Anna is a Scientist at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, an Associate Professor at University of Toronto and Honorary Research Fellow at University College London, UK. She is the Canada Research Chair in Statistical Trial Design. She holds a degree in Mathematics with French language from the University of Sheffield, UK and a PhD in Statistical Science from University College London. She arrived at SickKids in 2018 to lead the development of innovative statistical methodology for four clinical trials for novel treatments in the paediatric emergency department. In 2020, she founded the EMBaRC lab to focus on developing novel statistical methodology, software, expertise and guidance to improve the efficiency and design of randomised clinical trials. This research combines many areas including biostatistics, evidence synthesis, meta-analysis, Bayesian methods, decision theory, health economic modelling and simulation based methods. Outside of work, she is a very keen ballroom dancer, a musician and a cricket-lover.

Abigail is currently a Master’s student in Biostatistics at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She joined the lab to complete her thesis which focuses on Bayesian methods applied to adaptive clinical trials. Abigail received her Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science from Western University. In her spare time she enjoys running, reading, and travelling.

Arlene joined the lab through the Canadian Network for Statistical Training in Trials (CANSTAT) Fellowship in 2023. She completed her MSc in Biostatistics at Queen’s University and her BSc in Neuroscience and Computer Science at Dalhousie University. Her research has focused on neural data analysis for neonatal pain management and statistical bias in oncology trials. In her spare time, she enjoys dancing, running, and yoga.

Borong is currently a PhD student in Biostatistics at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. She completed her undergraduate degree in mathematics at King’s College London and her master’s degree in data science at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research interests include the application of Bayesian methods in clinical trials and value of information method. She also works as a biostatistician within the McMaster Retina Trials Consortium and the Collaborative Unit for Biostatistics (CUBE) at McMaster University.

Dr Cal Robinson is currently a pediatric nephrology fellow at SickKids in Toronto and completed his PhD in the University of Toronto Clinical Epidemiology program in 2025. He did his medical training in the UK at St Andrews and Manchester before returning to McMaster for pediatric residency. At McMaster he developed a passion for research with ICES healthcare administrative data. His PhD focused on adaptive clinical trials and novel statistical methods, including Bayesian statistics and target trial emulation.

Felix completed his MSc in Biostatistics, MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences, and PharmD at the University of Toronto. His research interests include clinical trials in Bayesian analysis, pediatrics, neurodevelopmental disorders, respiratory failure, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. In his free time, he enjoys playing soccer.

Luca is currently a PhD student in Statistics and Computer Science at Bocconi University in Milan. He obtained a BSc in mathematics at the University of Milan and a Master’s degree in Stochastics and Data Science at the University of Turin. His research interests include Bayesian methods in health economics, VoI in the face of administrative data and missing data problems. Outside of research, he loves politics and enjoys football despite not being good at playing it.

Michael is a biostatistician and PhD student based at The Kids Research Institute Australia and The University of Western Australia. His research interests include Bayesian methods for adaptive clinical trials, value of information and methods for vaccine safety surveillance. His PhD project explores value of information methods for pragmatic sequential clinical trials, specifically for vaccine trials.

Olivia is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto. She completed her PhD in Statistics at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) in June 2025, where she developed a decision model to evaluate bowel cancer screening strategies. She also completed her MSc in Mathematics and Statistics & Operational Research at QUB in July 2021. Her current research investigates how drug-pricing fluctuations impact value-of-information methods. Outside of work, she enjoys long walks, Pilates, and reading.

Rachel Giblon is currently a PhD student in Biostatistics at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She holds a BSc in Biophysics from York University, as well as an MSc in Epidemiology & Biostatistics from the University of Western Ontario. Prior to her doctoral studies, Rachel worked for five years as a biostatistician at the Mayo Clinic. Her primary research interests are in adaptive and pragmatic Bayesian designs for clinical trials. Outside of research, Rachel loves running, cooking, yoga, and spending time with family.

Xiaotian holds an MSc in Public Health from McGill University, along with a BSc and MMed in Pharmacy from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He brings hands-on experience in analyzing administrative health data for public health research, as well as conducting translational studies in oncology clinical trials. Currently, he is involved in clinical trials centered on Bayesian adaptive design, simulation, and sample size estimation. Outside of work, he enjoys cooking, gardening, and traveling.

Yanara holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the University of Ottawa, and a graduate certificate in Project Management. She spent over 2 years working in South-East Africa, supporting local research and advocacy initiatives focused on women’s sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) in the HIV and AIDS sector, as well as planning and coordinating a large-scale volunteer program in Malawi. She started working at SickKids in 2019 and joined the EMBaRC Lab as a Research Coordinator in January 2023. Her passions outside of work include running after her young daughter, trying out new cuisines, and traveling as much as possible.

Yuning is currently a PhD student in Biostatistics at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She completed her MSc in Biostatistics at Columbia University and her BSc in Marine Science at Zhejiang University. Her current research interests include decision models in VoI and hierarchical Bayesian models. Outside of research, she enjoys reading, travelling, and cooking.