Communicating Complex Statistical Concepts

PSI Mentoring 2026

Date: Ongoing 6 month cycle beginning late April/early May 2026 Are you a member of PSI looking to further your career or help develop others - why not sign up to the PSI Mentoring scheme? You can expand your network, improve your leadership skills and learn from more senior colleagues in the industry.

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 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.

AIMS SIG - Open-Source Lunch Bites

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.

PSI Career Young Virtual Event (Q1 2026)

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

Inclusive and Impactful Conference Contributions

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.

PSI Career Young Virtual Event (Q2 2026)

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

PSI Career Young Virtual Event (Q3 2026)

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

PSI Career Young Virtual Event (Q4 2026)

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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