Second Annual Meeting – Real World Medical Statistics

Seventy five delegates attended the NIHR Statistics Group’s Second Annual Conference entitled ‘Real World Medical Statistics’, held at the University of Sheffield on 21‐22 June 2018.

The meeting brought together NIHR statisticians and researchers with an interest in statistics for educational and information‐sharing talks, breakout groups on hot topics, and networking. As we did last year, we plan to use the breakout groups as a springboard to identify key hot topics to be developed as new ‘sections’ which will complement our existing sections.

Invited speakers included Prof. Dave Jones (Dean of NIHR Faculty Trainees), Mike Batley (Policy Research, Evidence and NIHR Research Programmes), Prof. Richard Emsley (King’s College London). Main points from the breakout group discussions can be found here, and powerpoints where available, can be found below.

EVENT PROGRAMME

Chair: Dawn Teare, University of Sheffield

THURSDAY 21ST JUNE

Welcome and introductions

Breakout session 1

• Mendelian Randomisaton
• Routine/Big Data
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) for statisticians

Breakout session 2

• Statistical Analysis Plans
• Diagnostic/Prognostic Models
• Improving Understanding/Use of Statistics

Prof. Dave Jones, Dean of NIHR Faculty Trainees: ‘NIHR Academy & role of NIHR Statistics Group’

FRIDAY 22ND JUNE

Richard Emsley, King’s College London: ‘Careful with causal inference’

Feedback from breakout sessions 1‐2

Breakout session 3

• MRC Adaptve Designs
• Career Development
• Mediation Analysis 1,2

Breakout session 4

• Missing Data
• Routine/Big Data Future Plans
• PPI for Methods Research

Feedback from breakout sessions 3‐4

Mike Batley, Policy Research, Evidence and NIHR Research Programmes: ‘Working with Ministers and policy makers’