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Multilevel Network Meta-Regression for population-adjusted treatment comparisons – Interview with Nicky Welton

By alexanderhschacht on 2018-08-07 0

Indirect comparisons provide evidence, when no direct clinical trials are available. However, the different approaches come with various limitations. Some more recent approaches take into account the baseline characteristics to reduce the bias in the estimates of the treatment effects.

In todays episode, I’m talking with one the worlds experts on this topic – Nicky Welton – who has published extensively in this field. [Read more…] about Multilevel Network Meta-Regression for population-adjusted treatment comparisons – Interview with Nicky Welton

Estimands in the presence of high and unbalanced drop out rates – a case study in the German HTA system – Interview with Lovisa Berggren

By alexanderhschacht on 2018-07-31 2

Every statistician in the health sector must know about estimands and how to apply the estimand framework.

In this episode we introduce the topic using a case study. We’ll cover [Read more…] about Estimands in the presence of high and unbalanced drop out rates – a case study in the German HTA system – Interview with Lovisa Berggren

Best of PSI 2018 – my personal view

By alexanderhschacht on 2018-07-24 0

Today I’m looking back at the PSI conference 2018 in Amsterdam. You’ll learn about my personal highlights and key take aways from the conference.

I have also interviewed some interesting people from the conference for you to get some feeling about the atmosphere at this amazing event. [Read more…] about Best of PSI 2018 – my personal view

On building your own company – interview with Shafi Chowdhury

By alexanderhschacht on 2018-06-12 0

In this episode, we’ll cover an amazing story by one of the best programmers and mentors I ever worked with – Shafi Chowdhury (www.shaficonsultancy.com).

We’ll explore how it changed from being a freelance programmer only to building his company on the side. He had a great vision in mind, that drove him forward.

You’ll also hear about his approach to teaching and mentoring – or in general helping people do their job better. His abundance mindset inspires me a lot. Shafi explains, why and how he made his own job redundant in his own company. [Read more…] about On building your own company – interview with Shafi Chowdhury

A picture says more than 1000 tables – Interview with Zachary Skrivanek about visual analytics

By alexanderhschacht on 2018-05-22 0

In this podcast episode, we tackle a difficult topic for a podcast, but Zak provides lots of expertise in this field and will introduce you to what visual analytics is and how it will help you.

Furthermore, we touch on questions like: [Read more…] about A picture says more than 1000 tables – Interview with Zachary Skrivanek about visual analytics

How to become a world expert in an indication as a statistician – Interview with Claire Brittain

By alexanderhschacht on 2018-05-15 0

If we think of world experts, we often think of people, that are candidates for the Nobel prize. We tend to have the believe, that we will never be able to achieve such a status. Actually most of us probably don’t even think about getting to this level.

This is why we are so happy to have Claire Brittain as our guest on the show. In an ordinary role of a statistician working in early phase, she has done outstanding work. [Read more…] about How to become a world expert in an indication as a statistician – Interview with Claire Brittain