Applied Statisticians as Principal Investigators
Category: Career development for applied statisticians, Other
Facilitated by the Career Development Section of the NIHR Statistics Group:
Applied Statisticians as Principal Investigators
Friday 9th March 2018 11am-4.30pm
University of Bristol (Room 4.10, School of Education, 35 Berkeley Square, BS8 1JA)
Free to attend, with lunch included
This event is a workshop aimed at applied statisticians who are interested in becoming principal investigators on grants. There will be sessions on funding opportunities available, personal experience of securing funding as an applied statistician, demonstrating patient benefit in methodological research and improving practical skills (such as writing an excellent plain English abstract, writing a public involvement section).
Agenda
Session 1 Chaired by Janet Peacock, King’s College London
10.50am Welcome and introduction to the NIHR Statistics Group
Professor Janet Peacock, Co-Lead of the NIHR Statistics Group
11.00am Personal experience of successfully securing methodology funding as a PI
Professor Richard Emsley, King’s College London
Dr Peter Thompson, NIHR Trainees Coordinating Centre, Leeds
12pm MRC-NIHR Methodology Research Programme – panel member perspectives
Professor Tim Peters, University of Bristol
Lunch 12.30-1.30pm
Session 2 Chaired by Gordon Prescott, University of Aberdeen
1.30pm Interactive session: Writing an excellent plain English abstract
Zoe Trinder-Widdess, NIHR CLAHRC West
2.30pm Public involvement in methodological research
Laura Flight, University of Sheffield
Tea 3.00-3.15pm
Session 3 Chaired by Sam Leary, University of Bristol
3.15pm Interactive session: Writing an excellent patient and public involvement section
Roy Powell, RDS South West, Exeter Office
Professor Steven Julious, University of Sheffield
4.30pm Close