Mrs Jessica Maree McLay

BSc (Statistics) BSc (Hons)(Statistics) MSc (Medical Statistics), University of Auckland

Statistical Consultant

In: Statistics » Faculty of Science

Biography

Jessica has been a practicing statistician for 9 years. She has been with the Statistical Consulting Centre for 6 years. Prior to this, she worked as a statistician and statistical programmer at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne.

Jessica provides statistical advice and assistance to other departments and schools within the University. She works most commonly with staff and students from the Business School and the School of Psychology, but has helped people from all over the university. Jessica is also available for consulting jobs external to the University, usually taking smaller sized external projects. Recent external work includes analysis for the Hearing House, the Deafness Notification Database, and Snowberry.

Jessica’s expertise:

Linear models: including regression models of all types (linear, generalised, logistic, Poisson, negative binomial), mixed models (random effects), and analysis of categorical data and survey data.
Simulation in R
Questionnaire and survey design
Structural equation modelling

Jessica also spends a lot of time with the COMPASS Research Centre (Faculty of Arts) where she has primarily done R programming for simulation projects

Research | Current

Microsimulation to identify vulnerable children in NZ
Relationship between antibiotics during pregnancy and early childhood and obesity

Distinctions/Honours

BSc (Honours) with First Class Honours

MSc with First Class Honours

Postgraduate Tuition Fees Bursary - Science

UoA Masters/Honours/PGDip Scholarship

Responsibilities

Jessica is a consultant within the Department of Statistics Statistical Consulting Centre.

She is also a member of the COMPASS Research Centre

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Areas of expertise

Linear models: including regression models of all types (linear, generalised, logistic, Poisson, negative binomial), mixed models (random effects), and analysis of categorical data and survey data.
Simulation in R
Questionnaire and survey design
Structural equation modelling

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Leong, K. S. W., McLay, J., Derraik, J. G. B., Gibb, S., Shackleton, N., Taylor, R. W., ... Milne, B. J. (2020). Associations of Prenatal and Childhood Antibiotic Exposure With Obesity at Age 4 Years. JAMA network open, 3 (1)10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.19681
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Barry Milne, Karen Leong, José Derraik, Wayne Cutfield, Nichola Shackleton
Wong, J., Gott, M., Frey, R., McLay, J., & Jull, A. (2017). Palliative care presentations to emergency departments in a secondary and a sub-acute hospital: A one year incidence study. Progress in Palliative Care, 25 (5), 235-241. 10.1080/09699260.2017.1365407
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/42135
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Merryn Gott, Rosemary Frey, Andrew Jull
Chan, H., Jackson, S., McLay, J., Knox, A., Lee, J., Wang, S., & Issa, S. (2016). Obese non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients tolerate full uncapped doses of chemotherapy with no increase in toxicity, and a similar survival to that seen in nonobese patients. Leukemia & lymphoma, 57 (11), 2584-2592. 10.3109/10428194.2016.1151508
Lay-Yee, R., Milne, B., Davis, P., Pearson, J., & McLay, J. (2015). Corrigendum to “Determinants and disparities: A simulation approach to the case of child health care” [Social Sci. Med. 128 (2015) 202–211]. Social Science & Medicine, 133, 1-1. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.03.041
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Barry Milne
Milne, B. J., Parker, K., McLay, J., von Randow, M., Lay-Yee, R., Hider, P., ... Davis, P. (2015). Primary health care access and ambulatory sensitive hospitalizations in New Zealand. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 38 (2), 176-185. 10.1097/jac.0000000000000057
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/26878
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Barry Milne, Roy Lay-Yee, Peter Davis, Martin von Randow
Lay-Yee, R., Milne, B., Davis, P., Pearson, J., & McLay, J. (2015). Determinants and disparities: A simulation approach to the case of child health care. Social Science and Medicine, 128, 202-211. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.01.025
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/26918
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Barry Milne, Roy Lay-Yee, Peter Davis
SKILLING, P. E. T. E. R., & McLAY, J. E. S. S. I. C. A. (2015). Getting Ahead through Our Own Efforts: Public Attitudes towards the Deservingness of the Rich in New Zealand. Journal of Social Policy, 44 (01), 147-169. 10.1017/S0047279414000610
McLay, J. M., Lay-Yee, R., Milne, B. J., & Davis, P. (2015). Regression-style models for parameter estimation in dynamic microsimulation: An empirical performance assessment. International Journal of Microsimulation, 8 (2), 83-127.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/27651
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Barry Milne, Roy Lay-Yee, Peter Davis