Date: Monday 12th December 2022 Time: 12:00-13:00 GMT Speakers: Rob Donnelly, Paul Terrill, Aimee Weston and Lara Wolfson.
Who is this event intended for? Statisticians at all levels. What is the benefit of attending? This session promises to be an enjoyable and interactive way to learn more about your career as a statistician. We cover questions such as "Who is most pushy when negotiating salaries?" to "Is it better to specialise or diversify your skills".
Registration
Registration for this webinar is free, and is open to Members of PSI only.
To register for this event, please click here.
Overview
This PSI Lunch & Learn series focuses on career-related topics through a panel discussion, hosted by Claire Brittain & Chetan Mistry.
Upcoming session: The upcoming event - "Pharma-ly Fortunes" - will involve playing along to a Family Fortunes style survey - it promises to be a fun but informative session where we hear from our experienced panel on wide ranging career-related topics. We may even debunk some popular myths!
Christmas is approaching and in order to inject (even more) fun into these sessions we have put together a Family Fortunes style Lunch & Learn where you can provide your thoughts on a wide range of career related topics (through polls) and hear from our experienced panel on what they've seen observed over time and which career/recruitment trends are changing.
Come join us - you might be surprised by what you hear!
Speaker details
Speaker
Biography
Robert Donnelly
Rob is currently Commercial Manager at Plus-Project where he provides strategic leadership in recruitment, business development and marketing.
Prior to this, he worked specifically within Biometrics recruitment in the City of London.
Rob is a bit of a humbug and makes a point of avoiding all Christmas-related music until at least the 20th December. He is also dismayed at Mince Pies being available from his local Sainsbury’s early in October.
Paul Terrill
Paul started his career working as a statistician in the agrochemical industry before becoming a statistical trainer for SAS. He moved into the pharmaceutical industry in 2005 and worked for several CROs before becoming an independent consultant in 2020. Paul primarily provides support to biotech and small pharmaceutical companies who lack in-house statistical expertise.
Paul is always happy to receive some lego as a Christmas present, and often does!
Aimee Weston
Aimee has an extensive background in sales and recruitment. She moved to Warman O’Brien in March 2020, to specialise in biometrics recruitment, which has always been an area of interest to her. She is currently a Principal Consultant, working purely with statisticians, offering market advice and opportunities within top pharma’s, biotech’s and CRO’s.
Aimee enjoys creating relationships with her clients and candidates, offering a friendly platform to come for all that is recruitment in the pharma world!
At Christmas, Aimee loves the social aspect of seeing friends and family and has been known in the past to join the ‘pram race’ in her hometown of Windlesham on Boxing Day!
Lara Wolfson
Lara J. Wolfson is Executive Director and Head, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Statistics in the Biostatistics and Research Decision Sciences (BARDS) organization at MSD Switzerland. Lara holds a PhD in Statistics from Carnegie Mellon University in the US, and an undergraduate degree from Simon Fraser University in Canada. Lara has held academic appointments at University of Waterloo in Canada and Brigham Young University in the US, and has previously worked as a scientist covering health economics, epidemiology, and statistics at the World Health Organization, as well as in the pharmaceutical industry in outcomes research and Market Access at both the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson in Belgium and the Merck Center for Observational Research and Real-World Evidence in the US. Lara has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, and currently chairs the HTA European Special Interest Group of the PSI (a professional organization for Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry).
Lara currently lives in the Greater Zurich Area with her husband, twin sons, and a cat named Hokey Pokey.
While at Uni, Lara managed a seasonal Christmas store, so she knows how to professionally light and decorate 8 feet trees!
PSI Training Course: Effective Leadership – the keys to growing your leadership capabilities
This course will consist of three online half-day workshops. The first will be aimed at building trust, the backbone of leadership and a key to becoming effective. This is key to building a solid foundation.
The second will be on improving communication as a technical leader. This workshop will focus on communication strategies for different stakeholders and will involve tips on effective communication and how to develop the skills of active listening, coaching and what improv can teach us about good communication.
The final workshop will bring these two components together to help leaders become more influential. This will also focus on how to use Steven Covey’s 7-Habits, in particular Habits 4, 5 and 6, which are called the habits of communication.
The workshops will be interactive, allowing you to practice the concepts discussed. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. There will also be reflective time where you can think about what you are learning and how you might experiment with it.
PSI Introduction to Industry Training (ITIT) Course - 2026/2027
An introductory course giving an overview of the pharmaceutical industry and the drug development process as a whole, aimed at those with 1-3 years' experience. It comprises of six 2-day sessions covering a range of topics including Research and Development, Toxicology, Data Management and the Role of a CRO, Clinical Trials, Reimbursement, and Marketing.
This networking event is aimed at statisticians that are new to the pharmaceutical industry who wish to meet colleagues from different companies and backgrounds.
This webinar brings together three bitesize complementary sessions to help PSI contributors create conference presentations and posters that communicate clearly and inclusively. Participants will explore how to refine their message, prepare materials effectively, and adopt practical habits that support confident, accessible delivery. A focused, supportive session designed to elevate every contribution.
Our monthly webinar series allows attendees to gain practical knowledge and skills in open-source coding and tools, with a focus on applications in the pharmaceutical industry. This month’s session, “Graphics Basics,” will introduce the fundamentals of producing graphics using the ggplot2 package.
Joint PSI/EFSPI Visualisation SIG 'Wonderful Wednesday' Webinars
Our monthly webinar explores examples of innovative data visualisations relevant to our day to day work. Each month a new dataset is provided from a clinical trial or other relevant example, and participants are invited to submit a graphic that communicates interesting and relevant characteristics of the data.
Join our Health Technology Assessment (HTA) European Special Interest Group (ESIG) for a webinar on the strategic role of statisticians in the Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA). The introduction of the JCA marks a new era for evidence generation and market access in Europe. As HTA requirements become more harmonized and methodologically demanding, the role of statisticians has evolved far beyond data analysis. Today, statistical expertise is central to shaping clinical development strategies, designing robust comparative evidence, and ensuring that submissions withstand the scrutiny of EU-level assessors. In this webinar, we explore how statisticians contribute strategically to successful JCA outcomes.
Statisticians in the Age of AI: On Route to Strategic Partnership
A 90-minute webinar featuring two case studies from Bayer and Roche demonstrating how statisticians successfully integrated into AI programs, followed by interactive discussion on strategies for elevating statistical expertise in the AI era.
This networking event is aimed at statisticians that are new to the pharmaceutical industry who wish to meet colleagues from different companies and backgrounds.
This networking event is aimed at statisticians that are new to the pharmaceutical industry who wish to meet colleagues from different companies and backgrounds.
This networking event is aimed at statisticians that are new to the pharmaceutical industry who wish to meet colleagues from different companies and backgrounds.
GSK - Statistics Director - Vaccines and Infectious Disease
We are seeking an experienced and visionary Statistics Director to join our Team and lead strategic statistical innovation across GSK’s Vaccines and Infectious Disease portfolio.
As a Senior Biostatistician I at ICON, you will play a pivotal role in designing and analyzing clinical trials, interpreting complex medical data, and contributing to the advancement of innovative treatments and therapies.
As a Statistical Scientist at ICON, you will play a pivotal role in designing and analyzing clinical trials, interpreting complex medical data, and contributing to the advancement of innovative treatments and therapies.
We have an exciting opportunity for an Associate Director, Biostatistics to join a passionate team within Advanced Quantitative Sciences – Full Development.
: We have an exciting opportunity for an Associate Director (AD), Statistical Programming, to join a passionate team within Advanced Quantitative Sciences- Development.
Novartis - Senior Principal Statistical Programmer
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Principal Statistical Programmer, to join a passionate team within Advanced Quantitative Sciences – Development.
Pierre Fabre - Clinical Development Safety Statistics Expert M/F
We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive Clinical Development Safety Statistics Expert to join our Biometry Department and the Biometry Leadership Team based in Toulouse (31, Oncopole) or Boulogne (92).
Pierre Fabre - Lead Statistician- Clinical Trials M/F
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Statistician in Clinical Trials to join our Biometry Department based in Toulouse (31, Oncopole) or Boulogne (92).
We are looking for Senior Statistical Programmers in the UK to join Veramed, where you'll deliver high-impact programming solutions in an FSP-style capacity, while advancing your career in a supportive, growth-driven environment.
