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Dr. Mithilesh Dronavalli

Medical Biostatistician / Lead Data Scientist

Statistical Consulting
Social & Public/ Mental Health Research
Data Science
Biostatistics / Causal Inference
Machine Learning
Employed Available
An Accredited Statistician (AStat)/ Lead Data Scientist and medical doctor with nine years of experience in applying advanced statistical modelling and machine learning to clinical, public health and social research. Expertise in managing and analysing large-scale population datasets (1.8 million+ records) using R/R Shiny, Stata, PL/SQL, Python, SAS and Qilk.

Proven track record of leading research projects from conception to publication with a focus on statistics and data science. Statistical author on 28 articles in peer-reviewed journals with over 750 citations.

My research is in the areas of poverty, crime, social disadvantage, prenatal drug abuse, prematurity, children with disabilities, mental health, out of home care, addiction, Aboriginal Health, communicable diseases, cancer, heart disease, smoking cessation, breastfeeding, health and well-being, health education and aged care.

PhD - Data Science (submitted awaiting examination)

Western Sydney University

October 2022 to December 2025
Evaluating Mental Health Services by Social Disadvantage through the Levels of Prevention.

Masters of Biostatistics

Monash University

January 2007 to June 2008

MPhil in Cancer Epidemiology

University of Sydney, NHMRC Clinical Trial Centre

June 2007 to September 2011
Risk and Treatment Factors of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip

Training in Public Health Medicine

Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine

Rotations: Rural and Indigenous Health, HIV, Public Health Unit (Communicable Disease and Environmental Health), Childhood Disability, Addiction and Pharmacoepi (TGA)

Coursework: Environmental Health Risk Assessments | Framing Indigenous Health| Health Promotion| Health Policy| Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Disease| Qualitative Research Methods| Environmental Health Risk Assessments | Introduction to teaching and supervision | Grant Writing | PRINCE 2 : Foundations and Practitioners | Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Certified as of 2022 Oct
National Rural Health (Oral) 2015 | RACP 2016 (Oral: Gerry Murphy Prize) |Australian Public Health 2019 (Oral) UN Datathon (Education Track): https://youtu.be/QwGhcoJ17JY?

MBBS BMedSc

University of Melbourne

January 2002 to December 2010
Honours Thesis: A Pharmacological mechanism for the Clinical Benefits of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors: Analyses of randomised controlled trials

High School Certificate

Fort St Selective High School

2001
Taught me broad content and diverse perspectives in a multicultural environment and how to LEARN and THINK.