PSI Training Course: Introduction to Bayesian Methods

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.

AIMS SIG - Open-Source Lunch Bites

Topic: R Package Basics. Our monthly webinar series allows attendees to gain practical knowledge and skills in open-source coding and tools, with a focus on applications in the pharmaceutical industry. This month’s session, “R Package Basics,” will introduce the fundamentals of working with R packages—covering how to install, load, and manage them effectively to support data analysis and reproducible research. The session will provide a solid starting point, clarify common misconceptions, and offer valuable resources for continued learning.

PSI Mentoring 2026

Date: Ongoing 6 month cycle beginning late April/early May 2026 Are you a member of PSI looking to further your career or help develop others - why not sign up to the PSI Mentoring scheme? You can expand your network, improve your leadership skills and learn from more senior colleagues in the industry.

PSI Book Club Lunch and Learn: Communicating with Clarity and Confidence

If you have read Ros Atkins’ book The Art of Explanation or want to listen to the BBC’s ‘Communicator in Chief’, you are invited to join the PSI Book Club Lunch and Learn, to discuss the content and application with the author, Ros Atkins. Having written the book within the context of the news industry, Ros is keen to hear how we have applied the ideas as statisticians within drug development and clinical trials. There will be dedicated time during the webinar to ASK THE AUTHOR any questions – don’t miss out on this exclusive PSI Book Club event! Haven’t read the book yet? Pick up a copy today and join us. Explanation - identifying and communicating what we want to say - is described as an art, in the title of his book. However, the creativity comes from Ros’ discernment in identifying and describing a clear step-by-step process to follow and practice. Readers can learn Ros’ rules, developed and polished throughout his career as a journalist, to help communicate complex written or spoken information clearly.

PSI Training Course: Effective Leadership – the keys to growing your leadership capabilities

This course will consist of three online half-day workshops. The first will be aimed at building trust, the backbone of leadership and a key to becoming effective. This is key to building a solid foundation. The second will be on improving communication as a technical leader. This workshop will focus on communication strategies for different stakeholders and will involve tips on effective communication and how to develop the skills of active listening, coaching and what improv can teach us about good communication. The final workshop will bring these two components together to help leaders become more influential. This will also focus on how to use Steven Covey’s 7-Habits, in particular Habits 4, 5 and 6, which are called the habits of communication. The workshops will be interactive, allowing you to practice the concepts discussed. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. There will also be reflective time where you can think about what you are learning and how you might experiment with it.

Speaker	Biography
Andy Grieve	Andrew P. Grieve is a Visiting Professor at King’s College London and a Statistical Consultant with Weatherden Ltd having recently retired from the position of Research Fellow in the Statistical Innovation group at UCB Pharma. He is a former Chair of PSI (Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry) and a past-President of the Royal Statistical Society. He has over 45 years of experience as a biostatistician working in the pharmaceutical industry and academia. He has been active in the majority of areas of pharmaceutical R&D in which statistical methods and statisticians are intimately involved including drug discovery, pre-clinical toxicology, pharmaceutical development, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, phase I-IV of clinical development, manufacturing, health economics and clinical operations. Since the early 1980s he has promoted the use of Bayesian methods in pharmaceutical R&D and his statistical research has been primarily concerned with the implementation of Bayesian ideas and techniques. Latterly he has concentrated on the design and implementation of Bayesian adaptive trials, and the Probability of Success (PoS) of studies and drug development programs. He has published over 140 articles and is the author of two. He has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences on over 300 occasions.
Gemma Hodgson	Gemma Hodgson is a Chartered Statistician and has worked with clients applying statistics in several industries. Gemma’s career began with work as a Medical Statistician in the Pharmaceutical industry for over 20 years, working for large multinational pharmaceutical companies, from ph I through to ph IV. Since 2012 Gemma has worked for and now owns Qi Statistics Ltd. which offers statistical training and consultancy services for all industries, including R&D, manufacturing, food & consumer goods and general business. Gemma has considerable experience in rolling out statistical training programmes to both statisticians and non-statisticians in a variety of industries where in modern global companies it is becoming increasingly important for non-statisticians to understand the value and applications of statistics in order to maximise the value of their data. Gemma has a broad interest in the application of statistics and is an experienced trainer to all types of audience, specialising in translating technical concepts into everyday English.

Speaker	Biography
Andy Grieve	Andrew P. Grieve is a Visiting Professor at King’s College London and a Statistical Consultant with Weatherden Ltd having recently retired from the position of Research Fellow in the Statistical Innovation group at UCB Pharma. He is a former Chair of PSI (Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry) and a past-President of the Royal Statistical Society. He has over 45 years of experience as a biostatistician working in the pharmaceutical industry and academia. He has been active in the majority of areas of pharmaceutical R&D in which statistical methods and statisticians are intimately involved including drug discovery, pre-clinical toxicology, pharmaceutical development, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, phase I-IV of clinical development, manufacturing, health economics and clinical operations. Since the early 1980s he has promoted the use of Bayesian methods in pharmaceutical R&D and his statistical research has been primarily concerned with the implementation of Bayesian ideas and techniques. Latterly he has concentrated on the design and implementation of Bayesian adaptive trials, and the Probability of Success (PoS) of studies and drug development programs. He has published over 140 articles and is the author of two. He has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences on over 300 occasions.
Gemma Hodgson	Gemma Hodgson is a Chartered Statistician and has worked with clients applying statistics in several industries. Gemma’s career began with work as a Medical Statistician in the Pharmaceutical industry for over 20 years, working for large multinational pharmaceutical companies, from ph I through to ph IV. Since 2012 Gemma has worked for and now owns Qi Statistics Ltd. which offers statistical training and consultancy services for all industries, including R&D, manufacturing, food & consumer goods and general business. Gemma has considerable experience in rolling out statistical training programmes to both statisticians and non-statisticians in a variety of industries where in modern global companies it is becoming increasingly important for non-statisticians to understand the value and applications of statistics in order to maximise the value of their data. Gemma has a broad interest in the application of statistics and is an experienced trainer to all types of audience, specialising in translating technical concepts into everyday English.

Speaker	Biography
Andy Grieve	Andrew P. Grieve is a Visiting Professor at King’s College London and a Statistical Consultant with Weatherden Ltd having recently retired from the position of Research Fellow in the Statistical Innovation group at UCB Pharma. He is a former Chair of PSI (Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry) and a past-President of the Royal Statistical Society. He has over 45 years of experience as a biostatistician working in the pharmaceutical industry and academia. He has been active in the majority of areas of pharmaceutical R&D in which statistical methods and statisticians are intimately involved including drug discovery, pre-clinical toxicology, pharmaceutical development, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, phase I-IV of clinical development, manufacturing, health economics and clinical operations. Since the early 1980s he has promoted the use of Bayesian methods in pharmaceutical R&D and his statistical research has been primarily concerned with the implementation of Bayesian ideas and techniques. Latterly he has concentrated on the design and implementation of Bayesian adaptive trials, and the Probability of Success (PoS) of studies and drug development programs. He has published over 140 articles and is the author of two. He has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences on over 300 occasions.
Gemma Hodgson	Gemma Hodgson is a Chartered Statistician and has worked with clients applying statistics in several industries. Gemma’s career began with work as a Medical Statistician in the Pharmaceutical industry for over 20 years, working for large multinational pharmaceutical companies, from ph I through to ph IV. Since 2012 Gemma has worked for and now owns Qi Statistics Ltd. which offers statistical training and consultancy services for all industries, including R&D, manufacturing, food & consumer goods and general business. Gemma has considerable experience in rolling out statistical training programmes to both statisticians and non-statisticians in a variety of industries where in modern global companies it is becoming increasingly important for non-statisticians to understand the value and applications of statistics in order to maximise the value of their data. Gemma has a broad interest in the application of statistics and is an experienced trainer to all types of audience, specialising in translating technical concepts into everyday English.

Speaker	Biography
Andy Grieve	Andrew P. Grieve is a Visiting Professor at King’s College London and a Statistical Consultant with Weatherden Ltd having recently retired from the position of Research Fellow in the Statistical Innovation group at UCB Pharma. He is a former Chair of PSI (Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry) and a past-President of the Royal Statistical Society. He has over 45 years of experience as a biostatistician working in the pharmaceutical industry and academia. He has been active in the majority of areas of pharmaceutical R&D in which statistical methods and statisticians are intimately involved including drug discovery, pre-clinical toxicology, pharmaceutical development, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, phase I-IV of clinical development, manufacturing, health economics and clinical operations. Since the early 1980s he has promoted the use of Bayesian methods in pharmaceutical R&D and his statistical research has been primarily concerned with the implementation of Bayesian ideas and techniques. Latterly he has concentrated on the design and implementation of Bayesian adaptive trials, and the Probability of Success (PoS) of studies and drug development programs. He has published over 140 articles and is the author of two. He has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences on over 300 occasions.
Gemma Hodgson	Gemma Hodgson is a Chartered Statistician and has worked with clients applying statistics in several industries. Gemma’s career began with work as a Medical Statistician in the Pharmaceutical industry for over 20 years, working for large multinational pharmaceutical companies, from ph I through to ph IV. Since 2012 Gemma has worked for and now owns Qi Statistics Ltd. which offers statistical training and consultancy services for all industries, including R&D, manufacturing, food & consumer goods and general business. Gemma has considerable experience in rolling out statistical training programmes to both statisticians and non-statisticians in a variety of industries where in modern global companies it is becoming increasingly important for non-statisticians to understand the value and applications of statistics in order to maximise the value of their data. Gemma has a broad interest in the application of statistics and is an experienced trainer to all types of audience, specialising in translating technical concepts into everyday English.

Speaker	Biography
Andy Grieve	Andrew P. Grieve is a Visiting Professor at King’s College London and a Statistical Consultant with Weatherden Ltd having recently retired from the position of Research Fellow in the Statistical Innovation group at UCB Pharma. He is a former Chair of PSI (Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry) and a past-President of the Royal Statistical Society. He has over 45 years of experience as a biostatistician working in the pharmaceutical industry and academia. He has been active in the majority of areas of pharmaceutical R&D in which statistical methods and statisticians are intimately involved including drug discovery, pre-clinical toxicology, pharmaceutical development, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, phase I-IV of clinical development, manufacturing, health economics and clinical operations. Since the early 1980s he has promoted the use of Bayesian methods in pharmaceutical R&D and his statistical research has been primarily concerned with the implementation of Bayesian ideas and techniques. Latterly he has concentrated on the design and implementation of Bayesian adaptive trials, and the Probability of Success (PoS) of studies and drug development programs. He has published over 140 articles and is the author of two. He has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences on over 300 occasions.
Gemma Hodgson	Gemma Hodgson is a Chartered Statistician and has worked with clients applying statistics in several industries. Gemma’s career began with work as a Medical Statistician in the Pharmaceutical industry for over 20 years, working for large multinational pharmaceutical companies, from ph I through to ph IV. Since 2012 Gemma has worked for and now owns Qi Statistics Ltd. which offers statistical training and consultancy services for all industries, including R&D, manufacturing, food & consumer goods and general business. Gemma has considerable experience in rolling out statistical training programmes to both statisticians and non-statisticians in a variety of industries where in modern global companies it is becoming increasingly important for non-statisticians to understand the value and applications of statistics in order to maximise the value of their data. Gemma has a broad interest in the application of statistics and is an experienced trainer to all types of audience, specialising in translating technical concepts into everyday English.

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