ProfessorLiliana Orellana
Professor of Biostatistics
Faculty of Health/Office of the Executive Dean Health
Orcid identifier0000-0003-3736-4337 (opens in a new tab)
- Professor of BiostatisticsFaculty of Health/Office of the Executive Dean Health
- +61 3 925 17096 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Major empirical areas of interest include cancer prevention and surveillance,
palliative care, HIV epidemiology and treatment, nutrition and eating
disorders in children and adolescents.
Major methodological areas of interest include causal inference, optimal
dynamic regimes, complex epidemiological surveys and robust multivariate
methods.
palliative care, HIV epidemiology and treatment, nutrition and eating
disorders in children and adolescents.
Major methodological areas of interest include causal inference, optimal
dynamic regimes, complex epidemiological surveys and robust multivariate
methods.
GRANTS
- GRANTCo-Designing, Evaluating, and Implementing Supportive Care for Adolescents and Young Adults with Crohns and Colitis and their Carers (CAYAC)1 Mar 2027 - 29 Feb 2032People funded by this grant:
- Mikocka-Walus A,
- Evans S,
- Knowles S,
- Giles E,
- Orellana L
- CONTRACT RESEARCHBiostatistics Research Program with Western Health (Dual Appointment Agreement)10 Jan 2026 - 10 Jul 2028People funded by this grant:
- Orellana L,
- Botha T
- GRANTDeveloping evidence for the implementation of effective Food Voucher InitiaTives in AustraLia (FOOD VITAL)1 Oct 2025 - 30 Sep 2028People funded by this grant:
- Zorbas C,
- Ananthapavan J,
- Ng SW,
- Lindberg R,
- Backholer K
- GRANTTeleCARE: A personalised, clinician-supported, virtual care telehealth exercise, nutrition, education, behaviour change and peer support model for cancer-related fatigue1 Apr 2025 - 31 Mar 2030People funded by this grant:
- Daly R,
- Bolam K,
- Howden E,
- Via JD,
- Hutchinson A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHFront of pack labelling analysis support for UNCIEF Indonesia16 Sep 2024 - 31 Mar 2025People funded by this grant:
- Backholer K,
- Hargous CV,
- Orellana L
- CONTRACT RESEARCHCARER HUB: A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN CANCER CARER RESEARCH, TRANSLATION & IMPACT8 Aug 2024 - 8 Aug 2024People funded by this grant:
- Livingston T,
- Ugalde A,
- Orellana L,
- Rasmussen B,
- Robinson S
- GRANTRevolutionising sarcopenia care for people living with cancer: Establishing effective screening and referral pathways into evidence-based treatment in rural and specialist cancer services1 Mar 2024 - 29 Feb 2028People funded by this grant:
- Kiss N,
- Bauer J,
- Prado C,
- Alston L,
- Hutchinson A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHCARER HUB: A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN CANCER CARER RESEARCH, TRANSLATION & IMPACT22 Aug 2023 - 28 Aug 2026People funded by this grant:
- Livingston T,
- White V,
- Ugalde A,
- Orellana L,
- Rasmussen B
- GRANTSystems Thinking with Active Implementation Research (STAIR) to prevent childhood obesity: an effectiveness-implementation trial1 Aug 2023 - 31 Jul 2028People funded by this grant:
- Bell C,
- Whelan J,
- Allender S,
- Wolfenden L,
- Nichols M
- GRANTSystems Thinking with Active Implementation Research (STAIR) to prevent childhood obesity: an effectiveness-implementation trial1 Aug 2023 - 31 Jul 2028People funded by this grant:
- Bell C,
- Whelan J,
- Allender S,
- Wolfenden L,
- Nichols M
- CONTRACT RESEARCHHSCT - PediQUEST cohort data analysis (Symptoms and Quality of Life in Children Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant)1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2024People funded by this grant:
- Orellana L,
- Becker D
- GRANTPediQUEST ResPOND: Piloting an intervention to treat recurrent pain in children with severe neurological impairment26 Apr 2023 - 30 Nov 2024People funded by this grant:
- Wolfe J,
- Bakitas M,
- DeCourcey D,
- Dussel V,
- Hauer J
- GRANTCoDeEndo: Co-Designing, Evaluating, and Implementing Supportive Care for Endometriosis1 Feb 2023 - 31 Aug 2028People funded by this grant:
- Mikocka-Walus A,
- Evans S,
- Livingston T,
- Orellana L,
- McCaffrey N
- GRANTCoDeEndo: Co-Designing, Evaluating, and Implementing Supportive Care for Endometriosis1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jan 2028People funded by this grant:
- Mikocka-Walus A,
- Evans S,
- Livingston T,
- Orellana L,
- McCaffrey N
- GRANTiCare - An interactive online portal to improve health and wellbeing for people living with complex cancers, and their informal carers: a Phase II randomised controlled trial1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jan 2026People funded by this grant:
- Livingston T,
- White V,
- Orellana L,
- Mikocka-Walus A,
- Jefford M
- GRANTiCare - An interactive online portal to improve health and wellbeing for people living with complex cancers, and their informal carers: a Phase II randomised controlled trial1 Feb 2023 - 30 Jun 2026People funded by this grant:
- Livingston T,
- White V,
- Orellana L,
- Mikocka-Walus A,
- Jefford M
- GRANTSAFE-HF: tranSlating heArt Failure guidElineS inTo practice: an RCT of a Nurse Practitioner primary care service.1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jan 2027People funded by this grant:
- Driscoll A,
- Hutchinson A,
- Orellana L,
- Atherton J,
- Audehm R
- GRANTRegional heart health: Keeping Australians out of hospital1 Jul 2022 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Driscoll A,
- Hutchinson A,
- Orellana L
- GRANTImplementing innovative technology promoting self-awareness of brain health and self-determination in obtaining a timely dementia diagnosis1 Jun 2022 - 31 May 2025People funded by this grant:
- GRANTI-HEART - Implementation of HEArt failure guidelines in Regional AusTralia1 Jan 2022 - 30 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Driscoll A,
- Hutchinson A,
- Orellana L,
- Atherton J,
- Prior D
- GRANTPsychosocial wellbeing among new mothers with type 1 or type 2 diabetes: Refining and testing a novel screening tool derived from the Postnatal Wellbeing Transition Questionnaire1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- Rasmussen B,
- Wynter K,
- Orellana L,
- Nankervis A,
- Hendrieckx C
- GRANTI-HEART - Implementation of HEArt failure guidelines in Regional AusTralia1 Aug 2021 - 31 Jul 2026People funded by this grant:
- Driscoll A,
- Hutchinson A,
- Orellana L,
- Atherton J,
- Prior D
- CONTRACT RESEARCHBiostatistics Research Program1 Jul 2021 - 1 Jul 2023People funded by this grant:
- Liliana Orellana
- GRANTDefining and optimising the economic and social return on investment of telephone cancer information and support services for all Australians1 Apr 2021 - 30 Nov 2025People funded by this grant:
- McCaffrey N,
- White V,
- Livingston T,
- Mihalopoulos C,
- Paul C