The fortnightly BRAG meeting will be held this Thursday at 1 pm via Zoom/GP-Y801. This week we will have presentations by @Matthew and @Harriette.
Zoom Link: https://qut.zoom.us/j/84888083633?pwd=MnVIcSt6NUtxR25FRDB1Q3VaOEwzUT09
Password: brag@QUT (if prompted)
Matthew’s talk
Title: How optimal design and value-of-information analysis are mathematically connected
Abstract: Optimal design is a targeted application of statistics to inform decisions regarding future data collection. Value-of-information analysis, which has been hiding in economics literature, has the same aim: it has been used previously in medical decision-making and more recently is seeing increasing application in environmental decision-making. Here I will discuss our recent work which shows that (spoilers) value-of-information analysis is a specific case of optimal design. I’m hoping that the overlap of these two disciplines means that there are useful advances in optimal design which can be translated immediately into advances in value-of-information analysis, and conversely that optimal design as a topic gains a new and useful application.
Harriette’s talk
Title: Australian Child and Youth Wellbeing Atlas and Vulnerability Index for Child Health and Wellbeing
Abstract: The Australian Child and Youth Wellbeing Atlas (ACYWA) project aims to provide a holistic data asset that will map data on children across Australia,
enabling the visualisation, analysis, and monitoring of health and wellbeing metrics for children. The platform will be available to researchers, policymakers, planners, and decision makers at a national level. The intention is to provide visibility of the health, and development needs of children. This visibility will provide more specificity and utility of the data available for public policy investment and commissioning decisions to optimise government, non-government, and industry funds to have maximum impact on the lives of children and their families.
This previous work, on ACYWA, is now being used to develop a vulnerability index for children’s health and wellbeing as well as guidelines for good practices.
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