A/Prof. Paul Agius is an internationally recognised nationally accredited senior biostatistician and public health researcher with experience in complex statistical modelling in the fields of microbiology, infectious disease epidemiology, maternal, infant and adolescent health, perinatal epidemiology and alcohol and other drugs. Paul is Associate Professor, Biostatistics in the Faculty of Health, Deakin University and collaborates across Faculty schools and affiliated Institutes/centres providing biostatistical/methodological expertise and collaboration. A/Prof. Agius has honorary principal research fellow and research fellow appointments at the Burnet Institute and School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Monash University. A/Prof. Agius is also an adjunct Fellow of the Australian Centre for Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination and is a professionally accredited member (AStat) of the Statistical Society of Australia. A/Prof. Agius is also the senior biostatistician in the Melbourne Genital Microbiota Group consortium, which facilitates capacity for collaborative genital microbiome research between academics from several Universities and MRIs, nationally.