Dr. Alice Richardson

Biography

Alice Richardson is a leading statistician with over twenty years of experience teaching undergraduate statistics at the University of Canberra. She completed her PhD in statistical properties and robust methods of estimation of multilevel linear models from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and is currently the Lead of the Statistical Support Network at the Australian National University (ANU), where she transitioned to this role after serving as the Director of the Statistical Consulting Unit. Alice has collaborated on numerous quantitative research projects and was recognized in 2023 as one of the 60 prominent Australian statisticians by the Royal Statistical Society's Significance magazine, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Statistical Society of Australia. Her research interests include multilevel modeling, robust statistics, data mining methods, applications of statistical methods to large datasets, particularly in population health and biomedical sciences, as well as innovations in statistics education. She has a strong focus on the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in health and education, and supervises research students in her fields of expertise.

Research Interests