Dr Jahar Bhowmik is an Associate Professor and Postgraduate Applied Statistics Course Director at the Department of Health Science and Biostatistics at Swinburne University of Technology. His research interests are biostatistics, public health and wellbeing, research design, experimental design, applied epidemiology, applied statistics, and econometrics. He has co-authored around 75 peer-reviewed publications, including three book chapters, in the areas of public health, biostatistics, research design, experimental design, applied epidemiology, and econometrics. Jahar supervises PhD and Master's students in many areas, including applied epidemiology, biostatistics, experimental design, and health-related data modelling.