Dr Peter Howley, a former Professor of Statistics at the University of Newcastle (-2022), has extensive experience and expertise in collaborative healthcare research since the mid-1990s. His expertise spans the design, analysis, and reporting of healthcare and medical research, from individual Advanced Training Research Projects to large-scale clinical trials (e.g., 2025 Multicentre Aspiration Risk Study (MARS)) and other national and international initiatives.

Dr Howley’s expertise lies in the evaluation and improvement of healthcare practicves and systems. He specialises in designing, conducting and reporting public health and clinical strategies to advance healthcare management locally, nationally, and internationally.

His work has informed policy and driven improvements through comprehensive strategies, including integrating national clinical indicator and healthcare accreditation systems, enhancing methods for analysing and using clinical data, and innovative healthcare practices and insight (e.g., Sip Til Send, Paediatric T1D, ME/CFS).

Dr Howley has collaborated across health, government, education, and industry sectors to improve systems and outcomes, e.g., with Taipei Medical University/Taiwan Health to improve healthcare systems, and the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards on national clinical indicator reporting. He has collaborated with Macquarie University on chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) research, AMA (NSW, Queensland and SA), interstate healthcare organisations as well as with Hunter New England Health and HMRI on a variety of projects.

Dr Howley also facilitates healthcare systems improvement and workforce upskilling. He has led/co-led over $3 million in successful grants and has an extensive publication record, with over 1,200 citations (h-index: 20, i10-index: 30) to 2026.