Associate Professor Alain Charles Vandal

BSc MA McG. PhD Auck.

Associate Professor

In: Statistics » Faculty of Science

Biography

2019-07 to present Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, The University of Auckland

2012-07 to present Senior Biostatistician, Ko Awatea, Counties Manukau District Health Board

2010-07 to 2019-07 Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Auckland University of Technology

2013-12 to 2017-07 Head of Department, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology

2010-07 to 2012-06 Senior Biostatistician, Centre for Clinical Research & effective practice (CCRep)

2011-07 to 2014-06 Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University

2006-05 to 2011-07 Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University

2000-07 to 2010-06 Project Director, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Lady Davis Institute, Montréal, Québec (Canada)

2000-07 to 2006-05 Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University

1999-07 to 2000-06 Research Fellow in Biostatistics, Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Medicine, University of Auckland

1998-07 to 1999-12 Lecturer, Department of Statistics, University of Auckland

1996-02 to 1998-03 Consulting Biostatistician, Institut de recherche de l’Hôpital général de Montréal - Module de prévention et contrôle VIH-sida - Centre québécois de coordination sur le sida

1994-06 to 1996-02 Biostatistician, Institut de recherche de l’Hôpital général de Montréal, Module de prévention et contrôle VIH-sida

Education

1999/04 Ph.D. (Statistics), Department of Statistics, University of Auckland

Supervisor: Doctor Robert Gentleman

Thesis title: Order Theory and Nonparametric Analysis for Interval Censored Data

1994/05 M.A. (Applied Statistics), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University

Supervisor: Professor Vanamamalai Seshadri

Thesis title: A Compendium of Variance Functions for Real Natural Exponential Families

1991/05 B.Sc. (Major Mathematics, Minor Statistics), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University

Research | Current

Grants currently or recently held as named investigator

2020-2021 exciteBCI telerehabilitation: determining optimal dose and testing feasibility

D Taylor [PI], N Signal, I Niazi, G Alder, AC Vandal, U Rashid, V Pomeroy

HRC Feasibility #20/642 / Host: Auckland University of Technology / Design: Feasibility study for an RCT

2020-2021 Resveratrol – a potential novel treatment for bronchiectasis

C Wong [PI], B Diggins, AC Vandal, L Jayaram, D Milne

HRC Feasibility #20/653 / Host: Middlemore Clinical Trials / Design: Feasibility study for an RCT

2019-2022 Are concussion services for mild traumatic brain injury cost effective?

B Te Ao [PI], R Edlin, S Barker-Collo, M Harwood, A Theadom, AC Vandal, C Howard-Brown

HRC Emerging Researcher #19/591 / Design: Prospective study / Host: University of Auckland

2019-2022 Measuring perceived task difficulty during rehabilitation

N Signal [PI], N Kayes, F Bright, AC Vandal,

HRC Emerging Researcher #19/624 / Design: Validation study / Host: Auckland University of Technology

2019 Improving hearing and developmental outcomes for children by screening with otoacoustic emissions at age 3 years

S Purdy [PI], R Morton, AC Vandal, L Dickinson, N Balisa, C Lynch

Eisdell-Moore Centre Project Grant /Design: Single-arm clustered trial (feasibility study)/Host: University of Auckland

2019 Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of resveratrol in bronchiectasis

C Wong [PI], L Jayaram, AC Vandal, D Milne, B Diggins

Counties Manukau Health Tupu Fund Kaakano Project Grant/Design: Randomised controlled trial

2018-2020 Prophylactic InCisional Antibiotics in Skin Surgery (PICASSo trial) feasibility

J Mathy [PI], S McBride, AC Vandal, B Te Ao, D Maddell

HRC Feasibility #18/656 Host: Counties Manukau Health/ Design: Randomised controlled trial

2018-2020 The role of a sublingual bacterial vaccine in adult bronchiectasis patients

W Good [PI], C Wong, S Jones, P Poole, AC Vandal

HRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship #18/113 / Design: Randomised controlled trial/ Host: Counties Manukau District Health Board

2017-2019 Respiratory Health of Pacific Youth: Risk and Resilience Throughout Childhood

E Tautolo [PI], C Byrnes, C Wong, AC Vandal, A Trenholme

HRC Project #17/155 / Design: Birth cohort study assessment/ Host: Auckland University of Technology

2017-2019 Sensory modulation for anxiety in primary health care: A feasibility study

D Sutton [PI], K van Kessel, W Miles, AC Vandal, K Baddock, B McKenna

HRC Feasibility #17/518 / Host: AUT / Design: Feasibility study for an RCT

2017-2019 Improving outcomes for support workers in aged care

K Czuba [PI], N Kayes, AC Vandal

HRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship #17/018 / Design: Single-arm trial/ Host: Auckland University of Technology

2017-2019 An Integrated Mind-Brain-Body Approach to Health and Wellbeing

R Siegert [PI], C Krägeloh, E Hinckson, J Lu, F Merien, A Theadom, AC Vandal, G Wang, W Wrapson

Catalyst 16-AUT-024-CSG / Design: Seed grant/ Host: Auckland University of Technology

2016-2019 Violence prevention: promotion of healthy relationships amongst high school students using a smartphone app

J Koziol-McLain [PI], N Glass, S Nada-Raja, D Wilson, AC Vandal, K Eden, M Eurera, P Fairbairn-Dunlop, B Te Ao, T Fleming

MBIE Targeted research PROP-42821-HASTR-AIT/ Host: AUT / Design: Stepped wedge

2015-2019 Effectiveness of problem gambling interventions in a service setting: A pragmatic randomised clinical trial

M Abbott, M Bellringer, J Landon, K Palmer du Preez, AC Vandal, N Garrett, J Pearson, B Te Ao, D Hodgins, M Battersby

Ministry of Health Request for Proposal Grant number 352593/00: Randomised 2x2 factorial design / Host: AUT / Trial registration: ACTRN12615000637549

Teaching | Current

STATS 763 S1 (with Thomas Lumley)

Postgraduate supervision

Doctoral students

William Good (co-supervisor, primary supervisor: Conroy Wong)

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Counties Manukau District Health Board; HRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship recipient

University of Auckland Ph.D. candidate;Thesis title: Sublingual vaccine for bronchiectasis: a randomised controlled trial

Gemma Alder (co-supervisor, primary supervisor: Denise Taylor)

School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology

Ph.D. candidate; Thesis title: The Brain Computer Interface-Paired Associate Stimulation: Optimising the delivery of the BCI PAS intervention for people with stroke.

Karol Czuba (co-supervisor, primary supervisor: Nicola Kayes)

School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology; HRC Clinical Training Research Fellowship recipient

Ph.D. candidate; Thesis title: Improving outcomes for support workers in aged care

Debbie Wilson (co-supervisor, primary supervisor: Peter Larmer)

School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology

D.H.Sc. candidate; Thesis title: Examining waste and energy reduction strategies- a mixed methods study

Joanna Dunlop (co-supervisor, primary supervisor: Mark Marshall)

Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, South Auckland Clinical School, University of Auckland

Ph.D. candidate; Thesis title: Physiological Modelling of Sodium Lowering in Dialysate

Master’s students

Monique Baigent (MPhil, co-supervisor; primary supervisor: Steve White)

School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology

M.Phil. candidate; Thesis title: What is the diagnostic accuracy of clinical tests to identify chronic acromioclavicular joint pain.

Rebecca Tuhi (MPhil, co-supervisor; primary supervisor: Steve White)

School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology

M.Phil. candidate; Thesis title: Provocative tests for the diagnosis of TFCC injury

Miaotian Li (MSc, dissertation supervisor)

Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland

M.Sc. Candidate; Dissertation title: Secondary analysis of isafe trial data: characteristics and outcomes for isafe wāhine Māori participant

Areas of expertise

Biostatistics; clinical epidemiology; diagnostic validity; dabbling in psychometrics and forecasting

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Tautolo, E.-S., Wong, C., Vandal, A., Jalili-Moghaddam, S., Griffiths, E., Iusitini, L., ... Byrnes, C. (2020). Respiratory Health of Pacific Youth: An Observational Study of Associated Risk and Protective Factors Throughout Childhood. JMIR research protocols, 9 (10)10.2196/18916
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Cass Byrnes
Rashid, U., Kumari, N., Signal, N., Taylor, D., & Vandal, A. C. (2020). On Nonlinear Regression for Trends in Split-Belt Treadmill Training. Brain sciences, 10 (10).10.3390/brainsci10100737
Signal, N. E. J., McLaren, R., Rashid, U., Vandal, A., King, M., Almesfer, F., ... Taylor, D. (2020). Haptic Nudges Increase Affected Upper Limb Movement During Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation: Multiple-Period Randomized Crossover Study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 8 (7)10.2196/17036
Kumari, N., Taylor, D., Rashid, U., Vandal, A. C., Smith, P. F., & Signal, N. (2020). Cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation for learning a novel split-belt treadmill task: a randomised controlled trial. Scientific reports, 10 (1)10.1038/s41598-020-68825-2
Yap, E., Williamson, J., Nguyen, P., Vandal, A., & Colt, H. (2020). BRONCHOSCOPY RADIOLOGY SKILLS AND TASK ASSESSMENT TOOL (BRONCHRADSTAT (c)): PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND DATA. RESPIROLOGY. (pp. 1).
Marshall, M. R., Vandal, A. C., de Zoysa, J. R., Gabriel, R. S., Haloob, I. A., Hood, C. J., ... Rabindranath, K. S. (2020). Effect of Low-Sodium versus Conventional Sodium Dialysate on Left Ventricular Mass in Home and Self-Care Satellite Facility Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN10.1681/asn.2019090877
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Mark Marshall
Dissanayake, A., Vandal, A. C., Boyle, V., Park, D., Milne, B., Grech, R., & Ng, A. (2020). Does intensive glycaemic control promote healing in diabetic foot ulcers? - a feasibility study. BMJ open, 10 (1)10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029009
Street, K. J., White, S. G., & Vandal, A. C. (2020). Clinical prevalence and population incidence of serious pathologies among patients undergoing magnetic resonance imaging for low back pain. The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society, 20 (1), 101-111. 10.1016/j.spinee.2019.09.002