Panel:Translating Academic Training into Industry Readiness
Title: TBD
Friday, Aug 20th, 2026
Speaker: Xiaoyan Liu, Senior Principal Biostatistician
Novartis
Xiaoyan Liu works as a trial statistician at Novartis, supporting clinical studies in the immunology therapeutic area. Xiaoyan received his PhD in Biostatistics from Boston University and worked as an extern in the biometrics department at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. His research interests include clinical trial designs, estimands, and missing data handling.
Title: TBD
Friday, Aug 20th, 2026
Speaker: Hongjian Zhu, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Statistics and Data Science
Novartis
TBD