Biostatistics

Janet van Niekerk

Research Scientist, Statistics

Bayesian computational statistics Survival analysis Biostatistics

Janet van Niekerk is a Research Scientist at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), under the supervision of Professor Håvard Rue in his research group. Education and Early Career MSc (Mathematical Statistics), University of Pretoria, 2014 PhD (Mathematical Statistics), University of Pretoria, 2017 Research interests Efficient Bayesian methods for practical implementation, statistics for medical applications, complex survival analysis, INLA. Awards World Bank Fund awardee, International Statistical Institute, 2013 and 2015 Best oral presentation, Statistical