Professor John Carlin

John Carlin is Director of the Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit within the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, and has a professorial appointment in the Centre for Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Population & Global Health, University of Melbourne.

Professor Carlin has a national and international reputation in biostatistics, with over 300 scientific publications, including several high-profile trials, and has been co-investigator on a total of 28 NHMRC grants since 1990. He leads the Victorian Centre for Biostatistics (ViCBiostat), an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence (with colleagues at Monash University and the University of Melbourne).

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Biostatistics in paediatric research

Professor John Carlin’s profile reflects the central role of biostatistics in clinical and population-health research. Statistical expertise contributes well before final analysis: it helps investigators define outcomes, select an appropriate design, estimate recruitment needs and plan how uncertainty will be reported.

In multi-centre paediatric trials, early methodological collaboration also supports consistent data collection across sites. Explore the Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics resource, meet the PTNA Committee, or review the Concept Development Scheme.