Mrs Emma Knight
School of Public Health
College of Health
Emma is an Affiliate Senior Lecturer in the School of Public Health. She is an Accredited Statistician of the Statistical Society of Australia. Emma has worked as a Senior Biostatistician at SAHMRI, providing statistical leadership and expertise to support clinical trials and other research activity within the SAHMRI Womens and Kids Theme, across SAHMRI and externally. Before joining SAHMRI, Emma was a Senior Biostatistician with the Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity (ENDIA) Study and the Cystic Fibrosis Airway Research Group at the University of Adelaide. Prior to that she was the Head of the Biostatistics Core Facility at the Robinson Research Institute. Emma has 20 years experience working as an applied statistician across a variety of research domains including collaborating with researchers and clinicians at SAHMRI and the University of Adelaide working to improve the health and wellbeing of women and families, working alongside the nation’s top athletes at the Australian Institute of Sport, designing and carrying out field studies on birds, small mammals and reptiles with a team of ecologists at the Australian National University, working at the interface between science and policy at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. She enjoys working as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure appropriate and informative statistical practice.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 - ongoing | Home Educator | - |
| 2020 - 2022 | Senior Biostatistician | SAHMRI |
| 2016 - 2020 | Senior Biotatistician | University of Adelaide, Adelaide |
| 2014 - 2016 | Maternity Leave | - |
| 2012 - 2014 | Statistician | Australian Institute of Sport |
| 2010 - 2012 | Maternity Leave | - |
| 2007 - 2010 | Statistical Scientist | Australian National University |
| 2005 - 2007 | Statistical Scientist | Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
| 2004 - 2005 | Statistical Consultant | Australian National University |
| 2003 - 2004 | Associate Lecturer in Statistics | Charles Sturt University |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | University of Adelaide, Adelaide | Australia | PhD |
| 1998 | University of Adelaide, Adelaide | Australia | BSc First Class Honours Statistics |
| 1997 | University of Adelaide, Adelaide | Australia | BSc Mathematics and Computer Science |
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Accredited Statistician | Statistical Society of Australia | - |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Robertson, A. M., Knight, E., Proulx, J., Cruwys, T., Campbell, P., Sheanoda, V., . . . Reynolds, K. J. (2025). Reduced social support perpetuates disadvantage across the lifespan for Australian women. BMC Women S Health, 25(1), 592. |
| 2023 | Oakey, H., Giles, L. C., Thomson, R. L., Lê Cao, K. -A., Ashwood, P., Brown, J. D., . . . ENDIA Study Group. (2023). Protocol for a nested case-control study design for omics investigations in the Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity cohort. Annals of Medicine, 55(1), 1-14. Scopus7 WoS8 Europe PMC7 |
| 2023 | Donnelley, M., Cmielewski, P., Knight, E., Carpentieri, C., McCarron, A., Rout-Pitt, N., . . . Farrow, N. (2023). Repeat or single-dose lentiviral vector administration to mouse lungs? It’s all about the timing. Gene Therapy, 30(9), 1-8. Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC5 |
| 2023 | Best, K. P., Gould, J. F., Makrides, M., Sullivan, T., Cheong, J., Zhou, S. J., . . . Green, T. (2023). Prenatal iodine supplementation and early childhood neurodevelopment: the PoppiE trial - study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 13(5), e071359-1-e071359-8. Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC3 |
| 2022 | Grieger, J. A., Leemaqz, S. Y., Knight, E. J., Grzeskowiak, L. E., McCowan, L. M., Dekker, G. A., & Roberts, C. T. (2022). Relative importance of metabolic syndrome components for developing gestational diabetes. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 305(4), 995-1002. Scopus8 WoS9 Europe PMC9 |
| 2022 | Netting, M. J., Moumin, N. A., Knight, E. J., Golley, R. K., Makrides, M., & Green, T. J. (2022). The Australian Feeding Infants and Toddler Study (OzFITS 2021): Breastfeeding and Early Feeding Practices. Nutrients, 14(1), 1-8. Scopus26 WoS28 Europe PMC25 |
| 2022 | Belfort, M. B., Knight, E., Chandarana, S., Ikem, E., Gould, J. F., Collins, C. T., . . . Rumbold, A. (2022). Associations of Maternal Milk Feeding With Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 7 Years of Age in Former Preterm Infants. JAMA Network Open, 5(7), 13 pages. Scopus48 WoS46 Europe PMC46 |
| 2022 | Green, T., Hand, B., Skubisz, M., Best, K., Grzeskowiak, L., Knight, E., . . . Taylor, S. (2022). The Effect of Iron Supplements on the Gut Microbiome of Non-pregnant Women of Reproductive Age: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Current Developments in Nutrition, 6, 1009. |
| 2021 | Farrow, N. R., Cmielewski, P., Delhove, J., Rout-Pitt, N., Vaughan, L., Kuchel, T., . . . Parsons, D. (2021). Towards human translation of lentiviral airway gene delivery for cystic fibrosis: A one-month CFTR and reporter gene study in marmosets. Human Gene Therapy, 32(15-16), 806-816. Scopus10 WoS9 Europe PMC3 |
| 2021 | Berryman, C., Wallwork, S. B., Rizo, A. M. H., Knight, E., Camfferman, D., Russek, L., & Moseley, G. L. (2021). Are you listening? Facilitation of the auditory blink response in people with fibromyalgia. Journal of Pain, 22(9), 1072-1083. Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC4 |
| 2021 | Carpentieri, C. L., Farrow, N. R., Cmielewski, P., Rout-Pitt, N., Mc Carron, A., Knight, E., . . . Donnelley, M. (2021). The effects of conditioning and lentiviral vector pseudotype on short- and long-term airway reporter gene expression in mice.. Human Gene Therapy, 32(15-16), 817-827. Scopus4 WoS5 Europe PMC4 |
| 2021 | Mc Carron, A., Farrow, N., Cmielewski, P., Knight, E., Donnelley, M., & Parsons, D. (2021). Breaching the delivery barrier: Chemical and physical airway epithelium disruption strategies for enhancing lentiviral-mediated gene therapy. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12, 669635-1-669635-11. Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC7 |
| 2020 | Grzeskowiak, L., Tao, B., Knight, E. J., Cohen-Woods, S., & Chataway, T. (2020). Adverse events associated with peanut oral immunotherapy in children – a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 659-1-659-12. Scopus28 WoS29 Europe PMC24 |
| 2020 | Rose, R. D., Barry, M. F., Dunstan, E. V., Yuen, S. M., Cameron, L. P., Knight, E. J., . . . Hull, M. L. (2020). The BlastGen pilot study: A prospective, pilot, randomised controlled trial of GM-CSF supplemented blastocyst media. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 40(5), 645-652. Scopus8 WoS8 Europe PMC6 |
| 2020 | McCarron, A., Cmielewski, P., Reyne, N., McIntyre, C., Finnie, J., Craig, F., . . . Donnelley, M. (2020). Phenotypic characterization and comparison of Phe508del and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) knockout rat models of cystic fibrosis generated by CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing. The American Journal of Pathology, 190(5), 977-993. Scopus37 WoS35 Europe PMC35 |
| 2020 | Grzeskowiak, L. E., Grieger, J. A., Andraweera, P., Knight, E. J., Leemaqz, S., Poston, L., . . . Roberts, C. T. (2020). The deleterious effects of cannabis during pregnancy on neonatal outcomes. The Medical journal of Australia, 212(11), 519-524. Scopus45 WoS42 Europe PMC35 |
| 2020 | Lohse, K., Sainani, K., Taylor, J. A., Butson, M., Knight, E., & Vickers, A. (2020). Systematic review of the use of “magnitude-based inference” in sports science and medicine. PLoS ONE, 15(6), 22 pages. Scopus28 WoS28 Europe PMC25 |
| 2020 | Sainani, K., Borg, D., Caldwell, A., Butson, M., Tenan, M., Vickers, A., . . . Barary, N. (2020). Call to increase statistical collaboration in sports science, sport and exercise medicine and sports physiotherapy. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 55(2), 118-122. Scopus36 WoS35 Europe PMC21 |
| 2018 | Bryant, R., Costello, S., Schoeman, S., Sathananthan, D., Knight, E., Lau, S. -Y., . . . Andrews, J. (2018). Limited uptake of ulcerative colitis 'treat to target' recommendations in real-world practice. Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 33(3), 599-607. Scopus41 WoS37 Europe PMC34 |
| 2018 | Raper, D. P., Witchalls, J., Philips, E. J., Knight, E., Drew, M. K., & Waddington, G. (2018). Use of a tibial accelerometer to measure ground reaction force in running: A reliability and validity comparison with force plates. Journal of science and medicine in sport, 21(1), 84-88. Scopus53 WoS51 Europe PMC36 |
| 2018 | Bermudez Gonzalez, M., Lane, M., Knight, E., & Robker, R. (2018). Inflammatory markers in human follicular fluid correlate with lipid levels and Body Mass Index. Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 130, 25-29. Scopus49 WoS43 Europe PMC37 |
| 2016 | Drew, M., Trease, L., Caneiro, J., Hooper, I., Ooi, C., Counsel, P., . . . Lovell, G. (2016). Normative MRI, ultrasound and muscle functional MRI findings in the forearms of asymptomatic elite rowers. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 19(2), 103-108. Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC7 |
| 2016 | Lobigs, L., Knight, E., Schumacher, Y., & Gore, C. (2016). Within-subject haemoglobin variation in elite athletes: A longitudinal investigation of 13 887 haemoglobin concentration readings. Drug Testing and Analysis, 8(2), 228-234. Scopus11 WoS11 Europe PMC11 |
| 2016 | Forsyth, P., Pumpa, K., Knight, E., & Miller, J. (2016). Physiological and perceptual effects of precooling in wheelchair basketball athletes. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 39(6), 671-678. Scopus17 WoS11 Europe PMC12 |
| 2015 | Bonaventura, J., Sharpe, K., Knight, E., Fuller, K., Tanner, R., & Gore, C. (2015). Reliability and accuracy of six hand-held blood lactate analysers. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 14(1), 203-214. Scopus126 WoS122 Europe PMC76 |
| 2015 | Welsh, A. H., & Knight, E. J. (2015). Response. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 47(4), 886. |
| 2015 | Welsh, A. H., & Knight, E. J. (2015). "Magnitude-based inference": a statistical review. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 47(4), 874-884. Scopus68 WoS67 Europe PMC51 |
| 2015 | Haakonssen, E. C., Ross, M. L., Knight, E. J., Cato, L. E., Nana, A., Wluka, A. E., . . . Burke, L. M. (2015). The effects of a calcium-rich pre-exercise meal on biomarkers of calcium homeostasis in competitive female cyclists: a randomised crossover trial.. PloS one, 10(5), 1-16. Scopus65 WoS55 Europe PMC49 |
| 2014 | Ikin, K., Barton, P., Knight, E., Lindenmayer, D., Fischer, J., & Manning, A. (2014). Bird community responses to the edge between suburbs and reserves. Oecologia, 174(2), 545-557. Scopus22 WoS18 Europe PMC7 |
| 2014 | Haakonssen, E. C., Ross, M. L., Cato, L. E., Nana, A., Knight, E. J., Jenkins, D. G., . . . Burke, L. M. (2014). Dairy-based preexercise meal does not affect gut comfort or time-trial performance in female cyclists. International journal of sport nutrition and exercise metabolism, 24(5), 553-558. Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC8 |
| 2013 | Ikin, K., Knight, E., Lindenmayer, D., Fischer, J., & Manning, A. (2013). The influence of native versus exotic streetscape vegetation on the spatial distribution of birds in suburbs and reserves. Diversity and Distributions, 19(3), 294-306. Scopus93 WoS79 |
| 2013 | Ikin, K., Beaty, R. M., Lindenmayer, D. B., Knight, E., Fischer, J., & Manning, A. D. (2013). Pocket parks in a compact city: How do birds respond to increasing residential density?. Landscape Ecology, 28(1), 45-56. Scopus87 WoS77 |
| 2012 | Ikin, K., Knight, E., Lindenmayer, D. B., Fischer, J., & Manning, A. D. (2012). Linking bird species traits to vegetation characteristics in a future urban development zone: Implications for urban planning. Urban Ecosystems, 15(4), 961-977. Scopus42 WoS38 |
| 2012 | Gibbons, P., van Bommel, L., Gill, A., Cary, G., Driscoll, D., Bradstock, R., . . . Lindenmayer, D. (2012). Land management practices associated with house loss in wildfires. PLoS ONE, 7(1), e29212-1-e29212-7. Scopus195 WoS179 Europe PMC44 |
| 2012 | Stagoll, K., Lindenmayer, D., Knight, E., Fischer, J., & Manning, A. (2012). Large trees are keystone structures in urban parks. Conservation Letters, 5(2), 115-122. Scopus244 WoS217 |
| 2011 | Banks, S., Lindenmayer, D., Mcburney, L., Blair, D., Knight, E., & Blyton, M. (2011). Kin selection in den sharing develops under limited availability of tree hollows for a forest marsupial. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278(1719), 2768-2776. Scopus38 WoS36 Europe PMC14 |
| 2011 | Banks, S., Knight, E., McBurney, L., Blair, D., & Lindenmayer, D. (2011). The effects of wildfire on mortality and resources for an arboreal marsupial: resilience to fire events but susceptibility to fire regime change.. PloS one, 6(8), e22952. Scopus77 WoS71 Europe PMC22 |
| 2010 | Lindenmayer, D. B., Knight, E., McBurney, L., Michael, D., & Banks, S. C. (2010). Small mammals and retention islands: An experimental study of animal response to alternative logging practices. Forest Ecology and Management, 260(12), 2070-2078. Scopus32 WoS27 Europe PMC6 |
| 2010 | Felton, A., Knight, E., Wood, J., Zammit, C., & Lindenmayer, D. (2010). A meta-analysis of fauna and flora species richness and abundance in plantations and pasture lands. Biological Conservation, 143(3), 545-554. Scopus124 WoS119 Europe PMC40 |
| 2010 | Lindenmayer, D. B., Knight, E. J., Crane, M. J., Montague-Drake, R., Michael, D. R., & MacGregor, C. I. (2010). What makes an effective restoration planting for woodland birds?. Biological Conservation, 143(2), 289-301. Scopus121 WoS116 Europe PMC35 |
| 2010 | Stagoll, K., Manning, A. D., Knight, E., Fischer, J., & Lindenmayer, D. B. (2010). Using bird-habitat relationships to inform urban planning. Landscape and Urban Planning, 98(1), 13-25. Scopus67 WoS54 |
| 2008 | Banks, S. C., Knight, E. J., Dubach, J. E., & Lindenmayer, D. B. (2008). Microhabitat heterogeneity influences offspring sex allocation and spatial kin structure in possums. Journal of Animal Ecology, 77(6), 1250-1256. Scopus22 WoS22 Europe PMC10 |
| 2006 | Mitchell, I., Knight, E., Gissane, J., Tamhane, R., Kolli, R., Leditschke, I. A., . . . Finfer, S. (2006). A phase II randomised controlled trial of intensive insulin therapy in general intensive care patients.. Critical Care and Resuscitation Journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine, 8(4), 289-293. Scopus44 Europe PMC37 |
| 2005 | Andrew, R. L., Peakall, R., Wallis, I. R., Wood, J. T., Knight, E. J., & Foley, W. J. (2005). Marker-based quantitative genetics in the wild?: The heritability and genetic correlation of chemical defenses in Eucalyptus. Genetics, 171(4), 1989-1998. Scopus62 WoS63 Europe PMC41 |
2022 NHMRC Ideas Grant: "Using population-based data to improve maternal asthma management and offspring health and development" $979,886 - Chief Investigator
2022 NHMRC Ideas Grant: "A paradigm shift in lactational mastitis" $946417 - Associate Investigator
2020 Diabetes SA Research Grant: "Deep profiling for early biomarkers of progression to islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes in mother-infant dyads participating in the ENDIA study" $100,000 - Chief Investigator
2019 NHMRC Project Grant: "OPTimising Mothers' Own Milk supply in the neonatal unit – enhancing breast milk supply with Domperidone in mothers of preterm infants (OPTIMOM-D)", $980,692 - Chief Investigator
2019 NHMRC Project Grant: “Translating cystic fibrosis gene-addition therapy for use in human lungs: Demonstrating efficacy, safety and scalability”, $861,345 - Associate Investigator
2019 WCH Foundation Research Grant: "Physiotherapy-led group therapy for women with chronic pelvic pain: a randomised controlled trial", $30,000 - Chief Investigator
2019 WCH Foundation Research Grant: "Genetic Diagnosis After Medical and Surgical Management of Miscarriage", $30,000 - Chief Investigator
2018 NHMRC Project grant: "The male partner contribution to pregnancy immune tolerance deficit in women", $1,483,406 - Associate Investigator
2018 WCH Foundation Research Grant: "Accelerated biological aging in IVF-conceived and preterm infants", $75,000 - Associate Investigator
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 - ongoing | Member | The International Biometric Society | Australia |
| 1998 - ongoing | - | Statistical Society of Australia | - |
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