Reine Escalona

What are typical meetings you would be invited to as a statistician?

• Study meeting
• Project meetings
• Team meetings

In this episode, I talk about the important questions that we need to answer and the points we need to consider to ensure an effective meeting. Here are the steps you can follow and what can you do if these steps are not followed in a meeting you’re invited to:

An Interview with Daniel Saure

What can we do about indirect comparisons to make it better and more efficient rather than using the usual technique?
What are the indirect comparisons in terms of the efficacy of different drugs?
What experiences have you had when the type of one-to-one approach is better?

In today’s episode, Daniel and I talk about these questions and discuss more the following points:

Interview with Wei Wang

How are safety analyses different from efficacy analyses?
What does validation and quality control mean for interactive visualization?

Over recent years, a lot of interesting things happened around safety analyses and visualization. They help us to better understand our safety data and detect safety signals. Wei and colleagues have recently published an article about these topics.

In today’s episode, Wei and I dive deep into the future of safety analyses and discuss the following topics:

Interview with Stuart McGuire

We often talk about “competing in the marketplace” – where do you think, this term is coming from?

Stuart and I talk about:

Learn from Lucy Rowell

Have you ever thought of having an additional or changing career?
What are the things you must prepare for when considering this?

Today, we interview Lucy on how can statisticians create an impact beyond statistics. Lucy has a very inspiring career, and she has started as a statistician and got further responsibilities.

We also talk about the following points:

Interview with Diana Stuart

For your career, have you ever thought about what mindset you should adapt to?
What do you think marks a “successful” career?
What will help you understand in which direction your career should go?

Diana Stuart, who is a Senior Manager in programming, shares with us her thoughts, lessons, and her vast experience in this field and what we can do to create a robust career with all the surrounding changes.

We also debate these important points: