Associate Professor Patrick Kelly is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics in the Sydney School of Public Health within the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. He serves as the Program Director for Biostatistics coursework programs and coordinates key units of study including Advanced Statistical Modelling, Categorical Data Analysis, Survival Analysis, and Clinical Epidemiology. His academic career at the University of Sydney involves extensive teaching and supervision in biostatistics and clinical epidemiology, with contributions documented in university handbooks since at least 2014. Kelly's research applies biostatistical methods to diverse areas such as survival analysis for recurrent event data, infectious diseases including tick-borne rickettsioses like African tick bite fever and Bartonella infections, kidney disease outcomes including cognition in end-stage renal disease and chronic kidney disease, long-term cancer risk post-kidney transplantation, mortality trends after transplantation, and mental health interventions.

Kelly has authored or co-authored numerous influential publications, demonstrating significant impact in his field. Notable works include 'Survival analysis for recurrent event data: an application to childhood infectious diseases' (Statistics in Medicine, 2000, 537 citations), 'Natural History of Bartonella Infections (an Exception to Koch’s Postulate)' (Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 2002, 404 citations), 'Cognition in people with end-stage kidney disease treated with hemodialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis' (American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2016, 318 citations), 'African tick bite fever' (The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2003, 308 citations), and 'Long-term cancer risk of immunosuppressive regimens after kidney transplantation' (Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2010, 280 citations). He contributes to collaborative research efforts, such as serving as an investigator in the COMFORT trial within the Sydney Musculoskeletal Health research centre, evaluating opioid stewardship for low back pain management. His work underscores advancements in statistical modelling for public health challenges, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses in renal and infectious disease contexts.

Professional Email: p.kelly@sydney.edu.au