Robert Thiesmeier

Robert Thiesmeier

CV

About

I am a PhD student at the Biostatistics Team, Department of Global Public Health @Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. My doctoral thesis aims to develop, evaluate, and apply statistical methods for systematically missing data in pooling projects. My academic background is in public health, epidemiology, and biostatistics. Outside of academia I enjoy outdoor activities, especially running and cycling.

Research

My research interests lie at the intersection of applied biostatistics and clinical epidemiology. My methodological focus is on the development, evaluation, and application of statistical approaches for systematically missing and non-harmonised data in multi-site studies and pooling projects. A particular emphasis is on settings where data cannot be fully shared across sites due to privacy or logistical constraints, requiring methods that are both statistically rigorous and practically feasible. Recent contributions have been applied to missing data problems in large cardiovascular trials, hospital and clinical care registries, and longitudinal cohort studies.
Alongside methodological work, I have a strong interest in statistical education and the use of simulations as a teaching tool in biostatistics and epidemiology. Slides from recent talks and presentations are available on here.

Teaching

I enjoy teaching epidemiology and biostatistics and have been involved in multiple courses over the last years. I am particularly passionate about innovating the way we teach methodological concepts in public health and medical sciences. Over the last few years, I have led an initiative to incorporate simulations into biostatistics courses - an approach that makes abstract statistical concepts more tangible and accessible to students. This work has resulted in three peer-reviewed educational articles.
I am involved in the following courses:

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