Thomas Sullivan

Thomas Sullivan

School of Public Health

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

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


Dr Thomas Sullivan is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, Co-Leader of the SAHMRI Biostatistics Unit, and Adjunct Senior Fellow in the School of Public Health. His research interests include precision nutrition approaches for improving infant health, methods of multiple imputation, sample size methods for perinatal trials, stratified randomisation, and methods to adjust for non-compliance in randomised trials.

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2018 - ongoing Biostatistician South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
    2005 - 2018 Statistician University of Adelaide
  • Awards and Achievements

    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2018 Award Excellence in Trial Statistics award Australian Clinical Trial Alliance Australia -
    2017 Award Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence University of Adelaide - -
    2014 Award Australian Postgraduate Award - - -
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    2019 University of Adelaide Australia Masters of Biostatistics
    2017 University of Adelaide Australia Doctor of Philosophy
    2005 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences (Honours first class)
    2002 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Social Sciences
  • Research Interests

Competitive Research Funding

National Competitive Schemes

Date Project/No. Chief Investigator(s) Funding Body Amount ($AUD)
2022-2025 Novel strategies to improve protection for pregnant women and medically at risk children from influenza and COVID-19 / Project ID 2014684 Marshall H, Danchin M, Blyth C, Ong J, Dodd J, Couper J, Sullivan T, Karnon J, Andraweera P NHMRC 964,165
2020-2024 Iodine supplementation in pregnancy to improve early childhood neurodevelopment: how much is enough? / Project ID 1199617 Makrides M, Green T, Grivell R, Cheong J, Zhou S, Sullivan T, Afzali H, Best K, Gould J, Mackerras D MRFF 3,235,960
2020-2024 Increasing the value of randomised trials: a combined program of methodological and applied health research / Project ID 1173576 Sullivan T NHMRC

583,551

2020-2024 The effect of transfusion with washed versus unwashed red blood cells to modify neonatal morbidity and mortality: A randomised controlled trial / Project ID 1183561 Stark M, Collins C, Sullivan T, Andersen C, Morton R, Marks D NHMRC 2,071,936
2018-2022 Maternal diet rich in eggs and peanuts to reduce food allergies: a randomised controlled trial / Project ID 1147576 Palmer D, Makrides M, Prescott S, Campbell D, Sullivan T, Gold M, Koplin J, Nanan R NHMRC 3,668,162
2018-2020 Efficacy and safety of omega-3 DHA supplementation in preterm infants: childhood follow-up of the N3RO trial / Project ID 1146806 Collins C, Makrides M, McPhee A, Gibson R, Sullivan T, Gould J, Best K NHMRC 703,371
2012-2014 Docosahexaenoic acid for the reduction of bronchopulomonary dysplasia in preterm infants born at less than 29 weeks gestational age: a randomised controlled trial / Project ID 1022112 Collins C, Gibson R, McPhee A, Thio M, Sullivan T, Simmer K, Rajadurai V NHMRC 1,870,914
2012-2014 Does n-3 LCPUFA supplementation in pregnancy reduce asthma and allergies in school age children / Project ID 1027710 Makrides M, Gold M, Palmer D, Sullivan T, Kennedy J, Alfred M NHMRC 429,231

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