Professor Dr. Bronwyn Haasdyk

Biography

Bronwyn Brew Haasdyk is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Big Data Health Research, focusing on perinatal epidemiology and biostatistics. She has a PhD from Sydney University, completed in 2014, and pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, specializing in Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics from 2016 to 2018. Her research interests include perinatal risk factors associated with asthma, maternal asthma, and comorbidities related to mental health. With expertise in handling large datasets, she works on both Australian and Swedish medical administrative datasets and has contributed to research on rural health, particularly mental health and suicide. Bronwyn emphasizes the application of causal inference methodologies in her research, seeking to mitigate confounding factors, and is involved in educational projects that enhance students' understanding of statistical modeling. She has also taught courses related to perinatal epidemiology and health data science, guiding students in conducting impactful research within the realm of women's health.

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