Katrina Sharples

Katrina Sharples
Occupationbiostatistician
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Washington
ThesisRegression Analysis of Correlated Binary Data (1989)
Doctoral advisorNorman Breslow
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago
Doctoral studentsAyesha Verrall

Katrina Jane Sharples is a New Zealand biostatistician. She is a full professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Otago, and head of statistics at Otago.

Sharples completed a Ph.D. in statistics at the University of Washington in 1989. Her dissertation, Regression Analysis of Correlated Binary Data, was supervised by Norman Breslow.

Her research has included work on cattle-based spreading of leptospirosis in Tanzania, and a study of tuberculosis in Indonesia.

Sharples is also a viola player in the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, and has performed in smaller string ensembles in Dunedin.

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