External Affairs

Chair: Ray Harris

PSI External Affairs Committee (EA) role is to maintain and develop links between PSI and other appropriate external organisations. Its activities are:

  • Represent PSI on the Council of EFSPI.
  • Develop and maintain oversight of links with external organisations. Actively engage with external organisations as appropriate.
  • Encourage PSI members to volunteer to support not-for-profit organisations who need statistical advice, and identify organisations that may need such support. EA maintains a database of volunteers and links volunteers and organisations.
  • Manage the ‘Need Statistical/Data Science Advice’ page of the PSI web site.
  • Facilitate interactions between PSI and the media. This includes interaction with the Science Media Centre.

 

Upcoming Events

PSI VisSIG Wonderful Wednesday Webinar Series

This is a good opportunity to develop your knowledge by thinking through a practical example, practicing how to apply graphics principles, and developing your coding skills.

PSI Training Course: Hybrid Frequentist / Bayesian Power and Bayesian Power in Planning Clinical Trials

Aimed at Statisticians working on the design of Clinical Trials, participants will learn how to use Expected Power, Average Power, Predicted Power, Probability of Success and Assurance, and Bayesian Power when planning clinical trials.

PSI Book Club

PSI are running a book club! We will be reading and discussing non-technical books which are relevant to our roles.

PSI Training Course: An Interactive Introduction to Agile Ways of Working

During this session you will explore how we best execute change within our roles, build your practical understanding of agile tools and techniques, and inspire you to experiment with the new ways of working to deliver your goals.

PSI Careers - MEDMathS: Medicine Empowered by Data, Maths and Statistics

In just 1 hour, learn about the field of medical statistics and how it plays a crucial role in developing ground-breaking new medicines, vaccines and healthcare products.

Latest Jobs

Apprentice Biostatistician

The Apprentice Biostatistician splits their time between working for Parexel and performing studies with a university to obtain a MSc in Statistics over a period of three years.

Biostatistician / Statistical Programmer

We are actively looking to expand our team in Wokingham with a permanent position for a Biostatistician / Statistical Programmer.

Research Associate

Are you interested in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases and the application of modern and innovative statistical methods?