The healing power of data

When you’re in a medical emergency, you don’t typically think of calling a statistician. However, the COVID-19 outbreak has shown just how necessary a clear understanding of data and modelling is to help prevent the spread of disease. See this Conversation story "The healing power of data: Florence Nightingale's true legacy"

In 1858, Nightingale’s achievements in statistics were recognised by the Royal Statistical Society in the UK, when she became the first woman Fellow of the Society. Read more about how this nurse used accurate record keeping to improve health outcomes in this story by authors Alice Richardson (ANU), Jessica Kasza (Monash University) and Karen Lamb (MCATS, University of Melbourne).