Associate ProfessorPaul Agius
Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Faculty of Health/Office of the Executive Dean Health
- Associate Professor, BiostatisticsFaculty of Health/Office of the Executive Dean Health
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
BIO
A/Prof. Paul Agius is an internationally recognised nationally accredited senior biostatistician and public health researcher with experience in complex statistical modelling in the fields of microbiology, infectious disease epidemiology, maternal, infant and adolescent health, perinatal epidemiology and alcohol and other drugs. Paul is Associate Professor, Biostatistics in the Faculty of Health, Deakin University and collaborates across Faculty schools and affiliated Institutes/centres providing biostatistical/methodological expertise and collaboration. A/Prof. Agius has honorary principal research fellow and research fellow appointments at the Burnet Institute and School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Monash University. A/Prof. Agius is also an adjunct Fellow of the Australian Centre for Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination and is a professionally accredited member (AStat) of the Statistical Society of Australia. A/Prof. Agius is also the senior biostatistician in the Melbourne Genital Microbiota Group consortium, which facilitates capacity for collaborative genital microbiome research between academics from several Universities and MRIs, nationally.
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT
- Associate Professor, BiostatisticsDeakin University, Office of the Executive Dean Health
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Honorary Principal Research FellowBurnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia2012 - present
- Adjunct Associate ProfessorCurtin University, Facuity of Health Sciences, Perth, Australia2022 - present
- Adjunct Senior Research FellowUniversity of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Australia2021 - 2022
- Adjunct Senior Research FellowMonash University, Department of Epidemiology and Peventative Medicine, Melbourne, Australia2016 - 2024
- Research FellowLa Trobe University, Judith Lumley Centre/ Mother and Child Health Research, Australia2010 - 2012
- Research FellowLa Trobe University, Australian Research Centre in Sex Health and Society (ARCSHS), Melbourne, Australia2008 - 2010
- Research OfficerUniversity of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, Melbourne, Australia2005 - 2008
- Sessional LecturerSwinburne University, Mathematical Sciences (Statistics), Australia2002 - 2007
- Research OfficerLa Trobe University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australia2001 - 2005
- Research AssistantLa Trobe University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Law and Management, Australia1996 - 2001
DEGREES
- Bachelor of Arts, SociologyLa Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia1986 - 1988
- Graduate Diploma in Sociology, Social Survey and Research TechniquesLa Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia1990 - 1992
- Master of Science (Applied Statistics)Swinburne Univ. of Technology
CERTIFICATIONS
- Accredited Statistician (AStat)Statistical Society of Australia, Belconnen, Australia2021 - presentAccredited Statistician of the Statistical Society of Australia
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
- Epidemiology
- Infectious diseases
- Public health
- Biostatistics
- Behavioural epidemiology
AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION
- Masters by Research and PhD supervision
AREA/FACULTY
- Faculty of Health
DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE
- Office of the Executive Dean Health