Michelle Vhudzijena

School of Risk ＆ Actuarial - PhD in Risk and Actuarial Studies (in progress), University of New South Wales Bachelor of Arts in Biomedical Engineering, Harvard University

About Michelle

Michelle is a PhD student in the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies. Before joining UNSW she worked as an actuarial consultant and biomedical engineering researcher.

Thesis Title: Predictive modelling of mortality, health status and disability using individual level data

Supervisors

• Prof Michael Sherris
• Dr Andres Villegas
• A/Prof Jonathan Ziveyi

Research Interests

• Mortality modelling and the impact socio-economic risk factors
• Cause of death mortality modelling
• Longitudinal data
• Machine learning
• Bayesian statistics
• Mortality tables for developing countries

Research Grants

• Scientia PhD Scholarship worth $40,000 per annum indexed and $10,000 career development package
• ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research Supplementary Scholarship of $8,000 per annum