Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday

Get involved and develop your data visualisation knowledge & skills.

Here's how it works:

  • Each month a new challenge will be provided, including access to the relevant dataset.
  • Download the data, and develop your own data visualisations.
  • Develop your graphics and code (using any programming language or tool) and submit your entry.
  • Attend the monthly webinar, to hear your submission discussed by our expert panel. Alternatively, please feel free to simply attend the webinars, view the submitted graphics and listen to the panel discussion.

We welcome suggestions for new challenges! Please feel free to submit your idea here or send us an e-mail.

Current Challenge: Hyperkalemia Trial

This month's challenge is to improve a published plot or to find a better way to visually present the data.

Dataset: Hyperkalemia TrialIntroduction of the challenge: Webinar 62 from May 14th
Submission: Click here to submit or
send it via e-mail
Deadline: June 4th
Next webinar: Click here to register  Date: June 11th

* NOTE to download a single data set as a csv file, click on the raw button and save the file. The following link describes the process in further detail

Upcoming Webinars

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Blog

Details of previous Wonderful Wednesdays can be found on our blog site. Each blog entry includes:
• Submitted visualisations
• A summary of the panel discussion
• Submitted code

 

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Upcoming Events

PSI Introduction to Industry Training (ITIT) Course - 2025/2026

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.

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 Webinar: Methodology and first results of the iRISE (improving Reproducibility In SciencE) consortium

This 1-hour webinar will be an opportunity to hear about the methodology and first results of the iRISE consortium. iRISE is working towards a better understanding of reproducibility and the interventions that work to improve it. At the end of the presentation there will also be the opportunity to ask questions.

One-day Event: Change Management for Moving to R/Open-Source

This one-day event focuses on the comprehensive management of transitioning to R/Open-Source, addressing the challenges and providing actionable insights. Attendees will participate in sessions covering essential topics such as training best practices, creating strategic plans, making the case to senior management, and managing both statistical and programming aspects of the transition.

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This is a free webinar on Challenges in Estimating Vaccine Effectiveness Against Progression to Severe Disease.

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