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Helping statisticians having a bigger role

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Interview with Andy Grieve

Do you want to have a bigger impact?
Would you like to play a bigger role?
Did you have a moment in your career, where you thought you as a statistician felt being put in a box or labeled in such a way that limits your influence?

Today’s interview is surely beneficial to every statistician – both early and later in their career as Andy Grieve shares from his wealth of experience across the industry and academia working in senior roles.

We specifically talk about the following points:

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CALC Episode 5: You’re hired! How to Fail to be Rejected During the Interview Process

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Application process and interview tips

Hopefully you’ve now listened to all other episodes in this podcast series (we recommend you do if not!) and are convinced that a career as a medical statistician is the right choice for you.

This final episode aims to prepare you for the interview process. You’ll learn what to expect at an interview or assessment center, and hear experiences from both sides of the table. An interesting listen that you won’t want to miss!

In this episode, learn about:

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Baseline testing – a widespread but difficult to treat disease

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I once reviewed tables for a randomized study and noticed several comments about testing the baseline characteristics. The commenters were arguing which test would be best to test for the differences between the 2 randomized groups at baseline.

This made me first angry about the wasted time and then curious about the reasons, statisticians still do this.

In today’s episode, Benjamin and I discuss some backgrounds for baseline testing in randomized studies. We also recommend these further readings:

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Seeing through the mist – consequences of decisions in phase II

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Interview with Trevor Smart

What’s interesting about the early phase?
What are the typical decisions for phase II?
Speaking about a new indication, how are decisions being taken across the industry?
How should we think about phase II studies in this setting?
What statistical approaches do we have to formulate this thinking?

In this episode, Trevor and I discuss a case study to go through the step by step procedure of phase II. We also talk about the following points:

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The podcast is run in association with PSI