Helga Wagner

Helga Wagner is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Medical Statistics and Biometrics at Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU). She has held faculty positions at JKU since 2011, previously serving as a University Assistant and Lecturer. In 2010, she was a Visiting Professor at Ludwig Maximilians Universität München. She completed her Diploma in Statistics (1978), Doctoral Degree (2001), and Habilitation (2010) at JKU.

Research Focus:
Her statistical research specializes in:

• Bayesian model selection and variable selection
• State space modeling for complex systems
• Count data regression techniques
• Survival analysis methodologies
• MCMC computational approaches
• Treatment effects modeling

Teaching:
Currently instructs graduate courses including Survival Analysis, Advanced Regression Analysis, Applied Statistics, and seminars in Statistics and Data Science.

Administrative Role:
Leads the Medical Statistics and Biometrics department since 2019.