Research
I maintain my publication record at Google Scholar. For ease (and transparency) I have grouped my publications thematically and made them available online in the following sections.
Current methodological work
I am currently working on developing methods to enhance the design of vaccine trials to produce higher quality evidence to inform vaccine policy recommendations. This work is available below and will expand as the PhD progresses:
What is the quality of evidence informing vaccine clinical practice recommendations in Australia? published in Vaccine (2025)
Applied work
Vaccine trials
Bringing optimised COVID-19 vaccine schedules to immunocompromised populations: statistical elements and design published in Trials (2025)
The Platform Trial in COVID-19 Priming and BOOsting (PICOBOO): The Immunogenicity, Reactogenicity, and Safety of Licensed COVID-19 Vaccinations Administered as a Second Booster in BNT162b2 Primed Individuals Aged 18-<50 and 50-<70 Years Old published in Journal of Infection (2024)
The Platform Trial in COVID-19 Priming and Boosting (PICOBOO): The immunogenicity, reactogenicity, and safety of different COVID-19 vaccinations administered as a second booster (fourth dose) in AZD1222 primed individuals aged 50-<70 years old published in Journal of Infection (2024)
Statistical considerations for the platform trials in COVID-19 priming and boosting published in Trials (2024)
Substudy protocol for the adaptive Platform Trial In COVID-19 Vaccine priming and BOOsting (PICOBOO) published in Trials (2024)
Bringing optimised COVID-19 vaccine schedules to immunocompromised populations (BOOST-IC):study protocol for an adaptive randomised controlled clinical trial published in Trials (2024)
Core protocol for the adaptive Platform Trial In COVID-19 Vaccine priming and BOOsting (PICOBOO) published in Trials (2023)
The Effect of Short Message Service (SMS)-Reminders on Child Health in Parents of Newborns: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial preprint (2021)
Vaccine safety surveillance
Short term safety profile of respiratory syncytial virus vaccine in adults aged ≥ 60 years in Australia published in The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific (2025)
Applying causal inference and Bayesian statistics to understanding vaccine safety signals using a simulation study published in npj vaccines (2024)
Short-Term Active Safety Surveillance of the Spikevax and Nuvaxovid Priming Doses in Australia published in Vaccines (2024)
National pharmacovigilance of seasonal influenza vaccines in Australia published in Medical Journal of Australia (2024)
The short term safety of COVID‐19 vaccines in Australia: AusVaxSafety active surveillance, February–August 2021 published in Medical Journal of Australia (2022)
Staphylococcus aureus infections
Statistical documentation for multi-disease, multi-domain platform trials: our experience with the Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform trial published in Trials (2025)
A blueprint for a multi-disease, multi-domain Bayesian adaptive platform trial incorporating adult and paediatric subgroups: the Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform trial published in Trials (2023)
Kidney transplantation
Using causal directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) to select patient-important outcomes in transplantation trials—interventions to treat polyomavirus infection as an example published in Kidney International (2023)
Otitis media
Evaluating the impact of the ‘Blow, Breathe, Cough’ health promotion intervention in resolving otitis media with effusion in children: An adaptive randomized-controlled trial protocol published in Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications (2025)
Respiratory infections
Predicting the causative pathogen among children with pneumonia using a causal Bayesian network published in PLOS Computational Biology (2023)
Bone and joint infections
Short- versus standard-course intravenous antibiotics for peri-prosthetic joint infections managed with debridement and implant retention: a randomised pilot trial using a desirability of outcome ranking (DOOR) endpoint published in International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents (2022)
Consulting work (in a previous life)
Lactation
Impact of expression mode and timing of sample collection, relative to milk ejection, on human milk bacterial DNA profiles published in Journal of Applied Microbiology (2021)
Centrifugation does not remove bacteria from the fat fraction of human milk published in Scientific Reports (2021)
Nipple shield use does not impact sucking dynamics in breastfeeding infants of mothers with nipple pain published in European Journal of Pediatrics (2021)
Daily variation of macronutrient concentrations in mature human milk over 3 weeks published in Scientific Reports (2021)
Reduction in Maternal Energy Intake during Lactation Decreased Maternal Body Weight and Concentrations of Leptin, Insulin and Adiponectin in Human Milk without Affecting Milk Production, Milk Macronutrient Composition or Infant Growth published in Nutrients (2021)
Nutrition and sports science
Acute exercise affects dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry body composition estimates but not standardised ultrasound measurements of subcutaneous adipose tissue published in Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging (2023)
Measures of body composition via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, ultrasound and skinfolds are not impacted by the menstrual cycle in active eumenorrheic females published in Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport (2022)
Food and fluid intake and hydration status does not affect ultrasound measurements of subcutaneous adipose tissue in active adults published in Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport (2022)
Dietary pattern trajectories across adolescence and early adulthood and their associations with childhood and parental factors published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2021)
Performance of predictive equations and biochemical measures quantifying net endogenous acid production and the potential renal acid load published in Kidney International Reports (2020)
Other methodological work
A practical guide to simulation for an adaptive trial design with a single interim analysis published in Trials (2025)
Correct calculation of confidence interval for proportion of superior comparisons between desirability of outcome ranking scores published in Clinical Infectious Diseases (2023)