What are gene therapies? What are some recent advancement in gene therapy? How does development in gene therapy differ from common drugs? Today's episode is slightly different from the previous ones. It is the first time that TWO brilliant biostatisticians share their insight in the same episode! Avery McIntosh and Alex Sverdlov will answer all the questions about gene therapy for you! Dr. McIntosh is currently engaged in drug development for rare diseases at Pfizer, where he leads a...

What is it like to work as a statistical methodologist in the industry? What is the importance of being collaborative and building leadership skills in the industry? How does "over-preparing" get you far in your career? Godwin Yung will answer all these questions for you. Dr. Yung obtained his PhD in Biostatistics at Harvard University and currently works as a principal statistical methodologist at Genentech. He works on enabling the use of the most appropriate quantitative methodology in...

What is it like to work as a statistician in the UCLA department of medicine statistics core? How do biostatisticians contribute to public policy making? What are some typical methods that are used in longitudinal studies? Nicholas Jackson will answer all these questions for you. Dr. Jackson earned his PhD in Quantitative Psychology from University of Southern California, and now serves as an associated professor in the Division of general internal medicine and health services research in...

How can AI and machine learning be applied to clinical trial designs? What are some interesting applications of AI in health? With AI and machine learning being the hot topic, what are some skills or background you need to succeed in the field? James Zou will answer all these questions for you. Dr. Zou obtained his PhD in Harvard University and is currently an associate professor of Biomedical data Science at Stanford University. He also acts as the faculty director of Stanford AI4Health....

What is it like to work for a statistical consulting company? What are some common paths for statisticians to take in a consulting company? What are some skills needed in a statistical consultancy? Grace Hsu will answer all these questions for you! Grace got her master's degree in statistics from Simon Fraser University and currently is working in Cytel as an associate Director & Research principal. She has a lot of experience in developing and presenting advanced statistical methods...

How to use latent variable models to address differential measurement problems? What are some interesting aging problems that can be addressed by biostatistics? What's the difference between epidemiology and biostatistics? Karen Bandeen Roche will answer all these questions for you. Dr. Bandeen Roche obtained her Ph.D. degree in operations research and industrial engineering from Cornell University. And she is particularly interested in the development, implementation, and application of...

What are some important skills that are helpful while doing post-graduate training? What is the trend in academia as Biostatistics gets more and more competitive? How to navigate career choice between industry and academia? Dr. Jin Jin will answer all these questions for you. Jin Jin received her phd in Biostatistics from the University of Minnesota and now works as an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and...

What are some important skills that are helpful while doing post graduate training? What is the trend in academia as Biostatistics gets more and more competitive? How to navigate career choice between industry and academia? Dr. Jin Jin will answer all these questions for you. Jin Jin received her phd in Biostatistics from the University of Minnesota and now works as an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and...

What's the difference between epidemiology and biostatistics? What do epidemiologists support in a consulting company? How to build a start-up with your statistical knowledge? Dr. Paul Arora will answer all these questions for you! Paul holds the position of Vice President, Advanced Epidemiology at Cytel, where his primary areas of focus encompass real-world evidence, epidemiological methods, and the application of machine learning to health outcome issues. Additionally, he played a...

What are the differences between early phase trial design and late phase trial design? What are some common assumptions for early trial designs? What are some challenges for statistics nowadays? Dr. Brian Smith will answer all these questions for you. Brian got his Phd in statistics from the University of Kentucky and has been actively involved in promoting quantitative sciences in drug development. He has a diverse background in biostatistics and has held numerous positions in the...

How will the biostatistics industry evolve in the coming years? Is SAS still an important skill recruiters look at when hiring for a biostatistics related job? In this episode, you will hear Doctor Xiaoling Wu answering these questions after being in the field for over 15 years. Xiaoling holds a PhD degree in statistics from the Johns Hopkins University. She has contributed to over 10 successful global submission of drugs treating cancer and CNS disorder. She was the director and head of...

Can you do research while being in a industry setting? How do people do science in real world ? What are some technical and cultural difference between statistics and machine learning? Jonathan O'Brien will answer all these questions for you! Jonathan obtained his PhD degree in biostatistics from University of North Carolina and currently works as a principle data scientist in Calico life science which is a health care biotech company that focuses on combating aging and aging related...

How are real world evidences generated, collected and used for health economics assessment? What are some biostatistics related roled within life science consulting? How will the life science consulting industry potentially evolve in the future? Tim Disher is here to answer all these questions for you! Dr. Tim Disher obtained his PhD degree in Nursing from Dalhousie University working on economic evaluation of neonatal health technologies. He is now a registered nurse and serves as senior...

How can statistics aid research about health effects of air pollution and climate change? What is the underlying difference between data science and statistics? What is the Harvard data science initiative? Francesca Dominici is here to answer all these questions for you! Dr. Dominici obtained her PhD degree in statistics from University of Padua in Italy and currently is Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population and Data Science at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public...

What is value of information in health research? How do they inform policy changes? How does Bayesian inference help with designing innovative clinical trials? Anna Heath will answer all these questions for you. Dr. Heath is Canada Research Chair in Statistical Trial Design, a scientist in the Child Health and Evaluative Sciences Program at Sickkids Research Institute, an assistant professor in the division of Biostatistics in University of Toronto, and an Honorary Research Associate in...

What are some differences between biostatisticians in hospitals and the pharma industry? What are some specific skill sets required for these jobs? And how can Bayesian framework be used in benefit-risk assessment of new medical products or interventions? Carl DiCasoli will answer all these questions for you. Carl obtained his PhD in statistics from North Carolina State University and currently is working as the director of biostatistics at Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, where he acts as senior...

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