About
Dr Emma Ballard is an accredited senior biostatistician with a diverse background in medical and agricultural research. Emma provides consultancy and collaboration on routine and complex research with hospital and academic researchers from a wide range of disciplines. She has extensive experience mentoring early career researchers and junior biostatisticians in study design, data management, analysis, interpretation and publishing of statistically sound medical research. Emma has an Honorary Professor appointment with the University of Queensland and is a statistical reviewer for various funding bodies and the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia.
Professional Associations
- Statistical Society of Australia (Accredited Statistician)
- International Society for Clinical Biostatistics
Funding
- 2024 – 2025 Emergency Medicine Foundation A structured, process and outcome evaluation of residential aged care district assessment and referral rapid response (RADAR RR) model
- 2024 – 2026 Wishlist-SERTF OPTIMISing induction of labour care: oral misoprostol versus balloon dilatation within a stratified inpatient to outpatient setting
- 2024 – 2025 Emergency Medicine Foundation The kids pain collaborative: A collaborative implementation study of acute paediatric pain care in an outer metropolitan, mixed emergency department