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Prof Katherine Lee

Prof Katherine Lee

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Role Group Leader / Snr Princ Research Fellow
Research area Population Health
Prof Katherine Lee is a senior biostatistician with over 20 years' experience in the design, planning and analysis of randomised trials and observational studies. She is co-Director of the Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, and the Associate Director: Biostatistics of the Melbourne Children's Trials Centre.

Katherine has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Nottingham UK, a Masters of Science in Medical Statistics from the University of Leicester UK and a PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Cambridge. She is the Deputy Chair of the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance Board of Directors, and is founder and co-Chair of their Statistics in Trials Interest Group. Katherine is also the Vice-President of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics and a member of the Executive Committee for the Victorian Centre for Biostatistics (ViCBiostat) and the Australian Trials Methodology (AusTriM) reseach network.
Prof Katherine Lee is a senior biostatistician with over 20 years' experience in the design, planning and analysis of randomised trials and observational studies. She is co-Director of the Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit at the Murdoch...
Prof Katherine Lee is a senior biostatistician with over 20 years' experience in the design, planning and analysis of randomised trials and observational studies. She is co-Director of the Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, and the Associate Director: Biostatistics of the Melbourne Children's Trials Centre.

Katherine has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Nottingham UK, a Masters of Science in Medical Statistics from the University of Leicester UK and a PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Cambridge. She is the Deputy Chair of the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance Board of Directors, and is founder and co-Chair of their Statistics in Trials Interest Group. Katherine is also the Vice-President of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics and a member of the Executive Committee for the Victorian Centre for Biostatistics (ViCBiostat) and the Australian Trials Methodology (AusTriM) reseach network.

Top Publications

  • Bourke, EM, Klein, K, Selman, CJ, Lee, KJ, Kochar, A, Shellshear, D, Borland, ML, George, S, Jani, S, Tham, D, et al. Recreational Drug Use Amongst Children and Adolescents Presenting to Australian Emergency Departments With Acute Behavioural Disturbance: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomised Controlled Trial.. Emerg Med Australas 38(3) : e70279 2026
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  • Klein, K, Selman, C, Kochar, A, Shellshear, D, Borland, ML, George, S, Jani, S, Tham, D, Lee, K, Craig, S, et al. Non-pharmacological de-escalation techniques used to manage acute severe behavioural disturbance in children and adolescents presenting to emergency departments: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.. Arch Dis Child 111(5) : 394 -400 2026
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  • Sullivan, TR, Lee, KJ, Bednarz, JM, Yelland, LN. Multiple imputation in clinical trials - what difference does it make?: A systematic review of the impact of multiple imputation on treatment effect estimation.. Clin Trials 17407745261422359 2026
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  • Selman, CJ, Ong, SWX, Middleton, M, Di Stefano, L, Bourke, EM, Long, E, Babl, FE, Lee, KJ. Primer for Clinical Researchers on Ordinal Outcomes for Emergency Medicine.. Emerg Med Australas 38(1) : e70201 2026
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  • Perrett, K, Zannino, D, Eckert, J, Odoi, A, Walsh, A, Parker, K, Young, A, Koplin, J, Peters, R, Saffery, R, et al. Randomised Controlled Trial of Vitamin D Supplementation in Infants to Prevent Food Allergy in The First Year of Life: The VITALITY Trial. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 157(2) : ab419 2026
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