Peta Edler

Research Assistant

Peta is a Research Assistant (Biostatistics) in the Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Melbourne, at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, supervised by Dr David Price. She joined David’s team upon completion of her Masters in Biostatistics in 2021 and collaborates with clinical and laboratory researchers to provide statistical support and advice, from study design to analysis, reporting and interpretation. Her work has spanned from analysing immunological responses to COVID-19 and Influenza to designing studies to evaluate new diagnostic tests to developing a Shiny app to assist with country-specific treatment dosing for Plasmodium vivax malaria.