The Effective Statistician - in association with PSI
The Effective Statistician - in association with PSI
Episode Archive
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A Webinar Recording: Redefining the Role of Statisticians in a World of Real-World Data and AI
In this special episode, I’m sharing the recording of a webinar I co-hosted with Cytel on March 20, 2025. I was joined by an expert panel of leaders in statistics and clinical development: Yanni...
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RWE and JCA - how do they go together
In this episode, I’m excited to welcome back Katrin Kupas, a statistician with deep expertise in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and real world evidence (RWE). We dive into how RWE and the ne...
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Why and how you can promote more students become statisticians
As someone who found my way into statistics late—only halfway through university—I often wonder: what if more young people knew about this path earlier?
In this episode, I sit down with ...
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Clarifying confusions around interim, primary, final, and other analyses in clinical trial
Group sequential trials, interim analyses, final analyses, updated analyses… what do these terms actually mean, and why is there so much confusion?
In this technical yet highly practical...
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Reimagining Clinical Trials with Synthetic Data and Digital Twins
In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Prof. Holger Fröhlich, who leads the AI and Data Science Group at the Fraunhofer Institute and is an honorary professor at the University of ...
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Working in an english work environment as a non-native speaker
In this episode, I’m diving into a topic that’s very personal to me—working in an English-speaking environment as a non-native speaker. If you’ve ever felt unsure about your English skills in me...
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R-shiny - how to set it up effectively and avoid common mistakes
In this episode, I’m once again joined by Daniel Sabanés Bové for a deep dive into one of the most impactful tools for statisticians working with data visualization—R-Shiny.
We explore h...
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3 personal stories of how soft skills have helped me as a statistician
In this episode, I’m sharing three personal stories where soft skills—or better yet, human skills—made a huge difference in my work as a statistician.
Whether it was building trust to a...
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R-packages - best practices and useful tools
In this episode, I’m joined once again by Daniel Sabanés Bové to talk all about R packages—why they’re so useful, when to create one, and how to do it effectively. Whether you’re just starting o...
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Delegating programming tasks - how SOPs help and hinder