2021 Laureate Profile: Professor Helen Byrne

 

Professor Helen Byrne

Administering Organisation: The University of Sydney

Fellowship project summary

FL210100110: New Approaches to Understand How Form and Function Shape Complex Systems.

As biology and medicine transform into quantitative sciences, existing mathematical methods are often inadequate to explain the data they generate. This project aims to unlock the potential of such biomedical data through the development of new mathematical approaches that combine concepts from pure and applied mathematics, statistics and data science, and then to investigate their ability to generate mechanistic insight into fundamental biomedical processes. In this way, the project expects to affect a paradigm shift in mathematical biology while strengthening Australia’s reputation as a world-leader in mathematical biology. An outcome from this project could be new mathematical models that guide decision making in the clinic.

Australian Research Council funding: $ 3,021,288

Find out more about Professor Byrne and their research areas of interest to date by visiting their profile page here. 

For further information about this funding scheme, please visit the Australian Laureate Fellowships scheme page.