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