Biography: | Sally Lord is an Epidemiologist and Research Fellow at the NHMRC
Clinical Trials Centre. Her research interests are in cancer
epidemiology; test evaluation methods, including trial-based and
decision-model analyses to assess the clinical value of tests and
risk models to guide treatment decisions; and the methods of
integrating trial evidence into clinical
decision-making.
Sally has an MBBS and MSc (Applied Biostatistics and
Epidemiology) and a clinical background in general practice
(FRACGP). She collaborates with researchers nationally and
internationally, including the Screening and Test Evaluation
Program at the School of Public Health, the University of Sydney
and the NSW Cancer Council. She is a chief investigator on
competitive Australian/NZ grants, including as CIA on two NHMRC
project grants. She co-ordinates the Biomarkers Studies unit in the
Masters of Clinical Trials Research, teaches in the Decision
Analysis and Advanced Diagnostic Test Evaluation units in the
Masters of Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology Programs at the
School of Public Health, and tutors in Evidence Based Medicine in
the postgraduate medical program at the University of Sydney. |
Committee Memberships: |
Protocol Advisory Subcommittee (PASC) for Medical Services
Advisory Committee
NHMRC Grant Review Panel - clinical trials (2011)
Invited Scientific EBM Expert, Test Evaluation Working
Group, European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory
Medicine
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