Doaa Ayad. Monitoring outcomes from multi-stage generalized profile health care processes , with Stefanka Chukova.
Fleur McLaren. A Fairytale Ending? Violence in Intimate Dating Relationships in New Zealand: Typology, pathways and meaning of violence experienced by young adults, with Jan Jordan, Criminology.
Lisa Woods. Bayesian Estimation of a Phenotype Network Structure using Reversible Jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo with Richard Arnold. Completed 2015.
Kemmawadee Preedalikit. Joint modelling of longitudinal ordinal data on quality of life and survival with Ivy Liu and Yuichi Hirose. Completed 2012.
MSc
Lindsay Morris. Spatial modelling of hoki distribution using Gaussian Markov Random Fields .
Helena Lawrence. Stock assessment of Patagonian toothfish using Bayesian methods with Matt Dunn, Biological Sciences. Completed 2016.
Craig Marsh. Modelling spatio-temporal preferences for albacore tuna with Matt Dunn, Biological Sciences. Completed 2015.
Max Schofield. Using catch-per-unit-effort data to solve spatial problems in Orange Roughy abundance estimates with Matt Dunn, Biological Sciences. Completed 2015.
Kath Large. Population dynamics of rattail species on the Chatham Rise with Richard Arnold. Completed 2014.
Xiaoyu Zhai. Localization and change-point detection for GPS data with Yuichi Hirose. Completed 2013.
Amy Jennings. Funnel plots for assessing institutional performance with Ivy Liu. Completed 2012.
Melissa Welsh. Mathematical modelling of acute rheumatic fever with Mark McGuinness. Completed 2012.
Visiting Scholar
School of Mathematical Science, Queensland University of Technology, February 2016 Collaboration with Professor Kerrie Mengersen
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, January - June 2015, Collaboration with Professor Stefan Steiner
Selected publications
Preedalikit K, Liu I, Hirose Y, Sibanda N, Fernandez D. 2016. Joint modeling of survival and longitudinal ordered data using a semiparametric approach. ANZ Journal of Statistics.
McGuinness M, Sibanda N, Welsh M. 2016. Modelling of Acute Rheumatic Fever. 2016. Mathematical Population Studies. doi:10.1080/08898480.2014.925352
Marsh C, Sibanda N, Dunn M, Dunn A. 2015. A copula-based habitat preference index in fish spatial population modelling. Procedia Environmental Sciences. 27: 2-5
Sibanda N. 2014. Graphical model-based O/E control chart for monitoring multiple outcomes from a multi-stage healthcare procedure. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. (published online January 2014). doi:10.1177/0962280213519719
Gavin M, Sibanda N. 2012. The Island Biogeography of Languages. Global Ecology and Biogeography. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00744.x.
Dixson BJ, Vasey PL, Sagata K, Sibanda N, Linklater WL, Dixson AF. 2011. Men's Preferences for Women's Breast Morphology in New Zealand, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea. Archives of Sexual Behavior 40 (6): 1271-1279
Sibanda N. 2009. Single Locus Bayesian Modelling of Nondisjunction in Trisomy 21. Genetic Epidemiology 33; 817 (Conference Abstract)
Collett D, Sibanda N, Pioli S, Bradley JA, Rudge CJ. 2009. The UK scheme for mandatory continuous monitoring of early transplant outcome in all kidney transplant centres. Transplantation, 88(8):970-975.
Sibanda T, Sibanda N, Siassakos D, Sivananthan S, Robinson Z, Winter C, Draycott, TJ. 2009. Prospective evaluation of a CUSUM based quality improvement system for reducing adverse neonatal outcomes. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology , 201(5):480.e1-6
Sibanda N, Copley LP, Lewsey JD et al. 2008. Revision rates after primary hip and knee replacement in England and Wales between 2003 and 2006. PLoS Medicine; 5(9) e179.
Sibanda N, Lewsey JD, van der Meulen JH, Stringer MD. 2007. Continuous monitoring tools for pediatric surgical outcomes: an example using biliary atresia. J Pediatr Surg.;42(11):1919-25.
Armitage JN, Sibanda N, Cathcart PJ, Emberton M, van der Meulen JH. 2007. Mortality in men admitted to hospital with acute urinary retention: database analysis. BMJ; 335:1199-1202.
Sibanda T, Sibanda N. 2007. The CUSUM chart method as a tool for continuous monitoring of clinical outcomes using routinely collected data. BMC Med Res Methodol. 7(1):46
Sibanda N, Briggs JD, Davison JM, Johnson RJ, Rudge CJ. 2007. Pregnancy after organ transplantation: a report from the UK Transplant pregnancy registry. Transplantation;83(10):1301-7.
Sibanda T, Sibanda N 2007. Diminishing sample size and not flattening of the learning curve was responsible for the observed results. [Letter to the Editor] BJOG 114(5):651;
Armitage J, Sibanda N, Cathcart P, Emberton M, van der Meulen J. 2007. Acute urinary retention is associated with an increased risk of mortality. Journal of Urology 177: Suppl. S: 497 abstract
Sibanda N, Briggs JD, Davison JM, Johnson RJ, Rudge CJ. 2004. Outcomes of pregnancy after renal transplantation: a report of the UK Transplant Pregnancy Registry. Hypertens Pregnancy 2004 23: Suppl. 1: 136. abstract
Selected Seminars and Conference Presentations
Seminars
Sibanda N. Statistical process control in healthcare. Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, Canada. 27 April 2015.
Sibanda N. Monitoring outcomes in multistage healthcare procedures. Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, University of Waterloo, Canada. 26 February 2015.
Conference contributions
Marsh C, Sibanda N, Dunn M, Dunn A. A copula-based habit environment index for fish spatial population models. Spatial Statistics 2015: Emerging Patterns, Avignon, France. 9-12 June 2015.
Sibanda N. 2014. EWMA charts for multistage healthcare procedures. New Zealand Statistical Association Conference, Wellington, New Zealand. 23-26 November 2014.
Sibanda N and Woods L. 2012. Efficient algorithms for learning in graphical models. 5th International Conference of the ERCIM Working Group on Computing & Statistics, Oviedo, Spain. 1-3 December 2012.
Sibanda N. 2011. Controlling multiplicity in healthcare performance monitoring. International Biometric Society Australasian Region conference, Kiama, Australia. 4-8 December 2011.
Woods L and Sibanda N. 2011. Mapping multiple quantitative traits using structural equation models. International Biometric Society Australasian Region conference, Kiama, Australia. 4-8 December 2011.
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