The University of Western Australia

W/Prof Matthew Knuiman

Winthrop Professor
School of Population Health

Contact details

Address

School of Population Health
The University of Western Australia (M431)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 1250

Fax

6488 1188

Email

matthew.knuiman@uwa.edu.au

Qualifications

BSc PhD W.Aust.

Biography

BSc(Hons) Math Stats 1976; PhD Statistics 1983
Teaching and research biostatistican- epidemiologist at University of Western Australia since 1988.

Key research

Busselton Health Study

Cardiovascular diseases epidemiology

Respiratory diseases epidemiology

Physical activity promotion

Publications

Over 150 peer-reviewed publications.
See link for recent publications.

Roles, responsibilities and expertise

Biostatistics instructor
Head of Department/School 1998-2002 & 2008-2011
Busselton Health Study (Board member)

Funding received

Over 40 competitive research grants from NHMRC, Healthway and other funding agencies since 1990.

Memberships

Australasian Epidemiological Association
Statistical Society of Australia
Public Health Association of Australia

Honours and awards

1998Accredited Statistician by Statistical Society of Australia (re-accredited 2003).
1994D Grant Mickle Award, US National Research Council, Transportation Research Board
1993Outstanding Paper Award 1993 Annual Meeting US Transportation Research Board

Previous positions

1977-1983 Consultant statistician, tutor/lecturer and PhD candidate (University of Western Australia)
1984 Post doc in biostatistics (Harvard University and Dana Farber cAncer Institute)
1985-1987 Assistant Professor in biostatistics (Harvard University)

Teaching

Units in biostatistics

Research profile

Research profile and publications