Michael Leach

Adjunct Research Associate, School of Rural Health, Monash University

Dr Michael Leach is a Bendigo-based statistician, researcher, and freelance writer and poet. He works across hospital, university, and government settings at the Loddon Mallee Integrated Cancer Service within Bendigo Health, the Monash University School of Rural Health, and Cancer Australia. He holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy, a Graduate Certificate of Science (Applied Statistics), a Master of Biostatistics, and a PhD in Pharmacy. Michael is also a Certified Health Informatician Australasia (CHIA) with the Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA). His research interests encompass the sciences and the humanities, from pharmacoepidemiology to science poetry. Michael has published research papers in scientific journals, such as Drugs – Real World Outcomes and Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, as well as poetry in both scientific and literary journals, including the Medical Journal of Australia and Cordite Poetry Review. His website is Images of Health: http://imagesofhealth.wordpress.com