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Associate Professor Alain Charles Vandal
BSc MA McG. PhD Auck.
Biography
2019-07 to present Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, The University of Auckland
2012-07 to present Senior Biostatistician, Ko Awatea, Counties Manukau District Health Board
2010-07 to 2019-07 Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Auckland University of Technology
2013-12 to 2017-07 Head of Department, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology
2010-07 to 2012-06 Senior Biostatistician, Centre for Clinical Research & effective practice (CCRep)
2011-07 to 2014-06 Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University
2006-05 to 2011-07 Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University
2000-07 to 2010-06 Project Director, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Lady Davis Institute, Montréal, Québec (Canada)
2000-07 to 2006-05 Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University
1999-07 to 2000-06 Research Fellow in Biostatistics, Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Medicine, University of Auckland
1998-07 to 1999-12 Lecturer, Department of Statistics, University of Auckland
1996-02 to 1998-03 Consulting Biostatistician, Institut de recherche de l’Hôpital général de Montréal - Module de prévention et contrôle VIH-sida - Centre québécois de coordination sur le sida
1994-06 to 1996-02 Biostatistician, Institut de recherche de l’Hôpital général de Montréal, Module de prévention et contrôle VIH-sida
Education
1999/04 Ph.D. (Statistics), Department of Statistics, University of Auckland
Supervisor: Doctor Robert Gentleman
Thesis title: Order Theory and Nonparametric Analysis for Interval Censored Data
1994/05 M.A. (Applied Statistics), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University
Supervisor: Professor Vanamamalai Seshadri
Thesis title: A Compendium of Variance Functions for Real Natural Exponential Families
1991/05 B.Sc. (Major Mathematics, Minor Statistics), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University
Research | Current
Grants currently or recently held as named investigator
2020-2021 exciteBCI telerehabilitation: determining optimal dose and testing feasibility
D Taylor [PI], N Signal, I Niazi, G Alder, AC Vandal, U Rashid, V Pomeroy
HRC Feasibility #20/642 / Host: Auckland University of Technology / Design: Feasibility study for an RCT
2020-2021 Resveratrol – a potential novel treatment for bronchiectasis
C Wong [PI], B Diggins, AC Vandal, L Jayaram, D Milne
HRC Feasibility #20/653 / Host: Middlemore Clinical Trials / Design: Feasibility study for an RCT
2019-2022 Are concussion services for mild traumatic brain injury cost effective?
B Te Ao [PI], R Edlin, S Barker-Collo, M Harwood, A Theadom, AC Vandal, C Howard-Brown
HRC Emerging Researcher #19/591 / Design: Prospective study / Host: University of Auckland
2019-2022 Measuring perceived task difficulty during rehabilitation
N Signal [PI], N Kayes, F Bright, AC Vandal,
HRC Emerging Researcher #19/624 / Design: Validation study / Host: Auckland University of Technology
2019 Improving hearing and developmental outcomes for children by screening with otoacoustic emissions at age 3 years
S Purdy [PI], R Morton, AC Vandal, L Dickinson, N Balisa, C Lynch
Eisdell-Moore Centre Project Grant /Design: Single-arm clustered trial (feasibility study)/Host: University of Auckland
2019 Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of resveratrol in bronchiectasis
C Wong [PI], L Jayaram, AC Vandal, D Milne, B Diggins
Counties Manukau Health Tupu Fund Kaakano Project Grant/Design: Randomised controlled trial
2018-2020 Prophylactic InCisional Antibiotics in Skin Surgery (PICASSo trial) feasibility
J Mathy [PI], S McBride, AC Vandal, B Te Ao, D Maddell
HRC Feasibility #18/656 Host: Counties Manukau Health/ Design: Randomised controlled trial
2018-2020 The role of a sublingual bacterial vaccine in adult bronchiectasis patients
W Good [PI], C Wong, S Jones, P Poole, AC Vandal
HRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship #18/113 / Design: Randomised controlled trial/ Host: Counties Manukau District Health Board
2017-2019 Respiratory Health of Pacific Youth: Risk and Resilience Throughout Childhood
E Tautolo [PI], C Byrnes, C Wong, AC Vandal, A Trenholme
HRC Project #17/155 / Design: Birth cohort study assessment/ Host: Auckland University of Technology
2017-2019 Sensory modulation for anxiety in primary health care: A feasibility study
D Sutton [PI], K van Kessel, W Miles, AC Vandal, K Baddock, B McKenna
HRC Feasibility #17/518 / Host: AUT / Design: Feasibility study for an RCT
2017-2019 Improving outcomes for support workers in aged care
K Czuba [PI], N Kayes, AC Vandal
HRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship #17/018 / Design: Single-arm trial/ Host: Auckland University of Technology
2017-2019 An Integrated Mind-Brain-Body Approach to Health and Wellbeing
R Siegert [PI], C Krägeloh, E Hinckson, J Lu, F Merien, A Theadom, AC Vandal, G Wang, W Wrapson
Catalyst 16-AUT-024-CSG / Design: Seed grant/ Host: Auckland University of Technology
2016-2019 Violence prevention: promotion of healthy relationships amongst high school students using a smartphone app
J Koziol-McLain [PI], N Glass, S Nada-Raja, D Wilson, AC Vandal, K Eden, M Eurera, P Fairbairn-Dunlop, B Te Ao, T Fleming
MBIE Targeted research PROP-42821-HASTR-AIT/ Host: AUT / Design: Stepped wedge
2015-2019 Effectiveness of problem gambling interventions in a service setting: A pragmatic randomised clinical trial
M Abbott, M Bellringer, J Landon, K Palmer du Preez, AC Vandal, N Garrett, J Pearson, B Te Ao, D Hodgins, M Battersby
Ministry of Health Request for Proposal Grant number 352593/00: Randomised 2x2 factorial design / Host: AUT / Trial registration: ACTRN12615000637549
Teaching | Current
STATS 763 S1 (with Thomas Lumley)
Postgraduate supervision
Doctoral students
- William Good (co-supervisor, primary supervisor: Conroy Wong)
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Counties Manukau District Health Board; HRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship recipient
University of Auckland Ph.D. candidate;Thesis title: Sublingual vaccine for bronchiectasis: a randomised controlled trial
- Gemma Alder (co-supervisor, primary supervisor: Denise Taylor)
School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology
Ph.D. candidate; Thesis title: The Brain Computer Interface-Paired Associate Stimulation: Optimising the delivery of the BCI PAS intervention for people with stroke.
- Karol Czuba (co-supervisor, primary supervisor: Nicola Kayes)
School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology; HRC Clinical Training Research Fellowship recipient
Ph.D. candidate; Thesis title: Improving outcomes for support workers in aged care
- Debbie Wilson (co-supervisor, primary supervisor: Peter Larmer)
School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology
D.H.Sc. candidate; Thesis title: Examining waste and energy reduction strategies- a mixed methods study
- Joanna Dunlop (co-supervisor, primary supervisor: Mark Marshall)
Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, South Auckland Clinical School, University of Auckland
Ph.D. candidate; Thesis title: Physiological Modelling of Sodium Lowering in Dialysate
Master’s students
- Monique Baigent (MPhil, co-supervisor; primary supervisor: Steve White)
School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology
M.Phil. candidate; Thesis title: What is the diagnostic accuracy of clinical tests to identify chronic acromioclavicular joint pain.
- Rebecca Tuhi (MPhil, co-supervisor; primary supervisor: Steve White)
School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology
M.Phil. candidate; Thesis title: Provocative tests for the diagnosis of TFCC injury
- Miaotian Li (MSc, dissertation supervisor)
Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland
M.Sc. Candidate; Dissertation title: Secondary analysis of isafe trial data: characteristics and outcomes for isafe wāhine Māori participant
Areas of expertise
Biostatistics; clinical epidemiology; diagnostic validity; dabbling in psychometrics and forecasting
Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)
- Tautolo, E.-S., Wong, C., Vandal, A., Jalili-Moghaddam, S., Griffiths, E., Iusitini, L., ... Byrnes, C. (2020). Respiratory Health of Pacific Youth: An Observational Study of Associated Risk and Protective Factors Throughout Childhood. JMIR research protocols, 9 (10)10.2196/18916
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Cass Byrnes - Rashid, U., Kumari, N., Signal, N., Taylor, D., & Vandal, A. C. (2020). On Nonlinear Regression for Trends in Split-Belt Treadmill Training. Brain sciences, 10 (10).10.3390/brainsci10100737
- Signal, N. E. J., McLaren, R., Rashid, U., Vandal, A., King, M., Almesfer, F., ... Taylor, D. (2020). Haptic Nudges Increase Affected Upper Limb Movement During Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation: Multiple-Period Randomized Crossover Study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 8 (7)10.2196/17036
- Kumari, N., Taylor, D., Rashid, U., Vandal, A. C., Smith, P. F., & Signal, N. (2020). Cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation for learning a novel split-belt treadmill task: a randomised controlled trial. Scientific reports, 10 (1)10.1038/s41598-020-68825-2
- Yap, E., Williamson, J., Nguyen, P., Vandal, A., & Colt, H. (2020). BRONCHOSCOPY RADIOLOGY SKILLS AND TASK ASSESSMENT TOOL (BRONCHRADSTAT (c)): PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND DATA. RESPIROLOGY. (pp. 1).
- Marshall, M. R., Vandal, A. C., de Zoysa, J. R., Gabriel, R. S., Haloob, I. A., Hood, C. J., ... Rabindranath, K. S. (2020). Effect of Low-Sodium versus Conventional Sodium Dialysate on Left Ventricular Mass in Home and Self-Care Satellite Facility Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN10.1681/asn.2019090877
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Mark Marshall, Janak de Zoysa - Dissanayake, A., Vandal, A. C., Boyle, V., Park, D., Milne, B., Grech, R., & Ng, A. (2020). Does intensive glycaemic control promote healing in diabetic foot ulcers? - a feasibility study. BMJ open, 10 (1)10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029009
- Street, K. J., White, S. G., & Vandal, A. C. (2020). Clinical prevalence and population incidence of serious pathologies among patients undergoing magnetic resonance imaging for low back pain. The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society, 20 (1), 101-111. 10.1016/j.spinee.2019.09.002
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- +64 9 923 8332
- +64.9.923.8332
- alain.vandal@auckland.ac.nz
- avan009@aucklanduni.ac.nz
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SCIENCE CENTRE 303 - Bldg 303
Level 3, Room 321
38 PRINCES ST
AUCKLAND CENTRAL
AUCKLAND 1010
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