PSI VisSIG Webinar: Grammar of Graphics - theory to implementation

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.

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

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AIMS SIG - Open-Source Lunch Bites

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Joint PSI/EFSPI Visualisation SIG 'Wonderful Wednesday' Webinars

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Enhancing Clinical Study Reporting with the Estimand Framework

Join us for an insightful webinar where we explore practical strategies for applying the estimand framework in clinical study reporting. Drawing on real-world experiences and case studies, we will share recommendations to help you: • Understand the role of estimands in improving transparency and interpretation of trial results. • Navigate common challenges in implementing the framework during reporting. • Apply best practices to enhance regulatory submissions, webposting in public registries (clinicaltrials.gov/CTIS), and scientific publications. Whether you are involved in clinical trial design, data analysis, or regulatory submissions, this session will provide actionable guidance to realize the full potential of the estimand framework.

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.

Speaker	Biography	Abstract
Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel RStudio	Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel is Senior Lecturer in the School of Mathematics at University of Edinburgh, Data Scientist and Professional Educator at RStudio, and Associate Professor of the Practice position at the Department of Statistical Science at Duke University. Mine’s work focuses on innovation in statistics and data science pedagogy, with an emphasis on computing, reproducible research, student-centred learning, and open-source education as well as pedagogical approaches for enhancing retention of women and under-represented minorities in STEM. Mine also works on the OpenIntro project and she is the creator and maintainer of datasciencebox.org.	In this talk we'll introduce the Grammar of Graphics, which allows you to compose graphs by combining independent components, and the implementation of this theory in R -- the ggplot2 package. We will describe the basics of building plots, introduce commonly used geoms and statistical functions used to calculate these geoms. We will also touch on customizing ggplot2 defaults such as themes and colours. Additionally, we will highlight a few packages that are built to supplement ggplot2 by adding features that ease highlighting and annotation as well as additional geoms.

Speaker	Biography	Abstract
Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel RStudio	Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel is Senior Lecturer in the School of Mathematics at University of Edinburgh, Data Scientist and Professional Educator at RStudio, and Associate Professor of the Practice position at the Department of Statistical Science at Duke University. Mine’s work focuses on innovation in statistics and data science pedagogy, with an emphasis on computing, reproducible research, student-centred learning, and open-source education as well as pedagogical approaches for enhancing retention of women and under-represented minorities in STEM. Mine also works on the OpenIntro project and she is the creator and maintainer of datasciencebox.org.	In this talk we'll introduce the Grammar of Graphics, which allows you to compose graphs by combining independent components, and the implementation of this theory in R -- the ggplot2 package. We will describe the basics of building plots, introduce commonly used geoms and statistical functions used to calculate these geoms. We will also touch on customizing ggplot2 defaults such as themes and colours. Additionally, we will highlight a few packages that are built to supplement ggplot2 by adding features that ease highlighting and annotation as well as additional geoms.

Speaker	Biography	Abstract
Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel RStudio	Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel is Senior Lecturer in the School of Mathematics at University of Edinburgh, Data Scientist and Professional Educator at RStudio, and Associate Professor of the Practice position at the Department of Statistical Science at Duke University. Mine’s work focuses on innovation in statistics and data science pedagogy, with an emphasis on computing, reproducible research, student-centred learning, and open-source education as well as pedagogical approaches for enhancing retention of women and under-represented minorities in STEM. Mine also works on the OpenIntro project and she is the creator and maintainer of datasciencebox.org.	In this talk we'll introduce the Grammar of Graphics, which allows you to compose graphs by combining independent components, and the implementation of this theory in R -- the ggplot2 package. We will describe the basics of building plots, introduce commonly used geoms and statistical functions used to calculate these geoms. We will also touch on customizing ggplot2 defaults such as themes and colours. Additionally, we will highlight a few packages that are built to supplement ggplot2 by adding features that ease highlighting and annotation as well as additional geoms.

Speaker	Biography	Abstract
Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel RStudio	Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel is Senior Lecturer in the School of Mathematics at University of Edinburgh, Data Scientist and Professional Educator at RStudio, and Associate Professor of the Practice position at the Department of Statistical Science at Duke University. Mine’s work focuses on innovation in statistics and data science pedagogy, with an emphasis on computing, reproducible research, student-centred learning, and open-source education as well as pedagogical approaches for enhancing retention of women and under-represented minorities in STEM. Mine also works on the OpenIntro project and she is the creator and maintainer of datasciencebox.org.	In this talk we'll introduce the Grammar of Graphics, which allows you to compose graphs by combining independent components, and the implementation of this theory in R -- the ggplot2 package. We will describe the basics of building plots, introduce commonly used geoms and statistical functions used to calculate these geoms. We will also touch on customizing ggplot2 defaults such as themes and colours. Additionally, we will highlight a few packages that are built to supplement ggplot2 by adding features that ease highlighting and annotation as well as additional geoms.

Speaker	Biography	Abstract
Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel RStudio	Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel is Senior Lecturer in the School of Mathematics at University of Edinburgh, Data Scientist and Professional Educator at RStudio, and Associate Professor of the Practice position at the Department of Statistical Science at Duke University. Mine’s work focuses on innovation in statistics and data science pedagogy, with an emphasis on computing, reproducible research, student-centred learning, and open-source education as well as pedagogical approaches for enhancing retention of women and under-represented minorities in STEM. Mine also works on the OpenIntro project and she is the creator and maintainer of datasciencebox.org.	In this talk we'll introduce the Grammar of Graphics, which allows you to compose graphs by combining independent components, and the implementation of this theory in R -- the ggplot2 package. We will describe the basics of building plots, introduce commonly used geoms and statistical functions used to calculate these geoms. We will also touch on customizing ggplot2 defaults such as themes and colours. Additionally, we will highlight a few packages that are built to supplement ggplot2 by adding features that ease highlighting and annotation as well as additional geoms.

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