Careers Committee

Careers Director: Kimberley Hacquoil

The objective of the Careers Committee is to provide career related events and topics for statisticians and programmers within the pharmaceutical industry.

Explore content created by the Careers Committee by visiting our homepage.

The committee is split into sub-committees that each have their own areas of focus. Read about each committee below.

 

University

Chair: Amanda Darekar

The University committee focus on providing events and content related to university outreach activities. Through working directly with universities and students, we provide information to individuals interested in careers as either statisticians or statistical programmers within the industry. 

Our activities include:

  • Organising careers events for university students (MEDMathS and the PSI Medical Statistics Careers Event)
  • Publishing a twice-yearly student newsletter
  • Providing student placement information
  • Awarding annual undergraduate student prizes
  • Developing and publicising the Medical Statistics Apprenticeship
  • Giving careers talks at universities
  • Attending regional and national careers events
  • Raising awareness of general issues such as cuts to MSc funding
  • Working with other organisations such as the Royal Statistical Society (RSS)

We are always on the lookout for people to help with our initiatives, for example giving a university careers talk or writing a profile about working in the industry. If you are interested in becoming involved in any of our activities and can spare even just a little bit of time, please get in touch with any of the committee.

If you have any careers related questions please feel free to contact us at careers@psiweb.org.

The committee meet 4 times a year to discuss current topics and agenda items.  

 

Schools

Chair: Emma Crawford

The Schools Committee focuses on encouraging and supporting PSI members to engage in Schools Outreach activities. By empowering our PSI members with materials to take into schools, as well as fostering collaborations with relevant STEM engagement organisations, we aim to promote the opportunities of working in numerate careers in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry and hopefully inspire the future workforce to continue with their studies in STEM subjects. 

Our activities include:

  • Promoting benefits of engaging in school outreach activities
  • Raising awareness of numerate careers in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry
  • Facilitating an incentive program to reward PSI members that engage in outreach
  • Maintaining a knowledge library of materials to take into schools
  • Developing and running interactive workshops for schools
  • Attending and organising regional and national STEM events
  • Fostering collaborations with relevant STEM engagement organisations

If you have any schools outreach related questions please feel free to contact us at careers@psiweb.org.

You can find more about Schools Outreach here.

 

Introduction to Industry Training (ITIT)

Chair: Zelie Bailes

The ITIT committee organise the yearly Introduction to Industry Training course (ITIT), which has been running for over 30 years. We work with various companies to give statisticians and statistical programmers new to the pharmaceutical industry an overview of the industry and the complete drug development process.

Our activities include:

  • Organising the ITIT course each year, which consists of 6 separate 2-day sessions throughout the year.

We are always on the lookout for contacts across the industry who may be able to support the course by hosting a session. If you are interested in learning more about hosting a session, please reach out to any of the committee members.

If you have any questions, you can contact the ITIT chair Zelie Bailes at zelie.a.bailes@gsk.com

You can find more information on the ITIT course here.

Upcoming Events

PSI Training Course: Introduction to Machine Learning

This course is aimed at clinical trial statisticians who are new to or with limited experience of machine learning. Attendees will learn about a range of topics in machine learning, including practical sessions in R.

Joint PSI/EFSPI Vaccine SIG Webinar: Statistical and Mechanistic Models for Correlates of Protection

This webinar will explore two different approaches to Correlates of Protection in vaccine development.

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: Drug Development in Women's Health

The event will open with an overview on drug development in women’s health from a clinician perspective. This talk is followed by talks about statistical challenges when planning IVF studies and analysing the menstrual cycles.

PSI Webinar: Surrogacy

This webinar will provide an overview of surrogacy for licensing and reimbursement. In turn, the need of extensions of the SPIRIT and CONSORT statement will be defined and outlined, with case studies to support.

Joint PSI/EFSPI Pre-Clinical SIG Webinar: Virtual Control Groups in Toxicity Studies

Lea Vaas will present how replacement of concurrent control animals by Virtual Control Groups (VCGs) in systemic toxicity studies may help in contributing to the 3R's principle of animal experimentation: Reduce, Refine, Replace.

Joint PSI/EFSPI Data Science SIG Webinar: Developing Digital Measures (Digital Biomarkers) in Drug Development – insights from Mobilise D consortium

We will share a brief overview of what Mobilise D is and why it is an important step stone in the development of digital biomarkers, and how Mobilise D outputs can be relevant for you.

PSI Career Young Virtual Event (Q2 2024)

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 2024)

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 Introduction to Industry Training (ITIT) Course - 2024/2025

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.

PSI Career Young Virtual Event (Q4 2024)

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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