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Biography
Joanne McKenzie is an Associate Professor in the Biostatistics Unit at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University. In 2012 she was awarded a PhD in methodological issues in meta-analysis of randomised trials with continuous outcomes. She has holds an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship and leads a programme of research on methods for evidence synthesis within the Biostatistics Unit. In addition to the biostatistical and methodological research she undertakes, she has been a biostatistical collaborator on a large range of projects. The focus of these collaborations has been on evaluations of public health and health services interventions (using individually and cluster randomised trials, and interrupted time series designs) and systematic reviews. Previous appointments include Senior Research Fellow at Cochrane Australia; Research Fellow, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand (NZ); and, Project biostatistician for the NZ National Nutrition Survey, University of Otago. These appointments involved provision of statistical and design expertise.
Her specific research interests in evidence synthesis include examination of approaches for meta-analysing results from interrupted time series studies; methods for overviews of systematic reviews, including how to assess the certainty of evidence in overviews; methods for presenting and synthesising results when meta-analysis is not possible; methods to synthesise evidence from multiple treatments (also known as network meta-analysis); and examination of bias in the systematic review process. She is an active contributor to Cochrane, including being a Co-convenor of the Statistical Methods Group, a member of the Methods Executive, and an author of several chapters of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions.
In addition to her research interests in evidence synthesis, Jo is involved in research examining statistical, bias and reporting issues in multi-stage cluster randomised trials.
Jo holds a Doctor of Philosophy from Monash University, and a Master of Science, Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Statistics and Bachelor of Science from the University of Otago, New Zealand.
Jo supervises doctoral students who undertake general methods or statistical methods research in the areas of evidence synthesis or designs evaluating the effects of interventions. If you are interested in these areas, then please do get in touch.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- meta-analysis
- Systematic Reviews
- Randomised controlled trials
- interrupted time series designs
- statistical methods
- Cluster randomised trials
- Evidence synthesis
- meta-research
- evidence-based practice
- network meta-analysis
- reporting guidelines
- research reproducibility
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Novel methods to improve reporting and peer review of systematic reviews of health evidence
Page, M., Moher, D., Brennan, S. & McKenzie, J.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Better Environment, Healthier Ageing
Guo, Y., Li, S., Huxley, R., Dharmage, S. C., Lim, Y. Y., Rawson, H., Morawska, L., McKenzie, J., Ryan, J., Cain, S., Ademi Delaney, Z., Song, J., Xu, R., Jay, O., McNeil, J., Capon, T., Jalaludin, B. B., Pearce, C., Smith, K., Greening, C., Griffiths, D., Collie, A., Walker-Bone, K. & Levinger, P. T.
1/06/22 → 31/05/24
Project: Research
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An early start to nutritional health: Improving breastfeeding of Western Australian Aboriginal babies
McAullay, D., Eades, S., Edmond, K. M., Marriott, R., Strobel, N. A., Jones, J. & McKenzie, J.
1/01/20 → 30/11/24
Project: Research
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Conceptualizing the reporting of living systematic reviews
Khabsa, J., Chang, S., McKenzie, J. E., Barker, J. M., Boutron, I., Kahale, L. A., Page, M. J., Skoetz, N. & Akl, E. A., Apr 2023, In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 156, p. 113-118 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Effect estimates can be accurately calculated with data digitally extracted from interrupted time series graphs
Turner, S. L., Korevaar, E., Cumpston, M. S., Kanukula, R., Forbes, A. B. & McKenzie, J. E., Jul 2023, In: Research Synthesis Methods. 14, 4, p. 622-638 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Interventions from pregnancy to two years after birth for parents experiencing complex post-traumatic stress disorder and/or with childhood experience of maltreatment (Review)
Jones, K. A., Freijah, I., Brennan, S. E., McKenzie, J. E., Bright, T. M., Fiolet, R., Kamitsis, I., Reid, C., Davis, E., Andrews, S., Muzik, M., Segal, L., Herrman, H. & Chamberlain, C., 4 May 2023, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2023, 5, 197 p., CD014874.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Synthesis methods other than meta-analysis were commonly used but seldom specified: survey of systematic reviews
Cumpston, M. S., Brennan, S. E., Ryan, R. & McKenzie, J. E., Apr 2023, In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 156, p. 42-52 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Accuracy and Efficiency of Machine Learning-Assisted Risk-of-Bias Assessments in "Real-World" Systematic Reviews: A Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial
Arno, A., Thomas, J., Wallace, B., Marshall, I. J., McKenzie, J. E. & Elliott, J. H., 1 Jul 2022, In: Annals of Internal Medicine. 175, 7, p. 1001-1009 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Cochrane Bill Silverman Prize
Page, Matthew (Recipient), McKenzie, Joanne (Recipient), Shamseer, Larissa (Recipient), Ahmadzai, Nadera (Recipient), Wolfe, Dianna (Recipient), Yazdi, Fatemeh (Recipient), Catalá-López, Ferrán (Recipient), Tricco, Andrea C. (Recipient) & Moher, David (Recipient), 2018
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Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Early Career Researcher Fellows Publication Prize for Public Health Research
McKenzie, Joanne (Recipient), 2015
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NHMRC Research Excellence Award: top ranked applicant in Population Health - Level 1 category of the Career Development Fellowship scheme 2017
McKenzie, Joanne (Recipient), 2018
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RACP Congress, trainee poster prize finalist, 2019
Zolio, Luigi (Recipient), Lim, K, Y (Recipient), McKenzie, Joanne (Recipient), Yan, Mabel (Recipient), Estee, Mahnuma (Recipient), Hussain, Monira (Recipient), Cicuttini, Flavia (Recipient) & Wluka, Anita (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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University of Otago, Dunedin School of Medicine Research Publication Award
Priest, Patricia (Recipient), McKenzie, Joanne (Recipient), Audas, Rick (Recipient), Poore, Marion R (Recipient), Brunton, Cheryl R (Recipient) & Reeves, Lesley M (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)