Applied Statisticians as Principal Investigators Webinar
There is a recording of this webinar available to view, and a Word file of some additional questions and answers from Ianina Conte.docx.
This webinar was aimed at applied statisticians interested in becoming principal investigators on grants. There were sessions on funding opportunities available, personal experience of securing funding as an applied statistician and public involvement and patient benefit in statistician led research.
Programme
10:00-10:10 Brief introduction to NIHR Statistics Group and the NIHR Methodology Incubator
Professor Dawn Teare and Dr Catey Bunce, NIHR Statistics Group Leads
Session 1: Opportunities available to be a principal investigator
chaired by Dr Sam Leary (Lead of Career Development Group) on behalf of
the NIHR Statistics Group
10:10-10:25 Opportunities for leading grant applications – RfPB
Dr Ianina Conte (Research for Patient Benefit, National Institute for Health Research)
10:25-10:40 Opportunities for leading grant applications – Better Methods, Better Research
Dr Rosalind Roberts (Better Methods, Better Research, Medical Research Council)
10:40-11:05 Personal experience of successfully securing methodology funding as a PI
Professor Richard Emsley, King’s College London
11:05-11:30 Personal experience of successfully securing methodology funding as a PI
Dr Jonathan Bartlett, University of Bath
Session 2: Public involvement and patient benefit in statistician led research
chaired by Dr Mona Kanaan (Statistics Workstream Lead) on behalf of the NIHR Methodology Incubator
11:45-12:10 Patient and public Involvement in Numerical aspects of Trials
Dr Beatriz Goulao, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen
12:15-12:35 Developing a Framework for Public Involvement in Mathematical and Economic Modelling: Bringing New Dynamism to Vaccination Policy Recommendations
Professor Sophie Staniszewska and Dr Edward Hill, University of Warwick
12:35-13:00 Demonstrating patient benefit in methodological research
Professor Gordon Taylor, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter