Dr Sharon Chen

Biography

Upon completing a PhD in statistics in 2004 from the University of Kentucky (USA), I was invited to join a private clinical research organisation in Malaysia as a Consultant Biostatistician. This company provides statistical related support, particularly in the therapeutic area of nephrology dialysis, transplantation, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes and oncology. As a result, I was actively involved in the planning, organisation and running of statistics related workshops at national, regional and international levels. In 2008, I took up a senior position with leadership and management responsibilities at a private University in Malaysia where I successfully developed their school structure and a research centre, which achieved significant milestones under my leadership. In late 2012, I moved back to industry to take up a new and challenging position in leadership and management in the banking industry. I joined a reputable Australian university with campus in Malaysia in late 2013. It is a great opportunity for me to commence my tenure with Swinburne University in Hawthorn campus in April 2017.

My research interests include to develop predictive models for geriatric-specific as well as children-specific mortality outcome; to examine the characteristics of elderly drivers and the fundamental deciding factors for them to stop driving; to investigate the influence of polypharmacy on quality of life; to compare the performance of various trauma related injury severity scoring tools; to evaluate road safety intervention programs; to optimise the location of digital health stations; to study the impact of telehealth.

I am currently an Editorial Committee of high ranking peer-review journals and also an active member for the University Human Research Ethic Committee.

I have previously supervised to completion undergraduate research projects, Honours research projects and PhD research projects. Currently, I am the Principal Coordinating Supervisor, Co-Supervisor and Panel member for PhD as well as Master students in their diverse research projects.