Communicating Complex Statistical Concepts

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.

PSI Book Club - The Art of Explanation: How to Communicate with Clarity and Confidence

Develop your non-technical skills by reading The Art of Explanation by Ros Atkins and joining the Sept-Dec 2025 book club. You will be invited to join facilitated discussions of the concepts and ideas and apply skills from the book in-between sessions.

PSI Training Course: Pediatric Extrapolation

This course is aimed at biostatisticians with no or some pediatric drug development experience who are interested to further their understanding. We will give you an introduction to the pediatric drug development landscape. This will include identifying the key regulations and processes governing pediatric development, a discussion on the needs and challenges when conducting pediatric research and a focus on the ways to overcome these challenges from a statistical perspective.

PSI Career Young Virtual Event (Q3 2025)

This networking event is aimed at statisticians that are new to the pharmaceutical industry who wish to meet colleagues from different companies and backgrounds.

Pre-Clinical SIG Webinar: AI agents for drug discovery and development

AI agents are large language models equipped with tools that can autonomously tackle challenging tasks. This talk will explore how generative AI agents can enable biomedical discovery.

EFSPI/PSI Causal Inference SIG Webinar: Instrumental Variable Methods

The webinar is targeted at statisticians working in the pharmaceutical industry, and the objective is to 1) provide a basic understanding of IV methodology including how it relates to causal inference, and 2) present two inspirational pharma-relevant applications.

PSI Pre-Clinical Workshop - October 2025

The Pre-Clinical Special Interest Group (SIG) Workshop 2025 will take place over two half-days on 7 - 8 October in Verona, Italy, bringing together experts from industry, academia, and regulatory institutions to discuss key challenges and innovations in pre-clinical research.

PSI Training Course: Introduction to Machine Learning

Four sessions will include ML foundation (including an introduction, data exploration for ML and dimensionality reduction and feature selection), Supervised learning (including support vector machines and model evaluation and interpretation), model optimization and unsupervised learning (including clustering) and advanced topics (including neural networks, deep learning and large language models).

PSI/EFSPI Vaccines Statistics Workshop

The program will feature insightful sessions led by distinguished invited speakers, alongside a poster session showcasing the latest advancements in the field. Further details will be provided.

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

Date: Wednesday 5th November 2025 A careers talk about medical statistics and how it plays a crucial role in developing new medicines

PSI Medical Statistics Student Careers Event 2025

Date: 19 November 2025 This event is aimed at students with an interest in the field of Medical Statistics, for example within pharmaceuticals, healthcare and/or medical research.

PSI Career Young Virtual Event (Q4 2025)

This networking event is aimed at statisticians that are new to the pharmaceutical industry who wish to meet colleagues from different companies and backgrounds.

8:50	Registration & Coffee
9:10	Welcome & Introduction
9:15	Some experiences of communicating probabilities and errors in Exploratory Development at UCB Ros Walley & Peter Colman (UCB)
10:00	A picture is worth a thousand words - usually Stephen Senn (CRP-Santé)
10:45	Tea & Coffee
11:00	A thousand numbers cannot say enough: communicating Bayesian statistics using examples, intuition and common sense Simon Wandel (Novartis)
11:45	Prediction as Inference Harry Southworth (Data Clarity Consulting)
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Unconventional clinical development trials - what can possibly go wrong? A case study Bill Richardson (NDA Group)
14:15	Communicating Benefits and Risks of Medicines for Decision-Making Deborah Ashby (Imperial College London)
15:00	Tea & Coffee
15:15	Statistician Heal Thyself – Good Communication Requires Real Understanding Andy Grieve (Aptiv Solutions)
16:00	Discussion
16:30	Close

PSI Members:	£100.00 (plus VAT)
Non-Members*:	£140.00 (plus VAT)
Academics*:	£40.00 (plus VAT)

PSI Members:	£140.00 (plus VAT)
Non-Members*:	£200.00 (plus VAT)
Academics*:	£70.00(plus VAT)

8:50	Registration & Coffee
9:10	Welcome & Introduction
9:15	Some experiences of communicating probabilities and errors in Exploratory Development at UCB Ros Walley & Peter Colman (UCB)
10:00	A picture is worth a thousand words - usually Stephen Senn (CRP-Santé)
10:45	Tea & Coffee
11:00	A thousand numbers cannot say enough: communicating Bayesian statistics using examples, intuition and common sense Simon Wandel (Novartis)
11:45	Prediction as Inference Harry Southworth (Data Clarity Consulting)
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Unconventional clinical development trials - what can possibly go wrong? A case study Bill Richardson (NDA Group)
14:15	Communicating Benefits and Risks of Medicines for Decision-Making Deborah Ashby (Imperial College London)
15:00	Tea & Coffee
15:15	Statistician Heal Thyself – Good Communication Requires Real Understanding Andy Grieve (Aptiv Solutions)
16:00	Discussion
16:30	Close

PSI Members:	£100.00 (plus VAT)
Non-Members*:	£140.00 (plus VAT)
Academics*:	£40.00 (plus VAT)

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