Tegan Stone
Medical Statistics student Tegan Stone plans to undertake research to help our society in public health.
Programme: Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Statistics with a focus on Medical Statistics
“I finished my undergraduate degree in Statistics and History and wanted to apply my statistics knowledge in a way that aligned with my interests. I found out about the Master of Medical Statistics and knew I wanted to go down that path.
"I want to be able to use statistical skills in a medical sense to be able to do research to help our society in public health.
“My research topic is to determine the effect of the introduction of high sensitivity troponin on the incidence of myocardial infarction and unstable angina in New Zealand.
“The area of study I am following involves combining the study of Statistics in a medical sense.
The skills gained in statistics can be used
widely.
“This year is helping me to still progress my skills in statistics but also get an introduction to the context of medical statistics and begin to combine the two areas.
“After completing my honours I hope to continue my studies by completing Masters of Medical Statistics.”