Professor Val Gebski
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Professor of Biostatistics and Research Methodology |
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Biographical details
Professor Val Gebski is head of biostatistics and research methodology at the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre which he joined in 1988. He has extensive knowledge of clinical trial methodology, conduct and analysis and is the Group Statistician for a number of national collaborative clinical trials groups in oncology. He has a BA and MStat and is also involved in curriculum development and teaching in the Masters of Public Health, Clinical Epidemiology and Medicine at the University of Sydney. He is the statistical examiner for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists.
Research interests
• Methods for Clinical Trials design
• Competing risks in studies with time-to-event outcomes
• Study designs examining the impact of biomarkers
• Novel statistical methods for clinical trials analysis
Current national competitive grants*
2008
Clinical trials advances for better health outcomes
Simes J, Keech A, Gebski V, Stockler M
NHMRC Project Grant ($7,560,000 over 5 years)
* Grants administered through the University of Sydney