Chris Oldmeadow

Dr. Oldmeadow is a Associate Director, Data Sciences at HMRI. Dr. Oldmeadow attained a PhD from the Queensland University of Technology in 2009 where he developed methodologies in applied statistics. His PhD research constituted the application and development of statistical methods in biostatistics; specifically he developed a generalisation to the Bayesian segmentation and classification model. A large component of his four-year post-doctoral position involved consultation on and analysis of on a large variety of biostatistics problems.

He oversees the statistical analysis for consultancy projects from various fields of research, including several large ARC or NHMRC funded grants and tenders for the Ministry of Health. Dr. Oldmeadow is responsible for developing, maintaining and analysing large complex health-related data sets. His role as a statistician through CReDITSS has placed him in collaborations with groups including: Hunter New England Population Health, John Hunter Hospital (JHH) Trauma unit, JHH General Medicine, JHH Cardiology, UoN Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research, Hunter Cancer Research Alliance, UoN Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity And Nutrition, UoN Centre for Information Based Medicine, UoN Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour, and UoN Faculty of Medicine Public Health. These collaborations have resulted in a number of projects relating to health service development, and have had beneficial outcomes to the health services. Dr. Oldmeadow’s role at CReDITSS also provides ongoing consultative support for numerous PhD students and research fellows/assistants.