Professor Julie Simpson
Professor Julie Simpson (FAHMS) is Head of Biostatistics at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Director of the Methods and Implementation Support for Clinical and Health research (MISCH) Hub, Methodology Director of the Melbourne Centre for Clinical Trials, recipient of NHMRC Investigator Grant – Leadership Level 1 (2021-5) & Level 2 (2026-30) and visiting Professor of the University of Oxford. Her primary area of research is the bridging of novel statistical and mathematical modelling approaches to inform treatment policy for malaria and she has been an advisor to WHO, Medicines for Malaria Venture and the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network regarding dosing regimens for current and new antimalarial drugs.