Since commencing with the ANZIC-RC, Michael has become the most heavily published intensive care statistician in the world, and amongst the top 10 most published Intensive care authors in the world. His reputation has been built on rigorous analyses resulting in robust findings that are heavily cited by his peers (>40,000 citations). His research output is prolific, having authored >560 peer reviewed publications with >80 as lead or senior author. These manuscripts are consistently published in the highest impact journals (24 publications in the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA). His h-index is >100 and his i10-index is >400. He has been the principal statistician for >60 successfully funded NHMRC studies worth >$70 million. Michael has provided statistical direction and guidance to >130 PhD students. Michael is on the editorial board of 2 international journals, is a reviewer for a further 15 journals, and has provided statistical review for >400 publications.