QUT - Academic profiles - Associate Professor Nicole White

Biography

Nicole is a statistician with the Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI) and the QUT Centre for Healthcare Transformation. Nicole's research has combined developments in statistical modelling with their application to understanding complex health data. Her independent research program applies text mining methods to uncover issues affecting health and medical research quality and reproducibility.

Nicole is an experienced cross-disciplinary researcher who has collaborated with academics, clinicians, and decision-makers across a range of health and medical research disciplines. Her collaborative research with clinical partners has led to knowledge impact in critical care and hospital infection control and prevention. Nicole's contributions to these areas have allowed her to develop expertise in analysing various data, including from clinical trials, linked hospital datasets and large-scale observational studies.

Nicole leads the statistical analysis of large-scale research projects funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council and Medical Research Futures Fund. Nicole has co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed publications. She has been awarded over $9 million in research funding in the past five years as a Chief Investigator, including an Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship in 2020.

Nicole is an experienced supervisor of postgraduate students, with her students leading research that combines advanced statistical methods with their robust application to health data to improve decision-making.

Outside of QUT, Nicole serves on the editorial board for Infection, Disease and Health and the Statistical Society of Australia Mentoring Committee. She is a Science and Technology Australia Superstar of STEM (2021-2022 cohort).

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nm.white@qut.edu.au

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Principal Research Fellow
Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work

Keywords

Applied Statistics, Biostatistics, Health Services Research, Infectious diseases

Research field

Statistics, Other biomedical and clinical sciences, Public health

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)

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Memberships: Statistical Society of Australia

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4 new publications in 2015

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4 new publications in 2016

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5 new publications in 2017

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2 new publications in 2018

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10 new publications in 2019

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10 new publications in 2020

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4 new publications in 2021

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12 new publications in 2022

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15 new publications in 2023

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26 new publications in 2024

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White, N., Balasubramaniam, T., Nayak, R. & Barnett, A. (2022). An observational analysis of the trope 'A p-value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant' and other cut-and-paste statistical methods. PLoS ONE, 17(3). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/228965
White, N., Barnett, A., Hall, L., Mitchell, B., Farrington, A., Balcon, K., Paterson, D., Riley, T., Gardner, A., Page, K., Gericke, C. & Graves, N. (2020). Cost-effectiveness of an environmental cleaning bundle for reducing healthcare-associated infections. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 70(12), 2461–2468. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/132396
Mitchell, B., Hall, L., White, N., Barnett, A., Halton, K., Paterson, D., Riley, T., Gardner, A., Page, K., Farrington, A., Gericke, C. & Graves, N. (2019). An environmental cleaning bundle and health-care-associated infections in hospitals (REACH): a multicentre, randomised trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19(4), 410–418. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/197640
Wolkewitz, M., Lambert, J., von Cube, M., Bugiera, L., Grodd, M., Hazard, D., White, N., Barnett, A. & Kaier, K. (2020). Statistical analysis of clinical COVID-19 data: A concise overview of lessons learned, common errors and how to avoid them. Clinical Epidemiology, 12, 925–928. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/205313
White, N., Benton, M., Kennedy, D., Fox, A., Griffiths, L., Lea, R. & Mengersen, K. (2017). Accounting for cell lineage and sex effects in the identification of cell-specific DNA methylation using a Bayesian model selection algorithm. PLoS One, 12(9), 1–18. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/112167

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Ahmad, S. A., Mayasi, Y., Kelly, T. L., White, N., Suen, J., Battaglini, D., Bassi, G. L., Fraser, J. F., Premraj, L., Arora, R. C., Bastos, D., Whitman, G., Griffee, M., Fanning, J. P., Robba, C., Cho, S. M. & other (2025). Neurological Complications and Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: Results From International Neurological Study Group From the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium. The Neurohospitalist, 15(2), 113–123. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/253307
White, N. M. & Barnett, A. (2025). Appropriate statistical methods are necessary for ethical medical research. The BMJ, 388(8454). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255111
Munday, J., Duff, J., Wood, F. M., Sturgess, D., Keogh, S., Ralph, N., White, N. M., Carter, H. & Graham, I. D. (2025). Implementing Guidelines for hypothermia prevention with Local adaptation to keep periOperative patients Warm (GLOW): protocol of a stepped-wedge cluster randomised hybrid type II effectiveness-implementation study. BMJ Open, Article e091577, 15(2). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255887

2024

Obonyo, N. G., Lu, L. Y., White, N. M., Sela, D. P., Rachakonda, R. H., Teo, D., Tunbridge, M., Sim, B., See Hoe, L. E., Fanning, J. P., Tung, J. P., McKnoulty, M., Bassi, G. L., Suen, J. Y. & Fraser, J. F. (2024). Effects of transfusing older red blood cells and platelets on obstetric patient outcomes: A retrospective cohort study. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 164(1), 184–191. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247808
Battaglini, D., White, N. M., Premraj, L., Wanjiru Citarella, B., Merson, L., Robba, C., Thomson, D., Cho, S. M. & other (2024). Long-term neurological symptoms after acute COVID-19 illness requiring hospitalization in adult patients: insights from the ISARIC-COVID-19 follow-up study. Journal of Neurology, 271(1), 79–86. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247816
Barnett, A. & White, N. (2024). Something is off-base with this title: P esteems, statical significance and more slapdash stats. Significance, 21(1), 11–13. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247817
Huth, S. F., Rothkopf, A., Smith, L., White, N., Bassi, G. L., Suen, J. Y., Fraser, J. F. & other (2024). Variability of oxygen requirements in critically ill COVID-19 patients. Journal of Global Health, Article 05012, 14. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247821
Cho, S. M., Premraj, L., Battaglini, D., Fanning, J. P., Suen, J., Li Bassi, G., Fraser, J., Robba, C., Griffee, M., Solomon, T., Semple, M. G., Baillie, J. K., Sigfrid, L., Scott, J. T., Wanjiru Citarella, B., Merson, L., Arora, R. C., Whitman, G. J. R., Thomson, D. A., White, N. & other (2024). Sex differences in post-acute neurological sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 and symptom resolution in adults after coronavirus disease 2019 hospitalization: an international multi-centre prospective observational study. Brain Communications, Article fcae036, 6(2). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247818
Tronstad, O., Zangerl, B., Patterson, S., Flaws, D., Yerkovich, S., Szollosi, I., White, N., Garcia-Hansen, V., Leonard, F. R., Weger, B. D., Gachon, F., Brain, D., Lavana, J., Hodgson, C. & Fraser, J. F. (2024). The effect of an improved ICU physical environment on outcomes and post-ICU recovery - a protocol. Trials, Article 376, 25(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/249199
White, N. M., Barnett, A. G., Lee, X. J., Farrington, A., Carter, H., McPhail, S. M., Cardona, M., Hillman, K., Callaway, L., Willmott, L., White, B. P., Harvey, G., Graves, N. & Brown, C. (2024). Impact of a prospective feedback loop aimed at reducing non-beneficial treatments in older people admitted to hospital and potentially nearing the end of life. A cluster stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial. Age and Ageing, Article afae115, 53(6). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/250403
White, N. M. & Barnett, A. G. (2024). Spin practices in clinical prediction modelling have implications beyond communicating study findings: comment on Navarro et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 171. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/250551
Browning, S., White, N. M., Raby, E., Davis, J. S. & Mitchell, B. G. (2024). Which trial do we need?: Gown and glove use versus standard precautions for patients colonized or infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 30(8), 973–976. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/250552
Tehan, P. E., Browne, K., Matterson, G., Cheng, A. C., Dawson, S., Graves, N., Johnson, D., Kiernan, M., Madhuvu, A., Marshall, C., McDonagh, J., Northcote, M., O'Connor, J., Orr, L., Rawson, H., Russo, P., Sim, J., Stewardson, A. J., Wallace, J., White, N., Wilson, R. & Mitchell, B. G. (2024). Oral care practices and hospital-acquired pneumonia prevention: A national survey of Australian nurses. Infection, Disease and Health, 29(4), 212–217. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/250553
Abbate, G., Colombo, S. M., Semenzin, C., Sato, N., Liu, K., Ainola, C., Milani, A., Fior, G., Obonyo, N., White, N., Chiumello, D., Pauls, J., Suen, J. Y., Fraser, J. F. & Li Bassi, G. (2024). Comparative analysis of novel esophageal pressure monitoring catheters versus commercially available alternatives in a biomechanical model of the thoracic cavity. Scientific Reports, Article 9771, 14. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/250554
Sato, K., Hoe, L. S., Chan, J., Obonyo, N. G., Wildi, K., Heinsar, S., Colombo, S. M., Ainola, C., Abbate, G., Sato, N., Passmore, M. R., Bouquet, M., Wilson, E. S., Hyslop, K., Livingstone, S., Haymet, A., Jung, J. S., Skeggs, K., Palmieri, C., White, N., Platts, D., Suen, J. Y., McGiffin, D. C., Bassi, G. L. & Fraser, J. F. (2024). Echocardiographic surrogate of left ventricular stroke work in a model of brain stem death donors. European Journal of Clinical Investigation, Article e14259, 54(10). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/250555

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