Dr Joanne Carson | UNSW Research

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Biography

Cross-disciplinary researcher applying artificial intelligence and biomedical science to unravel complex, hard-to-solve problems - from infectious diseases to neuroimmunology. Skills include big data engineering, data science, machine learning, informatics, pharmacology and immunology.

My Grants

Medicines Research Futures Fund Grant (2025; AUD $750K)
UNSW Research Infrastructure Grant (2025; AUD $150K)
New South Wales Ministry of...view more

My Grants

Medicines Research Futures Fund Grant (2025; AUD $750K)
UNSW Research Infrastructure Grant (2025; AUD $150K)
New South Wales Ministry of Health Grant (2024; AUD $100K)

My Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine/Data Science)

University of New South Wales | Sydney, Australia | 2023

Master of Public Health (Biostatistics/Epidemiology)

Curtin University | Perth, Australia | 2018

Bachelor of Science (Pharmacology/Immunology)

University of New South Wales | Sydney, Australia | 2012

My Awards

2024	Kirby Institute Emerging Investigator Award
2023	University of New South Wales Dean’s Award for Outstanding Thesis
2023	Elsevier Atlas Award Winner Theme Sustainable Development Goal (SDG3), Good Health and Well-Being Publication
2023	Kirby Institute Post-Graduate Student Prize
2022	Top Ranked Abstract in Clinical Research- International Network on Hepatitis in Substance Users Conference, Glasgow, UK
2022	Best presentation by STAToSPHERE conference, Sydney Australia

My Research Activities

Neuroimmunology including post-viremic Illness (e.g. long COVID, CFS, ME) research applying novel machine learning methods to multi-dimensional clinical datasets. Leads Pharmaco-AI Infectious Disease Surveillance (PHASE) project aiming to enhance capabilities to monitor infectious disease trends, outcomes and health system utilisation in Australia. PHASE harnesses recent advances in national data-linkage and artificial intelligence to develop advanced pharmacoepidemiologic surveillance systems.