Amy Salter

Dr Amy Salter

Associate Professor /Reader

School of Public Health

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Amy Salter is an Associate Professor in Biostatistics in the School of Public Health where she has worked since 2005. Prior to joining Public Health she worked in the Discipline of Statistics in the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Adelaide and in her first academic post at Edinburgh Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland.

She has broad expertise in biostatistics with an emphasis on the design, running, and analysis of data from clinical trials and public health interventions. She maintains specialised expertise in perinatal trials and maternity care in the third world.

Amy is the Program Coordinator for the Master of Biostatistics, a multi-institutional suite of Post Graduate programs that are supported by the Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia (http://www.bca.edu.au/ ) and accredited by the Australian Statistical Society.

She is passionate about teaching, the ever-evolving online student experience, and the integration of engaging and contemporary research into teaching practice.

Research

My applied research interests lie within the broad field of Biostatistics in Public Health with emphasis on the design, running and analysis of data from clinical trials and public health interventions. I maintain a special interest in perinatal trials.  

My theoretical research interests are predominantly in the field of survival analysis and its applications. Examples of such applications are readily found in both experimental (e.g. randomised controlled trials) and observational (e.g. epidemiological cohort) settings. In particular, much of my research to date deals with the extension of theory associated with recurrent or multiple event survival data and the design of follow-up intervals. More recently I have been looking at methods to model the cumulative effect of time dependent exposures on outcomes.

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2022 - ongoing Associate Professor University of Adelaide
    2005 - 2021 Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide
    2005 - 2007 Deputy Director University of Adelaide
    2002 - 2004 Lecturer University of Adelaide
    1999 - 2001 Lecturer Napier University

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2000 University of Adelaide Australia Doctor of Philosophy (Statistics).

  • Postgraduate Training
    Date Title Institution Country
    2000 - 2000 Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education Napier University United Kingdom
    1994 - 1994 Bachelor of Mathematical and Computing Sciences Hons 1 (Statistics) University of Adelaide Australia
Competitive Research Funding
Date Project/No. Investigators Funding Body  
2013 - 2014 Barbara Kidman Women’s (Research) Fellowship Salter AB The University of Adelaide  
2007 - 2008 LP0775341 - Citizens’ juries: enabling effective influenza pandemic policy through engagement with the community (FluViews). Braunack-Mayer AJ, Rogers WA, Moss JR, Hiller JE, Bi P, Salter AB, Givney RC, van Eyk H. ARC Linkage Project.  
2005 - 2008 349301 - DHA to Optimise Mother Infant Outcome (DOMInO).   Makrides M, Gibson R, McPhee A, Quinliven J.  AI Salter A. NHMRC Project Grant  
Teaching & Coordination
School of Public Health, University of Adelaide

Program coordinator

2011 – current Post-graduate Coordination for the Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia (MBiostat, Grad Dip Biostat, Grad Cert Biostat)

Course coordinator

2015 - current Introduction to Biostatistics (MPH) Blended & Online
2013 - 2015 Investigating Health and Disease in Populations II (BHlthSci)
2007 - 2013 Introduction to Biostatistics (MPH)
2012 - 2015 Design of Randomised Controlled Trials (MBiostat)

                                                      

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2022 Co-Supervisor Dementia risk prediction modelling in the context of vascular disease Doctor of Philosophy under a Jointly-awarded Degree Agreement with Doctorate Full Time Mr Jacob Andrew Brain

  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2018 - 2023 Co-Supervisor A Multiple Methods Research Program Examining Enhanced Recovery Care with Next-Day Discharge for Elective Caesarean Section Doctor of Philosophy/Master of Psychology (Health) Doctorate Full Time Ms Christianna Digenis
    2017 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Women's Psychosocial Outcomes following Cardiotocography (CTG) and ST-Analysis (STan) Fetal Surveillance during Labour: An Australian Randomised Controlled Trial Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Madeleine Rose Benton
    2016 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Impact of Non-Technical Skills on Performance and Effectiveness of a Rapid Response System Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Richard Chalwin
    2014 - 2017 Principal Supervisor Multiple Imputation for Handling Missing Outcome Data Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Thomas Sullivan
    2014 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Adaptation and Validation of an Individualised Paediatric Health-Related Quality of Life Measure (Paediatric Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile) and its Evaluation in a Clinical Setting Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Sana Ishaque
    2012 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Physical Activity among Young Educated Saudi Women Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Mazna Almarzooqi
    2010 - 2013 Co-Supervisor Time to Event Analysis of Arthroplasty Registry Data Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Marianne Knarberg Hansen Gillam
    2008 - 2011 Co-Supervisor Statistical Issues Associated with an Analysis of Binary Outcomes in Randomised Controlled Trials when the Effect Measure of Interest is the Relative Risk Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time APrf Lisa Yelland
    2007 - 2010 Co-Supervisor Medication Prescribing in the Elderly and the Effect on Health Related Outcomes: An Investigation of Bias in Observational Studies using Computerised Claims Databases Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Nicole Pratt

  • Committee Memberships
    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2015 - ongoing Member Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA) Research Collaboration. - -
    2013 - ongoing Member Faculty of Health Sciences Program Management Committee - -
    2011 - ongoing Member Data Safety Monitoring Committee, multicentre ‘OPTIMIST’ trial - -
    2010 - ongoing Member Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia Steering Committee - -
    2010 - ongoing Member Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia Teaching Committee - -
    2010 - 2013 Member Faculty of Health Sciences Learning and Teaching Committee - -
    2005 - 2007 Chair Teaching and Learning Committee, School of Population Health. - -
    2005 - 2007 Member Discipline of Public Health Curriculum Committee - -
    2005 - 2007 Member Faculty of Health Sciences Learning and Teaching Committee - -
    2002 - 2005 Member The Research Staff Association The University of Adelaide -
    2002 - 2005 Member Early Career Researcher Taskforce - -
  • Position: Associate Professor /Reader
  • Phone: 83134619
  • Email: amy.salter@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 83136885
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Rundle Mall Plaza, floor 4
  • Org Unit: Public Health
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