Adrian Laughlin

Biostatistician, Department of General Practice and Primary Care

Adrian is a Biostatistician in the Department of General Practice and Primary Care at the University of Melbourne, having completed a Master of Biostatistics in 2023. Adrian’s role involves advising research teams regarding optimisation of trial design and data collection methods, conducting analyses for randomised controlled trials and observational studies, and supporting students at all levels in conducting research projects within the DGPPC. Prior to joining the DGPPC in 2021, Adrian has worked in a variety of fields across various organisations including human factors at the Defence Science and Technology Group, injury prevention at the Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit at Monash University, and child and adolescent health and development at the Parenting Research Centre. He also has experience in trial and project management, managing the Promoting Resilience in Nurses RCT, a collaboration between Australian Cathoic University and NorthWestern Mental Health at Royal Melbourne Hospital. His statistical and methodological areas of interest and expertise include (cluster) randomised controlled trials, observational studies, causal inference, hierarchical models, electronic medical record data, and the estimand framework.