Rate My Professor Leonid Churilov

Leonid Churilov is an internationally recognized expert in health analytics, statistical modelling, and decision support systems for clinical and health care applications. His research specializations encompass biostatistics methodology for clinical trials, including adaptive designs, early-phase studies, ordinal outcomes, and non-pharmaceutical complex interventions, as well as simulation and modelling. He applies his expertise across pre-clinical, clinical, imaging, and service evaluation studies in stroke, general neurology, epilepsy, mental health, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, diabetes, oncology, gynaecology, and anaesthesia, supporting large international trials and smaller projects. Churilov has co-authored over 400 publications, amassing more than 36,300 citations. Key works include 'Endovascular therapy for ischemic stroke with perfusion-imaging selection' (New England Journal of Medicine, 2015) and 'Tenecteplase versus alteplase before thrombectomy for ischemic stroke' (New England Journal of Medicine, 2018). He serves as Associate Editor for Operations Research for Health Care and editorial board member for four other journals. His contributions have directly influenced clinical guidelines in Australia and internationally. Notable honors include election as Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS) in 2022, the Excellence in Mentoring Award from the Stroke Society of Australasia in 2023, and international and national awards from operational research societies in the USA, Japan, and Australia. Over 15 years, his mentoring has shaped a generation of clinical neuroscience researchers, including students and clinician-researchers across Australia and beyond.