
Seminar
Statistical methods for population research have advanced a long way from the two sample t test (though sometimes that familiar test is still exactly the tool required to answer the research question!). In this talk I will show how much of new methodological research in biostatistics revolves…
Visualisation Seminar and Workshop: Written in MaxWhere VR space
Seminar
This seminar is presented as part of the visualisation workshop series The goal of the seminar is to discuss the transition from 2D to 3D represented by VR, and in particular, how 3D can lead to a radically more efficient way of learning with computers. Empirical results show a 30-50% increase in…
Mortality Estimation and Forecasting with Smoothing and Overdispersion
Seminar
Presented by Prof Peter Smith as part of the ANU Demography Seminar Series We propose a comprehensive mortality modelling framework, which overcomes several of the limitations associated with existing approaches. One such issue is that error models which do not adequately account for the…
Epidemics: Chapter for Beginning Population Studies
Seminar
What will be the next great global pandemic? This is a question that is leading governments to invest in global health security and research on emerging and novel pathogens. In this talk I will present an overview of the draft chapter on Epidemics for the Beginning Population Studies text book.…
Postnatal care in Nigeria: Does it really matter where women live?
Seminar
Presented by Dr Dorothy Ononokpono, Caldwell Visiting Fellow from the University of Uyo, Nigeria. Although postnatal care is one of the major interventions recommended for the reduction of maternal and newborn deaths worldwide, most women in Nigeria do not receive postnatal care.…
Visualisation Workshop: An introduction to Shiny apps for health and demographic research
Workshop
Shiny is an R package that helps to build interactive web applications. Creating web apps is a powerful tool to turn analyses into an interactive way of communicating with policy makers and others. The aim of this hands-on workshop is to provide the basics to get started with Shiny with a focus on…
Visualisation Seminar: Latin America's epidemic of violence
Seminar
This seminar is presented as part of the visualisation workshop series Visualisation tools help to highlight some of the most dramatic health changes in the world. During this seminar, maps, plots and apps are presented to introduce the most violent region in the world, namely Latin America. While…