Statistics in Pharmaceuticals (2025) : agenda

Agenda

All times are in Eastern Time.

Thursday, Aug 14^th, 2025

Time	Event
7:30 am – 8:30 am	Registration and Breakfast
8:30 am – 10:00 am	Highlights of Statistician Contributions in Pharma Organizers: Revathi Ananthakrishnan, CG Wang Speaker:Ruiyun Jiang, Associate Director Bristol Myers Squibb Speaker: Cong Zhu, Ph.D., Biostatistician Regeneron Speaker: Greg Cicconetti, Senior Director Takeda Title: Dose Finding and Phase I/II Clinical Trials Design Speaker: Samira Soleymani Bristol Myers Squibb
10:00 am – 10:15 am	Break
10:15 am – 10:30 am	Opening Remarks Opening Remarks: Ofer Harel, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UConn
10:30 am – 11:30 am	Keynote Session 1：Pursuing a career as a statistician in the AI era Speaker: Xun Chen, VP & Global Head of Data & Statistical Sciences AbbVie
11:30 am – 1:00 pm	Lunch Break, Networking
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Keynote Session 2： Challenges and opportunities for rare disease drug development Speaker: Dr. Lei Nie, Division Director, FDA FDA
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm	Break
2:15 pm – 3:45 pm	Panel on How to Join/Explore Pharma Organizers: Claude Petit, Glen Laird Speaker: Mekhala Acharya Takeda Pharmaceuticals Speaker: Lingyun Liu Vertex Pharmaceuticals
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm	Break
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm	Training Strategies in Academia to Prepare for Success in Pharma Organizers: Mingyang Shan, Zhantao Lin, Donghui Yan Title: 4 ‘T’ for success – Theory, Tool, Think, and Talk Speaker: Jack Lee, Professor University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Speaker: Lixin Gao President of Biopier
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Banquet: Vaccine Trials? Oh My Speaker: Dean Follmann National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Friday, Aug 15^th, 2025

Time	Event
8:00 am – 9:00 am	Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:30 am	Statistical Innovation in Pharma Organizers: Yulia Sidi, Yannis Jemiai, Zhongkai Wang Title: Statistical Excellence: How CMC Statisticians Drive Biologic Product Success Speaker: Sara Byers Bristol Myers Squibb Title: Real-World Data and Evidence in Study Designs… Speaker: Frank Fan Bristol Myers Squibb Title: Making Big Impact Through Micro-innovations Speaker: Junjing “Jane” Lin Takeda Title: Exploring Group Sequential Design for Time-to-Event Endpoints: Fundamentals, Examples, and Simulations Speaker: Yujie Zhao Merck & Co.
10:30 am – 10:45 am	Break
10:45 am – 11:45 am	Keynote Session 3: A meaningful career as a pharmaceutical statistician Speaker: Yili L. Pritchett, VP, Head of Biometrics in Neumora Therapeutics Neumora Therapeutics
11:45 am – 2:30 pm	BBQ Lunch, Student Posters
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm	Programming and Data Science in Pharma Organizers: Albert Man, Jeremy Hunter Title: “My journey to become a statistical programming leader” Speaker: Norihiko “Nori” Oharu Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Title: Best practices and guidance for machine learning and large language model operations Speaker: Dr. Jacob Gagnon Biogen
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm	Award Announcements and Closing Remarks

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