“This is really a marathon.” Meet the statistician helping forecast the spread of COVID-19 Globally renowned statistician Professor Rob Hyndman is at the centre of an elite team modelling COVID-19 cases for Australia's leaders and policymakers. Rob J Hyndman Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics How a career in data took Patricia from the Great Barrier Reef to Antarctica Good data analysis is all about finding the real adventure in the numbers, says Dr Patricia Menéndez. Patricia Menéndez Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics