Episode 112: Preparing Future Statisticians to Succeed in the Era of AI
John McGready discusses how to prepare future statisticians to succeed in the era of AI.
Apr 04, 2025•16 min
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In this podcast series sponsored by Biopharmaceutical Section of American Statistical Association, key opinion leaders from pharmaceutical industry and regulatory agencies talk about upcoming statistical conferences and events, and discuss current issues in Biopharmaceutical statistics.
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Episode 111: Nan Laird
A look at the life and accomplishments of Nan Laird.
Jan 16, 2025•50 min
Episode 110: STATBOLIC Cardiometabolic Statistical Workshop
Jürgen Hummel, Hiya Banerjee, Jingyi Liu, Jason Legg, and Henrik Ravn discuss the inaugural STATBOLIC Workshop.
Dec 05, 2024•28 min
Episode 109: Ian Sturdy
Ian describes how to leverage ChatGPT to accelerate statistical programming in the medical product industry. Related paper available here: https://www.pharmasug.org/proceedings/2024/AP/PharmaSUG-2024-AP-256.pdf
Jun 09, 2024•34 min
Episode 108: Working Moms
Elaine Hoffman, Rebbecca Wilson, Christina Nurse, and Amy LaLonde discuss the balancing act between family and career.
May 06, 2024•37 min
Episode 107: SPAIG Committee
Scott Clark, Satrajit Roychoudhury, and Michelle Shardell discuss the Statistical Partnerships Among Academe, Industry & Government (SPAIG) Committee. https://community.amstat.org/spaig/home
Feb 09, 2024•28 min
Episode 106: Rebbecca Wilson
Amy welcomes Rebbecca to the co-hosting chair while Christina enjoys some time off with her new baby (congrats)! The two discuss Rebbecca’s fascinating career thus far and how communication styles differ across male and female leaders. Reference: https://hbr.org/2022/12/research-men-speak-more-abstractly-than-women...
Jun 02, 2023•40 min
Episode 105: Adrian Coles and Wendy Martinez
Adrian and Wendy discuss imposter syndrome and being confident in your career.
Apr 28, 2023•44 min
Episode 104: Steve Ruberg
In our first episode of the new year, we interview Steve Ruberg, an ASA fellow with over 35 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and an active proponent of the Tripartite Estimand Approach.
Jan 17, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Episode 103: Tian Gu
Tian discusses her research in data integration methods and the bias arising from lack of representation.
Sep 30, 2022•28 min
Episode 102: LaShell Robinson
LaShell discusses diversity, equity, and inclusion in clinical trials.
Aug 03, 2022•37 min
Episode 101: Elizabeth Mannshardt-Hawk on Imposter Syndrome
Elizabeth discusses imposter syndrome and how to manage it in your statistical career . In collaboration with the ASA's Committee on Career Development ( CCD website ) .
Jun 30, 2022•46 min
Episode 100: Dionne Price, ASA President-Elect
Dionne talks about her journey in biostatistics and her goals for the ASA when she becomes President in 2023.
May 31, 2022•37 min
Episode 99: Amy LaLonde and Christina Nurse
This episode introduces new podcast cohosts Amy LaLonde and Christina Nurse! They take over hosting duties starting with Episode 101.
May 02, 2022•34 min
Episode 98: Safety Scientific Working Group
James Buchanan, Judy Li, Melvin Munsaka, and Bill Wang discuss the research of the Safety Scientific Working Group and their recent edited volume "Quantitative Drug Safety and Benefit Risk Evaluation: Practical and Cross-Disciplinary Approaches." https://tinyurl.com/2ucyer95
Mar 30, 2022•54 min
Episode 97 - Devan Mehrotra
Devan discusses the 5-STAR methodology and endpoints for COVID vaccine clinical trials.
Feb 28, 2022•49 min
Episode 96: Alan Hartford
Alan is the 2022 Chair of the Biopharmaceutical Section. He discusses his wish list for things to accomplish this year.
Jan 31, 2022•32 min
Episode 95: Anna Nevius
Anna Nevius reflects on her time at the Center for Veterinary Medicine at the FDA and as chair of the Biopharmaceutical Section in 2009.
Nov 30, 2021•31 min
Episode 94: Bob Starbuck
Bob Starbuck reflects on his time as chair of the Biopharmaceutical Section in 1994.
Oct 29, 2021•34 min
Episode 93: External Control Arms
Amy Xia and Lanju Zhang discuss the benefits and challenges of utilizing external control arms for clinical trials.
Sep 30, 2021•54 min
Episode 92: 2021 Regulatory-Industry Statistics Workshop
Bo Huang and Gene Pennello discuss the 2021 Regulatory-Industry Statistics Workshop.
Aug 17, 2021•36 min
Episode 91: Patient Reported Outcomes
Joseph Cappelleri and Daniel O’Connor discuss the benefits and challenges in using patient reported outcomes and how to appropriately define clinically-meaningful change.
Jul 30, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Episode 90: ICSA Leadership Panel
Haoda Fu, Mengling Liu, Jie Tang, Tian Zheng, and Kelly Zou discuss leadership and the impact of COVID-19 on the workplace.
Jun 30, 2021•32 min
Episode 89: Karl Peace
Karl Peace was chair of the Biopharmaceutical Section in 1990. He discusses his career in the industry, the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, and the Biopharmaceutical Applied Statistics Symposium.
May 31, 2021•48 min
Episode 88: Katherine Monti
Katherine Monti was chair of the Biopharmaceutical Section in 2010. She discusses her career in the industry and how the Section has changed over time.
Apr 30, 2021•57 min
Episode 87: Storytelling
Scott Evans, Stephanie Omokaro, Janet Wittes, and Zhiheng Xu discuss the importance of storytelling for the modern statistician.
Mar 31, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Episode 86: Pediatric Drug Development Scientific Working Group
Meg Gamalo and Jingjing Ye talk about pediatric drug development and discuss why forming a scientific working group was so important.
Feb 25, 2021•47 min
Episode 85: Weili He
Weili talks about publishing, leadership, and her hopes and plans for the Biopharmaceutical Section in 2021.
Jan 29, 2021•41 min
Episode 84: David Salsburg
David shares some of his experiences as the first statistician ever hired at Pfizer.
Jan 01, 2021•46 min
Episode 83: Vaccine Development
Kerry Go and Elaine Hoffman discuss vaccine development.
Nov 30, 2020•35 min
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