Peta Edler

Position:: Reseach Assistant (Biostatistics)
Theme(s):: Immunology, Viral Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Resistance, Bacterial and Parasitic Infections
Discipline(s):: Computational Science and Genomics, Global Health, Public Health
Unit(s):: The University of Melbourne, Department of Infectious Diseases

Peta is a Research Assistant (Biostatistics) in the Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Melbourne, at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, supervised by Dr David Price. She collaborates with clinical and laboratory researchers to provide statistical support and advice, from study design to analysis, reporting and interpretation. Her work has spanned from analysing immunological responses to COVID-19 and Influenza to designing studies to evaluate new diagnostic tests to developing a Shiny app to assist with country-specific treatment dosing for Plasmodium vivax malaria.

Key Achievements

Key Achievements
- Peta finished her MBiostat in 2021, and since then has published several peer-reviewed publications. Peta's work with the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network and The University of Melbourne team - investigating the radical cure for Plasmodium vivax malaria - has led to the development of a Shiny App to automate the production reports, to help inform country or regional-specific Primaquine dosing policies. Peta has presented this work at several conferences and invited presentations. This work was part of a larger project to investigate the effects of Primaquine dosing, which was awarded the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health "Best Research with a Significant Policy Impact Award" in 2023.