Podcasts by The Effective Statistician - in association with PSI
The podcast from statisticians for statisticians to have a bigger impact at work. This podcast is set up in association with PSI - Promoting Statistical Insight. This podcast helps you to grow your leadership skills, learn about ongoing discussions in the scientific community, build you knowledge about the health sector and be more efficient at work. This podcast helps statisticians at all levels with and without management experience. It is targeted towards the health, but lots of topics will be important for the wider data scientists community.
Further podcasts by Alexander Schacht and Benjamin Piske, biometricians, statisticians and leaders in the pharma industry
Podcast on the topic Naturwissenschaften
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How to start your week to win and not to become overwhelmed from 2022-02-22T03:20:17
How do you start your week?
Do you just rely on yourself or do you use some tools to organise yourself?
learned a lot of productivity hacks from Michael Hyatt. I've listened a lot to h...
Help with your skills rather than with your money from 2022-02-14T17:00
There's a lot of community charity works we can all do but there is not a lot of work where we can maximise our impact by using our specific skills as programmers, as statisticians, and as data sci...
ListenWhat kind of leader do you want to be? Understand your leadership principles from 2022-02-07T17:00
What kind of leader do you want to be?
What are the leadership principles?
I learned about the concept of leadership principles from Gary Sullivan and it helped me to better understand...
Challenges and opportunities of combining RWE and RCT data from 2022-02-01T08:00:25
I've been working on RWE most of my career and the clinical trial data for a while now. And 20 years ago, we would have never thought about merging them together but there's a lot of opportunities...
Listen10 reasons to submit a poster for the PSI conference! from 2022-01-31T09:20:24
This year's PSI conference will be face to face again.
I'm really excited for this. This is the best conference for statisticians that you can attend.
If you are working in health...
Beyond SOPs - What is quality? from 2022-01-25T06:45:14
During my early years, I was overwhelmed by so many trainings, SOPs, and processes. Only after my later years I learned what quality is really about. Gary fundamentally helped me and many others ha...
ListenWhat are the opportunities for data science in pharma? from 2022-01-18T07:20:09
What are typical data science methods that we are not yet using enough?
Which areas will become important in the future in terms of data science?
How Agustin Calatroni leveraged the Wonderful Wednesday Webinars to create better data visualisations from 2022-01-11T05:00:33
Data visualisation is one of my favorite topics and today, I'll be interviewing someone who has helped me understand about data visualisation for years.
ListenReplay: Business Focus or Self Development? Make it both from 2022-01-11T03:55:46
Is it possible to align business focus and self development at the same time?
How can we create clear department or company goals or relate these to our goals?
Why did I join a CRO from 2022-01-04T04:25:21
I've been in pharma for 19 years now. I worked in various areas mostly in late phase area - post regulatory approval and phrase 3. I worked in different big and mid-sized pharma companies and worke...
ListenEnneagrams from 2021-12-28T03:20:41
What is the Enneagram?
How will it help me work more effectively or be less frustrated?
Lots of statisticians are introvert and detailed oriented. Does this imply, they will be largely in s...
EFSPI Statistical Leaders Meeting in 2021 from 2021-12-21T05:10:18
Over the last years, leaders of statistical organisations across Europe are meeting each year to talk about how the community can be moved forward and other important topics affecting statisticians...
ListenWhy and how to show individual patients in your charts from 2021-12-14T05:50:43
In our standard graphics, we usually present summary statistics only. The exception is the Kaplan-Meier plot showing also individual patients. Showing individual patients effectively tells us so mu...
ListenEpisode 200th (Part 3) from 2021-12-14T04:30:07
ListenEpisode 200th (Part 2) from 2021-12-14T04:10:52
ListenEpisode 200th (Part 1) from 2021-12-14T03:40:57
ListenThe must have knowledge to get anything done from 2021-12-07T07:05:05
Have you ever been stuck in moving something forward?
Do you wonder why others seem to be able to cut through the bureaucracy more easily?
Are you frustrated by the politics around you?
The 4 pillars to boost your career from 2021-11-23T04:45:58
Olaf has a really interesting character. He is an IT guy and he went up through the ranks of different companies, had a great career and learned quite a lot about leadership. He was applying a lot ...
ListenStatistical Engineering from 2021-11-16T05:55:45
What is Statistical Engineering (SE)?
How did the idea of Statistical Engineering come about?
Is SE an idea and a practice, or is it a profession, or both?
How does SE...
How to combine a control arm with RWE data from 2021-11-09T06:00:19
Today, I have an interview with Margaret Gamalo, about how to combine a controlled arm with real world evidence data, a really hot topic.
Also, Margaret has been sharing her knowledge for ...
Why and how to build buffer into your plans from 2021-11-02T16:55:04
Are you overwhelmed by work?
Do you feel like being constantly under time pressure?
As I’m talking with colleagues in nearly all organizations, there seems to be an overall increase in...
How I'm training others in improving their visualization skills from 2021-10-26T09:55:06
Do you want to help someone improve their visualization skills?
Or do you want to train others on any other statistics skills?
Training is a very important topic for us statisticians. ...
Business focus or self development? Make it a both from 2021-10-19T08:55:10
Is it possible to align business focus and self development at the same time?
How can we create clear department or company goals or relate these to our goals?
In this episode, Benjami...
Preparing for a tough conversation from 2021-10-13T16:40:07
While we go through our career, we have lots of days that are more or less similar: meetings, discussions, and emails. But sometimes there are spotlight moments. You can be in a meeting with variou...
ListenStatistical Unicorns from 2021-10-05T09:20:52
What is a statistical unicorn?
What should we be doing to become one?
Gary Sullivan introduced me to Ena and she's a really interesting statistician. She was actually quite ahead of he...
Can introverts be good negotiators? from 2021-09-27T17:00
What are the limitations and strength of introverts in negotiations?
What does listening really mean and why is it important for negotiations?
How do to handle different emotions during neg...
Dark Data: Why what you don’t know matters from 2021-09-20T17:00
What is Dark Data?
What inspired David to write this book?
What did he hope to accomplish in its writing?
Today, we all make decisions using data. Dark Data shows us all how to re...
What can we learn from journalism from 2021-09-14T04:00:25
How does data visualization work for journalism?
What can we learn from it as statisticians?
Today, we will be talking about data visualization in journalism with Irene. She has worked...
How to ask for more money or for a promotion from 2021-09-07T02:45:25
Are you looking for a promotion or a higher salary?
What are the processes to grant these kind of requests?
Can you ask for this right away or is there a specific timing?
When I st...
Strategy - what is this and how can statisticians apply strategic thinking from 2021-08-31T05:50:45
What is a good or bad strategy?
What is the difference between strategy and goals?
Has strategy something to do with vision or long-term thinking?
My experience as a statistician in a due diligence project from 2021-08-23T17:00
What is due diligence?
Why do you need a statistician in it?
Opportunities offered by doing a placement year in the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare industry from 2021-08-23T12:35:24
ListenFighting the fear at work from 2021-08-17T05:25:09
Afraid of speaking up?
Afraid of talking to senior management?
Afraid of giving a presentation?
Afraid of speaking to someone new?
Then you are definitively not alone. Many su...
5 Steps to teaching statistics well from 2021-08-09T17:00
How do you create and teach effective and moving content that your audience will pay attention to and add great value to them?
Teaching is really important to us statisticians because we n...
CALC Episode 6 from 2021-08-09T14:00:30
ListenMentor others to be mentored - Manatee Mentor from 2021-08-02T17:00
Is having a mentor really beneficial?
What is Manatee Mentor?
What are its key features?
How can this predict your professional success?
Manatee Mentor is an AI-powered platfor...
The Data Project from 2021-07-27T04:40:20
What is the data project?
Why are data management programs a strategic imperative?
Why do they fail?
Usually a data management project starts with a change of perspective in the or...
Posters, flyers, papers and how you can use QR codes to enhance them from 2021-07-20T03:30:44
You may think that QR codes aren't new. But it's actually quite something new in our field.
We as statisticians, should not just leave the use of QR code to other functions such as medica...
Taking on leadership roles outside of statistics from 2021-07-13T03:30:29
Today, we have a special guest, Shanti. Learn while she shares with us her vast experience in the pharmaceutical industry collected over 25 years. She held various positions inside and outside of s...
ListenThe analysis of adverse events done right - SAVVY from 2021-07-06T06:20
When I started my career as a statistician in the clinical world, I was wondering about safety analysis. I thought it's always the same - count the patients with an event - job done! Then just rep...
ListenWhy spend part of your career, as a pharmaceutical statistician in the non-clinical areas? from 2021-06-29T05:00:38
Why spend part of your career in non-clinical statistics?
What are the advantages?
What is the importance of having a variety of tools?
R vs SAS - which is the better tool in pharmaceutical research from 2021-06-21T17:00
R versus SAS - which is a better tool?
Today, we talk about a controversial topic. If you go online and look into social media, you'll find a lot of data scientists that talk about R versu...
Animations and movements - how to use them effectively with data visualization from 2021-06-15T09:50:53
We may use movements and transformations as an add-on to the design.
However, this type of implementations can be more important than that.
Motion in visualizations is not a gratu...
3 steps to be happier at work from 2021-06-07T17:00
We all want to be happy and satisfied at work and get some recognition. Yet, work is often a struggle, a troll.
What can we do to be happier at work?
How to work in a dynamic environme...
Determining the control strategy for a manufacturing process from 2021-05-31T12:10:41
How can you determine what control strategy to use for a manufacturing process?
What can you learn from this even if you are not working with manufacturing?
A control strategy for a dr...
Never split the difference from 2021-05-25T04:45:45
Never Split the Difference written by Chris Voss, who was a former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations—whether in the boardro...
Listen5 levels of statistical leadership from 2021-05-18T05:00
What are the 5 levels of statistician leadership?
How you can develop your leadership skills over time?
Leadership is multidimensional. It depends on lots of different skills like comm...
Non-clinical statistics for research and development from 2021-05-11T05:30:26
In this episode, we talk about non-clinical research and development and how statisticians contribute to these efforts. Join us while we talk about the following important phases of R&D.
ListenNon-clinical pharmaceutical statistics from 2021-05-04T02:35:32
What is non-clinical pharmaceutical statistics?
ListenLearnings from 1 year of the Wonderful Wednesdays from 2021-04-26T17:00
Data visualization is at the heart of what we are doing (or should be doing) as statisticians. It moved from being a side topic a couple of years ago into a central part of the PSI conference in 20...
ListenWelcome to Sam Gardner and insights into non-clinical statistics from 2021-04-20T05:15:31
Let's welcome Sam Gardner as our new co-host for our podcast show!
ListenHow AI helps us with patient insights from 2021-04-13T03:40:53
Everybody talks about AI, but where are the actual use cases? In the episode today, I'm talking with Dooti Roy about AiCure.
AiCure uses an easy-to-use, proprietary AI platform to directly...
How to get the most out of a virtual conference from 2021-04-05T17:00
As the pandemic continues to affect the community’s ability to meet in-person, virtual conferences adapt and develop to create space for companies.
Now, there is much more emphasis on virt...
Graduate Training Program from 2021-03-29T17:00
Are you a master's student or just graduated from a university?
What is the Graduate Training Programme?
How is the training conducted?
What happens after the programme?
Verame...
A virtual summer academy for statisticians from 2021-03-22T16:05:09
For today's episode, Qiqi and I talk about BI-UConn Summer Academy, an initiative we started 3 years ago to help students understand and learn the world of clinical development better and bring the...
Listen6 steps to prepare before you want to convince your business partner from 2021-03-16T01:30:49
Do you have a great idea you want to move forward and you need others to buy in?
Maybe you want to improve a process or implement a new analysis approach. Your business partner might be yo...
The power of simulations for designing clinical studies and beyond from 2021-03-09T06:40:31
Aiden has first worked on simulations during studying statistics to understand which sample sizes lead to sufficient performance of statistics, which are only asymptotically normal. It helped him i...
ListenBonus Episode: Leadership Program from 2021-03-08T17:35:14
We designed this program for statisticians and data scientist to strengthen your leadership skills so you can maximize your impact at work even if you don’t have direct reports.
The Effective S...
Join The Effective Statistician in Clubhouse App from 2021-03-05T17:05:44
Clubhouse is a new social media platform that is audio only and only works on iOS or iPhones for now, but it will be available for Android phones in 5 months.
Just like in any other social...
The Chimp Paradox from 2021-03-02T08:55:53
Do you sometimes feel that you disrupt your own happiness and success?
Are you overworked to make sense of yourself?
Do your emotions often control you?
Stuart and I got a recommen...
Data monitoring committees for clinical trials and the role of the statistician from 2021-02-23T04:30:50
In today's episode, we're talking with a niche part of clinical research many statisticians never get actively involved in: DMCs.
David Kerr comes with a deep knowledge and long experience...
Bias-variance-trade off - an important principle you should know and 3 examples for it from 2021-02-16T06:45:30
The knowledge about the bias variance trade off is very important for you as a statistician as it comes across your work - especially exploratory work - all the time. Taking care about it will help...
ListenReflections on Statistics Career Opportunities in Drug Development and Healthcare from 2021-02-08T17:00
Jenny has encountered several highly competent people throughout her career who have admitted that they entered one path or another based on certain assumptions that were not entirely correct. Furt...
ListenCareer dedication and motivation – the unsung heroes of COVID from 2021-02-02T07:30:35
The COVID-19 pandemic has put pharmaceutical research firmly into the spotlight, with the urgent need to develop new therapies, tests, and vaccines. For those outside the industry, hearing announce...
Listen5 steps to present successfully to upper management about complex stats (and everything else)! from 2021-01-25T17:00
Should we oversimplify statistics, or should managers learn more about statistics?
If you've been working as a statistician for a while, you know that you have to keep it simple if you wan...
Do you want to think and act more strategically? from 2021-01-18T19:25:36
Outside of statistics departments, we are often seen as tactical and operational implementers. This branding makes it hard for statisticians to be included in strategic discussions. This limits our...
ListenHow to best visualize uncertainty from 2021-01-11T19:15:11
Our job as statisticians focuses primarily on the analysis and communication of uncertainty in its many aspects. For this episode, I think of uncertainty as the variability in the population we are...
ListenWhat you should know about change management from 2021-01-05T07:20:05
What is change management? Is it only something for big corporate initiatives or does it also apply to smaller changes?
Why does it require so much consideration?
What's hard about change?<...
Knowledge sharing and what it means for you from 2020-12-15T13:15
Knowledge sharing is close to my heart and Nelson, who is a very knowledgeable statistician, has shared a lot of articles in LinkedIn and on his website.
Nelson has always been keen to lea...
2 learnings from 150 episodes and an Important announcement from 2020-12-08T03:25:33
ListenGood data visualization checklist from 2020-11-23T17:00
Do you want to review a data visualization effectively?
Do you want to provide your organization with a simple tool to improve your data visualizations?
Do you need a checklist for yourself...
A deep dive into principal stratification and causal inference from 2020-11-16T17:00
Principal stratification used to play a role only in observational research but at least since the addendum of the ICH E9 guideline, this approach to causal inference became a hot topic.
ListenThe benefit-risk tolerability measure - a new way to reach insights into benefit-risk and more from 2020-11-11T04:10:27
Yves and I have worked together in various roles. Over time, he became more interested in becoming a statistician and I helped him to change his career path in this direction.
ListenWhat we can learn from Taylor Swift about creating data visualizations from 2020-11-02T17:00
Today, we are talking about Taylor Swift and visualizations.
Does it seem like a very unreasonable thing?
I thought so as well but then I read this interesting LinkedIn post where I laugh...
How to improve your work by applying the principles of design thinking from 2020-10-26T17:00
What's in it for statisticians and data scientists?
Design thinking is an interesting topic and is becoming more popular these days. I found out about it on LinkedIn and it's where I met V...
How to convince someone you have never met before from 2020-10-20T05:00:07
What do you do if you need something from someone at work, but
- You have never talked to this person ever before
- This person doesn’t know you
- The person is very protective about...
What statisticians can learn from “The Art of Action” from 2020-10-12T17:00
Stephen is a really interesting person. He is the author of The Art of Action and has a background in consulting and history. Based on this knowledge, he wrote a couple of books about history and l...
ListenHow understanding the bigger picture boosts your career from 2020-10-05T16:00
How does understanding the bigger picture helps you to be more productive and to be more influential at work?
How can this help you sell your work to your supervisors?
How can you fit your ...
Getting to YES: Negotiation skills for everyday from 2020-09-28T17:00
If you enjoyed the last book review, you'll surely enjoy this one as well. This is much more practical than the last one.
Getting to Yes is a very fundamental book that everybody should re...
Feeling overwhelmed? Learn the best tricks and the real big levers from 2020-09-25T17:02:42
Do you feel overwhelmed by all the tasks?
Do you think you are missing to get the big things done as you are drowning in day-to-day work?
Are you frustrated about going home in the evenings...
Innovation, play and failing from 2020-09-21T17:00
Why do we need to innovate?
What are the drivers for innovation?
How much time would you invest in something if it made an awful task more bearable?
I really enjoyed this interview...
10 reasons for career failure and what you can do about it from 2020-09-15T00:53:32
Napoleon Hill is an interesting author and quite controversial but still good content to reflect upon.
In this episode, I want to reflect on:
Why people fail in their careers?
What...
4 steps to engage successfully with senior stakeholders and committees from 2020-09-07T17:00
Do you currently run an initiative?
Do you want to get support or budget for an initiative?
Do you want to change the design or analyses of a study?
Do you need to run it past a committ...
Just being brilliant at stats doesn’t bring you far from 2020-08-31T19:05:49
Today, I am talking about a topic that is very close to my heart. I want us, statisticians, to have an impact. I truly believe that if we make better decisions in our day-to-day jobs in our compani...
ListenMy personal leadership principles from 2020-08-25T05:47:17
Why do you need personal leadership principles?
How can you refine and reflect them?
What kind of leader do you want to be?
Is it possible to be a leader even without a title?
...
My personal lessons from using various data visualizations from 2020-08-18T06:26:56
To give you an update, I'll be sharing with you what I have learned from the past year about visualization as I worked a lot of these - the exploratory and explanatory visualization.
ListenHow to run effective meetings, even if you are just a participant from 2020-08-11T07:05:18
What are typical meetings you would be invited to as a statistician?
- Study meeting
- Project meetings
- Team meetings
Everything you need to know about matching adjusted indirect comparisons from 2020-08-04T05:11:41
What can we do about indirect comparisons to make it better and more efficient rather than using the usual technique?
What are the indirect comparisons in terms of the efficacy of different dru...
The future of safety analyses: interactivity, visualizations and the FDA from 2020-07-28T03:09:08
How are safety analyses different from efficacy analyses?
What does validation and quality control mean for interactive visualization?
Over recent years, a lot of interesting things ha...
Have you ever considered a career outside of statistics? from 2020-07-13T17:00
Have you ever thought of having an additional or changing career?
What are the things you must prepare for when considering this?
Today, we interview Lucy on how can statisticians crea...
Plotting your career and preparing the terrain from 2020-07-06T17:00
For your career, have you ever thought about what mindset you should adapt to?
What do you think marks a “successful” career?
What will help you understand in which direction your career sh...
3 Time management hacks, that actually work from 2020-06-29T17:00
Given the pandemic, this episode comes timely as it's a challenge to manage time while working at home.
But even after the pandemic, this challenge of getting most out of your time will no...
The Story of Veramed - love and statistics from 2020-06-22T17:00
Were there times you think about creating something bigger than what you currently have?
Are you equipped and confident enough to start implementing strategies and plans for future service enha...
8 steps to make a smart decision from 2020-06-15T17:00
Imagine you need to choose a comparator for a head-to-head study. How do we usually approach it?
- Debate
- Meetings
- More meetings with other stakeholders
- Creating a slide ...
Present like a pro from 2020-06-08T17:00
Have you been sitting through boring presentations?
Have you felt that the presenter lost the audience in seconds?
Have you found yourself after a presentation thinking - so what?
...
Failed study, new safety finding, mistakes - breaking bad news from 2020-06-01T17:00
As statisticians, we often need to bring terrible news to the team. We’re the first to know, that a study didn’t reach the primary endpoint, or that safety analyses showed some new signals, or that...
ListenHow to create win-win situations? from 2020-05-25T17:00
What are win-win situations for you?
How to create such win-win situations?
Upon observing on our daily business, however, we have the tendency to view situations not as win-win but r...
Working long hours – is it worth it? from 2020-05-18T17:00
Are you working long hours?
How do you manage your time?
Do you know how to say no?
How do you manage expectations?
We want to achieve our goals and be productive at the same t...
MakeoverMonday – Improving How We Visualise and Analyze Data from 2020-05-11T17:00
How do you create effective data visualization?
How do you effectively understand and communicate your data?
This episode helps you to explore different perspectives and approaches to ...
Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials - COMET from 2020-05-04T17:00
"A core outcome set (COS) is an agreed standardised set of outcomes that should be measured and reported, as a minimum, in all clinical trials in specific areas of health or health care".
ListenITIT - an acronym which will help you get started in the pharma industry from 2020-04-27T17:00
The Introduction to Industry Training (ITIT) gives the delegates a taste of life across the pharmaceutical industry from early drug discovery to marketing, from CRO to Big Pharma and across the UK ...
Listen9 learnings from over 100 episodes over 2 years from 2020-04-20T17:00
This is a very special episode. More than 2 years have passed since Benjamin and I started this podcast.
ListenWhy and how to declutter and simplify your data visualization from 2020-04-13T17:00
Do you know why is it so important to create a simple yet informative data visualization?
How your design choices impact the visuals?
How small details - like text alignment - influence the...
Running on 2 legs from 2020-04-08T08:18:41
Are you stepping up as a statistician?
Are you passionate enough in providing the value and helping society and the organization, and the people we serve?
COVID-19 and how charts lie from 2020-04-06T17:00
The Corona Virus being discussed across the world, with all the visualizations there, it is really timely that I am speaking with Alberto Cairo. He is a visualization guru and has written the book ...
ListenGetting to a good visualization from 2020-03-30T17:00
We all know how to specify a table and our processes support this. However, designing an awesome data visualization does not work this way. Our approach to table specification does not work?
ListenLearnings from the COVID crisis for statisticians from 2020-03-30T05:59:41
As statisticians, we are one of the most capable professionals to understand and to relay the right information to the general public about the most talked-about situation - the Corona Virus.
<...
Working from home - is this for you? from 2020-03-23T17:00
Are you curious about how working from home works?
How can you know if this is for you?
What are the advantages and disadvantages when working from home?
What is a good set-up when havi...
Data visualization - the often overlooked basics from 2020-03-16T17:00
Why is visualization so important?
How do you determine the goal of visualization?
What is the big difference between explanatory visualization and exploratory visualization?
Learnings from Florence Nightingale from 2020-03-09T17:00
Who is Florence Nightingale and what is impressive about her?
Why would it be interesting to talk about her at the upcoming PSI conference? She’s famous for her visualization – what could stati...
Problems for statisticians to take on from 2020-03-02T17:00
After a career that brought you as a statistician to various parts of the pharma world, what is the new job, that you just took on about?
What are the unique skills of statisticians - beyo...
Wonderful Wednesdays from 2020-02-24T17:00
Do you effectively communicate complex data?
How can visualization help you when you are
. . . analyzing data?
. . . reporting data?
What initiatives and groups work on this topic a...
RWE demystified from 2020-02-17T17:00
Real world evidence (RWE)
Big data
Real world data (RWD)
Pragmatic studies
There are lots of buzzwords floating around and especially with the FDA having a bigger focus on RWE....
How and why to increase your external profile! from 2020-02-10T17:00
Do you know what your external profile is?
Do you have an idea of how to improve it?
In today's episode, Liz Cole and I will dive deep into a topic called content marketing. It’s kind ...
Impact of AI on Clinical Development from 2020-02-03T17:00
With so many recent advances in AI, it is important for statisticians to both keep up to date with the most recent methods and getting involved in guiding their application to the most pressing sta...
ListenThe data ops manifesto from 2020-01-27T17:00
Do you feel you're working like a firefighter?
Do you have the perception, you're solving the same problems over and over?
Do you worry about ever-changing requests from your business partn...
6 Effective leadership behaviours for statisticians from 2020-01-20T17:00
6 effective leadership behaviours for statisticians
One of my favourite leadership podcast run by Olaf Kapinski - unfortunately in German - had a great episode recently (see here for the l...
Helping statisticians having a bigger role from 2020-01-14T09:53:46
Can you really do a bigger role?
Did you have a moment in your career, where you were thinking that you as a statistician is put in a box or labelled in such a way that limits your influence?
Overview of different indirect comparison approaches and methods from 2020-01-06T17:00
Only specialized statisticians discussed indirect comparisons in the past but over the years the topic developed into something, every statistician should know about.
In this episode, Benj...
Christmas episode 2019 from 2019-12-23T23:01
During this episode, we will review some of the highlights from this year. It’ll help you to remember a couple of lessons learned or inspire you to listen to some episodes (again).
ListenCALC Episode 5: You’re hired! How to Fail to be Rejected During the Interview Process from 2019-12-19T00:01
So, hopefully you’ve listened to all of our other podcasts and you are still interested in applying for a job as a medical statistician…
This episode will give you all the information you ...
Baseline testing from 2019-12-16T23:01
I once reviewed tables for a randomized study and noticed several comments about testing the baseline characteristics. The commenters were arguing which test would be best to test for the differenc...
ListenSeeing through the mist - consequences of decisions in phase II from 2019-12-09T17:00
What's interesting about the early phase?
What are the typical decisions for phase II?
Speaking about a new indication, how do you see decisions are being made across the industry?
How ...
CALC Episode 4: Be Significant: What Employers Look for from 2019-12-05T00:01
So, you want to be a Statistician in the pharmaceutical industry, a key player in drug research and development, but you are wondering what employers look for in the perfect candidate?
PS...
How to leverage time-boxing to reduce overwhelm being a statistician from 2019-12-02T17:00
Do you know how to make a good to-do list?
Do you know how to set priorities versus time it takes?
Do you have a problem with over-committing?
One of the most effective skills you ...
How to get into flow and reach peak performance from 2019-11-25T17:00
Do you want to have fun at work?
Do you want to experience satisfaction?
Do you want to get things done at work?
Getting into flow is about these things. Today, we will speak about...
CALC Episode 3: Get a Head Start and Map Your Route to a Career in Drug Development from 2019-11-21T00:01
So, you’re considering pursuing a career in Statistics but you’re not quite sure. You may be at Uni studying a BSc in Mathematics or a related field, or you may be considering a change in career. H...
ListenWhat you need to know before you try to increase productivity from 2019-11-19T05:05:28
Do you often find your workday spiraling out of control?
Do you want to be more productive than you yesterday?
Do you want to know how to improve your skill set and work performance?
D...
How to lead being an introvert from 2019-11-11T17:00
How do you know if you are an introvert?
Is it possible to lead successfully even as an introvert?
Do you know how to be successful being an introvert?
People who are introverted ...
CALC Episode 2: The Average Day for a Statistician: It’s Not Mean! from 2019-11-07T00:01
Statistics isn’t traditionally known to be a trendy subject, but here we are saving lives around the world by developing new and mighty medicines. You’ve probably heard by now that data is basicall...
ListenNetwork meta-analyses: why, what, and how from 2019-11-04T17:00
Do you know why network meta-analyses (NMA) important?
Do you wonder what steps are included in NMAs?
Network meta-analysis is a very important field, especially for multiple treatment...
How to resolve conflict without giving in from 2019-10-28T17:00
Do you really know how to deal with conflict?
Conflict is one of the biggest topics of stress at work. Managing conflict gives a huge drive to our success and satisfaction at work but in r...
CALC Episode 1: From Molecule to Patient: The Statistician’s Role in Developing New Medicines from 2019-10-23T23:01
How do we develop new medicines to treat nasty diseases? It all starts by discovering a novel target molecule in the lab. Fast forward 12 years and an average expenditure of 1.5 billion dollars we ...
ListenCurrent trends in pharmaceutical and how they will affect you as a statistician from 2019-10-21T22:01
What are the bigger trends in the biopharmaceutical industry, which will have an impact for statisticians?
. . . in terms of technology changes?
. . . in terms of regulatory changes?
....
Natural language processing - how the analyses of unstructured text data can help us from 2019-10-14T22:01
Why is text mining so important?
What are the typical challenges and research questions in this area?
Are there any ones typical for medical/pharmaceutical research?
What data sources c...
CALC Episode 0: Introduction to PSI CALC Podcast Series from 2019-10-09T23:01
ListenWhat statisticians can learn from Leonardo Da Vinci from 2019-10-07T22:01
What can you learn from Leanardo Da Vinci on how to put things into perspective?
Do you struggle with learning about data communication?
How important is data visualization?
Stor...
Learning from Leonardo Da Vinci from 2019-10-07T17:00
What can you learn from Leonardo Da Vinci on how to put things into perspective?
Do you struggle with data communication?
How important is data visualization?
Statisticians stepping up - leadership success stories - Part 2 from 2019-09-30T17:00
Do you have great ideas but struggling to implement them?
Is having an idea and just being right already good enough?
What can you do to convince your supervisor?
How can you help other...
Statisticians stepping up - leadership success stories - Part 1 from 2019-09-23T17:00
Do you have what it takes to be a leader?
What skills can you learn from the leadership program?
What is the mastermind concept?
How can the leadership program help you become a better ...
4 reasons why statisticians fail to lead from 2019-09-16T17:00
Have you thought about being a leader?
Do you feel responsible or afraid of taking the lead?
Are you equipped enough to be one?
Our definition of leadership is the ability to consi...
Don't be a victim from 2019-09-09T17:00
Do others not help you?
Are they making your life hard?
Is your company bad?
Does your compound suck and hinders your work productivity?
A lot of people complain about almost e...
Non-parametric analyses - much more than just the Wilcoxon test! from 2019-09-02T22:01
Frank has something in common with Benjamin and myself - we all studied statistics in Göttingen and learned and researched in non-parametric statistics. Afterwards, we went into different paths. Wh...
ListenTaking the pain out of subgroup analyses from 2019-08-26T17:00
Why do you think many of these “subgroup” projects are a headache for statisticians?
Have you felt frustrations about such projects yourself?
What are the steps to avoid or at least minimiz...
My story of the Effective Statistician from 2019-08-19T17:00
Are you curious about why and how I started The Effective Statistician?
What's in it for you?
Why I'm passionate about it?
What matters most? A scientific advice role play on estimands from 2019-08-12T17:00
Are you a sponsor who is seeking joint scientific advice from a regulatory agency and from an HTA body?
If yes, this episode is for you. This presentation replicates the discussions which ...
How to become a leader in a cross-functional team from 2019-08-05T17:00
As statisticians, we work in cross-functional teams, but many people, especially junior people prefer to follow rather than to lead - and that's okay. Ask yourself:
Do you always take the ...
Help to make your organisation and yourself outsourcing proof from 2019-07-29T17:00
A lot of statisticians, especially in pharmaceutical companies but also CROs, fear outsourcing because it might make their job redundant. Think about:
What can you do about it?
How ca...
How to communicate effectively by telling data stories from 2019-07-22T17:00
Storytelling allows businesses to better understand insight.
Data visualization is a great tool to help share, or tell a story, but relies on the story being written first. Improved data c...
How to make the collaboration between sponsor and CRO successful from 2019-07-15T17:00
There is an endless list of things that can go wrong in sponsor-CRO relations. I’m pretty sure you have been in painful discussions about this. Have you felt a lot of frustrations on both ends?
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Best of PSI 2019 from 2019-07-09T04:10:30
The 2019 PSI Conference took place at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre (QEII), London, with the theme of “Data Driven Decision Making in Medical Research”.
The sessions included early phase i...
Mistakes – How to minimize them – How to manage them from 2019-07-01T22:01
Do you agree that everybody makes mistakes?
Have you had to deal with a mistake yourself, that you were really concerned about?
Were you afraid about speaking with your supervisor or your t...
Presenting with impact: 7 mistakes to avoid from 2019-06-24T22:01
Have you been sitting in boring presentations that made you start reading your emails?
Have you been listening to someone, wondering if this is for me?
Have you been getting away from a pr...
Join the abstract writing challenge! from 2019-06-19T22:01
The last PSI conference has just ended, but the timeline for a new abstract submission for the next one in Barcelone in 2020 will come up in about November 2019. Thus, it’s important to now start t...
ListenAre you up for a job change? Insights from a recruiter from 2019-06-17T22:01
I recently changed my job and moving from one company to another comes with lots of uncertainty.
Will I pick the right one?
How can I make sure, that I actually get the job, that I want?
How to work effectively as and with a placement student from 2019-06-10T22:01
Have you ever considered to work with a placement student?
Do you consider to spend some time as a placement student yourself?
In this interview with Katie Thorn and Claire Brittain, w...
Questions to ask yourself before starting a new project from 2019-06-03T22:01
I recently talked to a statistician, that initiated a small company internal group of statisticians to drive forward methodological innovation projects. While this surely will help the individuals ...
ListenUnderstanding heterogeneity for patient preference data and how it effects the benefit-risk ratio for treatments from 2019-05-27T22:01
As statisticians in the medical field, we’re used to study subgroups of patients with respect to all kinds of biological variables: from demographics to genomics. This provides us with a good under...
ListenUseful tips to apply the composite estimand approach from 2019-05-20T22:01
Estimands continue to be a hot topic, but many statisticians struggle to put it into practice. As statistician, we wonder about the correct interpretation and how to analyse different estimands.
Advanced approach for subgroup analyses in easy steps - SIDES from 2019-05-13T22:01
One of the most common questions I got asked during my nearly 2 decades of being a statistician sounds similar to this: “Which patients have the best response to treatment?”
I’m sure, we all fa...
50 shades of pre-specification from 2019-05-06T22:01
Prespecified=good and post-hoc=bad. This is how we as statistician see it usually and I did too. However, over the past years I realized more and more, that it’s not that easy.
How many detail...
How to best analyze ordinal data from 2019-04-29T22:01
Analysing binary or continuous data usually doesn’t cause any headaches for statisticians. But when we step into ordinal data, most of us ignore their specific nature and either dichotomize them or...
ListenWhat you should know about risk-based monitoring! from 2019-04-22T22:01
Risk-based monitoring plays an increasingly important role for clinical trials. Of course, the assessment of the risk is based on statistics. This presents now only interesting career options for s...
ListenHow to train non-statisticians effectively - 11 tips to succeed from 2019-04-15T22:01
1. Start with a relevant example
2. Collect questions upfront and track progress of answering them during the training
3. Create regular meetings to engage people
4. Interrupt your pres...
Why and how to understand patient preferences from 2019-04-08T22:01
Ultimately, we work to improve patients lives but traditionally the voice of the patient was not important. However, over the last decades many stakeholders shift to include the patient more in the...
ListenDoes getting a PhD help you long term? Pro vs Con from 2019-04-01T22:01
Are you early in your career and you could still go for a PhD in statistics?
Do you wonder, if this pays out short and long-term?
Is it worth the money?
What are the long...
What is the best career option for me? from 2019-03-25T23:01
Do you want to change your job?
Are you just looking for you first job?
Do you consider to work for your own company or as a free-lancer?
Then this episode will help you!
Introduction to Benefit-Risk Assessment from 2019-03-18T23:01
Benefit-risk assessments are made by various stakeholders including sponsors, regulators, payers, physicians, and patients throughout the life-cycle of a treatment.
The understanding of da...
How to get most out of a conference from 2019-03-11T23:01
In this episode, we talk about
- how to network
- how to prepare for the conference
- how to
follow up after the conference
As well as some specific topics around the PSI confe...
Introduction to cluster analysis from 2019-03-04T23:01
This episode follows the outline of a webinar, that I presented in 2018 during a PSI webinar. I’m introducing cluster analysis and why you as a statistician need to know about it.
ListenData science or just statistics on non-medical data? A new horizon for statisticians from 2019-02-25T23:01
There’s a long tradition of statisticians working on clinical studies as well as other related data, e.g. pre-clinical data and observational data. In the advent of big data and data sciences, ther...
ListenCurrent trends in data science for pharma – findings from a qualitative survey and what we should do about it! from 2019-02-18T23:01
Do you want to learn where the health sector might be heading in terms of data science?
Do you understand the opportunities and barriers in terms of the application of data science?
What you can learn about communication of statistics from a statistician working for the BBC from 2019-02-11T23:01
It's surely not the norm, that a statistician from the pharma sector ends up working for BBC. But Robert Cuffe has taken this step and needs to explain statistics to non-statisticians on a daily ba...
ListenWhat is TransCelerate and how it will impact your work tremendously from 2019-02-04T23:01
Do you know that TransCelerate does for statisticians?
Do you write study protocols, analysis plans and programming specifications as individual documents noting, that there’s lots of redundanc...
The rise of R and what role the AIMS SIG plays in it from 2019-01-28T23:01
Do you think, R can’t be used for regulatory submissions?
Are you forced to use SAS but would like to use R instead?
Would you like to understand how you can make R submission proof?
Practical steps to improve your leadership skills from 2019-01-22T18:50:19
In this last part of the leadership series with Gary Sullivan, we talk about the next steps, you can take to work on your leadership skills.
ListenSkills you need to become a better leader! from 2019-01-14T23:01
In the third part of the leadership series with
Gary Sullivan, we talk about:
- What skills does it takes to influence as a statistician?
- When it’s about driving change - what are th...
Understanding leadership deeply: trust, relationship, influence for statisticians from 2019-01-07T23:01
n this second part of the interview with Gary, we speak about the building blocks of leadership without authority from a statistician’s perspective.
We cover questions like:
- Is infl...
Free webinar: 4 reasons why statisticians fail to lead and how to overcome them?! from 2019-01-04T18:40:23
This is an announcement episode of an upcoming free webinar. Learn more about this webinar and register for it at theeffectivestatistician.com/webinar.
ListenImpress your supervisor by being super prepared for your goal setting discussion from 2018-12-31T23:01
With some nice drinks in our hands, we welcome the new year and commit to new year resolutions. We set our personal goals and pretty soon, we’ll have discussions at work about business related goal...
ListenBest of the episodes from 2018 and outlook for 2019 from 2018-12-24T23:01
Happy Christmas! This episode is the last one in 2018 and we will distil the best of the last 40 episodes for you in this Christmas edition of the podcast.
It has been anamazing journey an...
How to work with key opinion leaders (KOLs) from 2018-12-17T23:01
KOLs play a major role in the health sector and professionally working together with them will boost your career! This episode provides you with lots of insights and tips.
In this episode,...
The past, presence and future of estimands! from 2018-12-10T23:01
If you ask someone within the pharma world of statisticians on what is the hottest topic, you most likely will just get: Estimands!
Many scientific events, conference sessions, publication...
How to prewire a meeting from 2018-12-03T23:01
Have you ever been proposing or defending a project in a larger meeting - maybe even with senior management - and it didn't go as smoothly as you would like?
Or do you prepare yourself for...
How to prepare for your year end review to stand out! from 2018-11-26T23:01
Same procedure every year - the year end review as part of the performance management appears on your calendar. Are you worried about filling in forms? Do you feel like this is not adding value?
Why should statisticians care about leadership and developing their leadership skills? from 2018-11-19T23:01
We're launching a new leadership course next year and in this episode, we go into some key questions about statisticians and leadership.
ListenGetting access for patients to new medications in Germany from 2018-11-12T23:01
Today, regulatory approval doesn't ensure anymore, that patients benefit from new therapies. As statisticians, we also need to ensure access and reimbursement for new treatments in the different ma...
ListenHow to make the right portfolio decisions from 2018-11-05T23:01
We're all making decisions to optimize our studies. Optimizing project plans across different studies presents further challenges. But how to increase the overall portfolio of a company given its l...
ListenBritish Airways, CROs, Programmers – why you should start with Why from 2018-10-29T23:01
You have probably heard about Simon Sinek and his golden circle. If not, have a look at his great TED talk.
In this episode we explain via a nice story with BA, what the impact of starting...
Being a supervisor – things you would love to have known before you became one … or that you should know if you want to from 2018-10-22T22:01
Becoming a supervisor changes things dramatically at work for you. It did for me and Simon helped me by openly providing deep insights into his years of a supervisor - especially his failures and d...
ListenGetting things done, when timelines are tight from 2018-10-15T22:01
Everybody knows such situations: tight timelines, high expectations and many things to do!
But how can we work effectively in such situations. Many different productivity experts have writ...
Why and how to invest in your leadership skills from 2018-10-08T22:01
Leadership skills for statisticians represents a common theme across many episodes of this podcast. As leadership consists of many different aspects, it is important to learn from other statisticia...
ListenTables are not the key deliverables! from 2018-10-01T22:01
Are you still counting tables? Do you worry about having to many of them? Do you wonder how to get an overview across all the results?
In this episode, we will talk about this thoughts and...
Why and how to present at the next PSI conference from 2018-09-24T22:01
Do you think, you have nothing to add to a statistical conference? Are you afraid of sharing your achievements? Do you wonder, why you should put in the effort on top of your day-to-day job?
How to sell your achievements from 2018-09-22T21:35:11
We cover these topics:
Why should you care
What to do
What to avoid
Multiplicity - practical tips with Alex Dmitrienko from 2018-09-10T22:01
Understand multiplicity challenges in practical situations
Learn how to actually implement it
Learn where to get further information
20 key attributes of highly successful leaders part 2 from 2018-09-03T22:01
In part 2 of this interview with Walt Offen, we cover:
Having courage to speak up in all settings
Listen carefully to others; ignore rank within the company
Instituting any new rul...
20 key attributes of highly successful leaders part 1 from 2018-08-27T22:01
In this episode, I have the privilege to interview Walt Offen. A statistician that is about to end an amazing career over a couple of decades of working in the pharmaceutical industry.
Walt or...
Vacation Episode 2018 from 2018-08-13T22:01
In this very short episode, I'm stepping back from the day-to-day business and reflect about why we go to work every day.
I have a very personal story about it, that helped me to see thin...
Multilevel Network Meta-Regression for population-adjusted treatment comparisons from 2018-08-06T22:01
Indirect comparisons provide evidence, when no direct clinical trials are available. However, the different approaches come with various limitations. Some more recent approaches take into account t...
ListenEstimands in the presence of high and unbalanced drop out rates - a case study in the German HTA system from 2018-07-30T22:01
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Every statistician in the health sector must know about estimands and how to apply the estimand framework.
In this episode we introduce the topic usin...
Best of PSI 2018 - my personal view from 2018-07-23T22:01
Today I'm looking back at the PSI conference 2018 in Amsterdam. You'll learn about my personal highlights and key take aways from the conference.
I have also interviewed some interesting p...
4 principles about effective delegation and how not only managers can benefit from it from 2018-07-16T22:01
theeffectivestatistician.com
As a statistician we delegate all the time with programming being probably the most prevalent example.
In this episode, we start by showing in two per...
Impactful influencing: actionable advice to get things done through and with others from 2018-07-09T22:01
theeffectivestatistician.com
In this episode we have our first non-statistician as a guest. Julia has build her own consulting and training company Zestfor. She and her team specialise in ...
How to successfully submit a reimbursement dossier in Australia? from 2018-07-02T22:01
theeffectivestatistician.com
In order to make new drugs available to patients in Australia, a successful interaction with the PBAC – the Australian HTA body is needed. Alan Brnabic lives i...
As a statistician – do you take the back seat or do you drive yourself? from 2018-06-25T22:01
theeffectivestatistician.com
In this podcast episode, we discuss an important part of leadership - proactive behaviour. Or simply put - drive!
As a statistician, you’re day-to-day...
Everything to know to write programs like a pro from 2018-06-18T22:01
Ok – not everything, but in this episode you will get all the tips to make sure, you avoid the most common mistakes and that your code looks professional.
Shafi Chowdhury is an expert prog...
On building your own company from 2018-06-11T22:01
theeffectivestatistician.com
In this episode, we’ll cover an amazing story by one of the best programmers and mentors I ever worked with - Shafi Chowdhury (www.shaficonsultancy.com).
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Success starts in your head from 2018-06-04T22:01
In this episode we share out ideas and experience, which mindset sets up statisticians for success. We cover topics around:
- Leading people
- Convincing business partners
- Delive...
How to get out most from your PSI membership from 2018-05-28T22:01
The guest in this episode represents the sponsor of this show - Nigel Howitt - current chair of PSI.
After a short introduction of Nigel and his experience with PSI, we will cover the foll...
A picture says more than 1000 tables! from 2018-05-21T22:01
In this podcast episode, we tackle a difficult topic for a podcast, but Zak provides lots of expertise in this field and will introduce you to what visual analytics is and how it will help you.
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How to become a world expert in an indication as a statistician from 2018-05-14T22:01
If we think of world experts, we often think of people, that are candidates for the Nobel prize. We tend to have the believe, that we will never be able to achieve such a status. Actually most of u...
ListenYour choice! from 2018-05-07T22:01
In todays episode, we take a look into the future - the future of PSI and how it will impact you. Both candidates, that run for becoming chair of PSI - Lucy Rowell and Naomi Givens - speak about th...
ListenHow to write impactful and effective emails while avoiding common mistakes from 2018-04-30T22:01
Do you have a lot of email ping-pong, where emails go back and forth many times – too many times?
Are you aware about the brand of you, that you communicate with your email style?
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Tips and tricks to reduce your email burden including the last resort option from 2018-04-23T22:01
Everybody uses email multiple times during the day and email represents a key communication channel. Managing the flood of emails effectively, will reduce your stress.
In this episode, we ...
Is data science something for you? from 2018-04-16T22:01
Data science, big data, business analytics … these are all buzz words in the industry at the moment and the hopes are high on what these areas will provide to our industry.
Cytel...
Why should I get involved with PSI and what it’s like to run the PSI conference? from 2018-04-09T22:02
In this episode, we’ll cover Lucys story about her work within PSI and how it helped her to with her promotion. She shares tips and tricks to make it happen and we explore, what it takes to become ...
Listen10 reasons for your supervisor to approve your attendance at the PSI conference from 2018-04-02T22:01
Are you afraid of asking your supervisor for approval to travel to Amsterdam to attend the PSI conference?
Do you need convincing arguments for them to approve your travel?
In thi...
How to collaborate with a programmer to create a smooth work flow from 2018-03-26T22:04
In this episode, we discuss our experiences in working with various programmers and what we as statisticians can do, to create an environment, where we can work without major disruptions and too ma...
ListenHow to work with a physician within Pharma to become a valuable partner from 2018-03-26T22:02
In this episode, we speak about one of the most important work relationships – the one with the physician. As a statistician we work with them in all kind of things on the job. They also might beco...
ListenHow will our podcast boost your career as a statistician? from 2018-03-16T07:18:36
In our first episode, we talk about
who is writing and talking here,
if this podcast fits your needs and will help you,
how the podcast will boost your career,
and what our app...