Joanna Wang

Dr Joanna Wang received her B.Sc. (Advanced Mathematics) with 1st class Honours from the University of Sydney. She completed her Ph.D (University of Sydney) in the area of Financial Econometrics. Joanna joined the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at UTS in November 2019.

She was previously a Lecturer in Statistics and a Biostatistics Research Fellow at Transport and Road Safety research group at the University of New South Wales. From 2015 to 2017, she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biostatistics at UTS and the Sax Institute. She provided statistical expertise for a range of different projects within the Analysis for Policy Program through analysing epidemiological, survey and population health data. Joanna has extensive experience in using the 45 and Up Study data, the largest longitudinal study of population aging in the Southern Hemisphere. From 2017 to 2019, she worked as a Research Statistician at the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research in the Department of Communities and Justice. Joanna undertook rigorous evaluations using various statistics and econometric methods to assess the effectiveness of Justice programs and policy.