Dr Matthew Tuson

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
PhD, BSc (Hons), BCom

matthew.tuson@nd.edu.au

  • Biography

    Matthew has worked as an applied statistician in health since graduating from UWA in 2024. He completed his PhD on the modifiable areal unit problem in geography through UWA in 2022 while working with the Collaborative for Healthcare Analysis and Statistical Modelling in the UWA Medical School. In 2022 he joined the Home2Health research team, now based within the IHR at  UNDA. He is a practicing Catholic and is devoted to his faith and his family.

  • Research expertise and supervision

    Matthew's research interests include various topics in health, public health, spatial epidemiology, tobacco and e-cigarette control, and homelessness. He has published multiple peer-review articles and technical reports and has reviewed articles for several international journals. He has supervised three third-year statistics practicum students and one medical student to completion (UWA) and is currently supervising one HDR student (UNDA).

  • Journal articles and proceedings

    • Tuson M, Vallesi S, Wood L. Tracking deaths of people who have experienced homelessness: a dynamic cohort study in an Australian city. BMJ Open. 2024. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081260
    • Tuson M, Lizama N, Kameron C, Gazey A, Wood L. Vape stores in Western Australia: growth, proximity to schools and socio-economic gradient of density. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (ANZJPH). 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100118
    • Tuson M, Yap M, Kok MR, Murray K, Turlach B, Whyatt D. (2019). Incorporating geography into a new generalized theoretical and statistical framework addressing the modifiable areal unit problem. Int J Health Geogr. 2019;18(1):6 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-019-0170-3
    • Tuson M, Yap M, Kok MR et al. (2020). Overcoming inefficiencies arising due to the impact of the modifiable areal unit problem on single-aggregation disease maps. Int J Health Geogr 19, 40 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-020-00236-y
    • Vallesi S, Tuson M, Davies A, Wood, L. (2021). Multimorbidity among People Experiencing Homelessness—Insights from Primary Care Data. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 6498. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126498

  • Conference papers

    • Tuson M, Lizama N, Kameron C, Gazey A, Wood L. Brick and mortar vape stores: is the writing really on the wall? 2024. Oceania Tobacco Control Conference.
    • Lizama N, Kameron C, Wood L, Tuson M, Gazey A. Evidence-based options for reducing tobacco retail availability. 2023. PHAA Preventive Health Conference.
    • Wood L, Tuson M, Lizama N, Kameron C, Gazey A. Reducing tobacco availability – Evidence and options for restricting where it can be sold in WA. 2022. Towards Tobacco Free by 2030 – what do we need in the COVID era and beyond? National symposium in Perth.

  • In the media

  • Professional affiliations

    • The Statistical Society of Australia (SSA)
    • The International Biometric Society (IBS)
    • National E-cigarette Monitoring and Evidence Consortium (NEMEC)

  • Awards

    • Finalist - Excellence in Research and Innovation (For the Medical Respite Centre). WA Health Excellence Awards. 2023.
    • International Biometric Society, Australasian Region (IBSAR) Honours Scholarship. 2014.
    • Student Vacation Scholarship, Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), Adelaide. 2012.

  • Other

    Matthew has been CI on research grants totalling over $100K and has been involved in research and commissioned funding projects in health totalling approximately $400K.