The Verisian Community Podcast
Episodes
The Evolution of Statistical Programming: How AI, Open Source & Traceability are Shaping the Future | Episode 17
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Description Andrew York has over 30 years experience as a statistical programmer and biostatistician. From the beginning of his career as a statistici...
The Birth of the CRO Industry: How Parexel Transformed Drug Development | Episode 16
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Description Josef von Rickenbach is a true pioneer in the pharmaceutical industry. In 1982, he co-founded Parexel, a company that would go on to defin...
The End of Double Programming? | Episode 15
22 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary Double programming has long been the industry standard for validation in statistical programming, but is it the most effective approa...
The Future of R in Clinical Programming | Episode 14
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary In this episode, we sit down with David, an expert in R programming for clinical trials, to discuss the evolving landscape of statist...
Open Source and OpenStudyBuilder | Episode 13
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary In this episode of the Verisian Community Podcast, Katja explores the huge potential of open-source tools in clinical development. Sh...
Automation and AI in Clinical Trial Reporting | Episode 12
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary In this episode, Shafi discusses his decades-long journey and what led him into the world of statistical programming. He shares insig...
The Future of Clinical Trials | Episode 11
21 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary In this episode, Nijat from Lindus Health shares their vision for building the future of clinical trials by creating what they call t...
Mastering Statistical Programming: Journey, Skills, Challenges, and Future Insights | Episode 10
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary In this episode of the Verisian Community Podcast, we welcome Sunil Kumar Pusarla to share his journey and insights from over 20 years...
Tactical and Strategic Use of AI in the Planning, Evaluation, and Reporting of Clinical Trials
31 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary In this episode of the Verisian Community Podcast, Richardus Vonk discusses the transformative role of AI in clinical trials. He explo...
The Limitations and Opportunities of Large Language Models
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary In this episode of the Verisian Community Podcast, we welcome Ricardo Baeza-Yates, a renowned computer scientist, to discuss the world...
Navigating Challenges and Unlocking Opportunities as a Statistical Programmer
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary In this episode of the Verisian Community Podcast, we welcome Daniel Rolo, Director of Statistical Programming at Parexel to discuss t...
The New Age Statistical Programmer
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary In this Verisian Community Podcast episode, we welcome Ritika Aggarwal from Novartis, who shares insights on the evolving landscape o...
Good Programming Practice in Clinical Programming II
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary In this episode of the Verisian Community Podcast, we're thrilled to welcome Mansi Thakrar, a Statistical Programmer at Massachusetts ...
Automation, Generative AI, and Success in Statistical Programming
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary In this episode of the Verisian Community Podcast, we welcome Shadab from Merck and Rahul from Johnson & Johnson. Our conversation...
Good Programming Practice in Clinical Programming
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary In this episode of the Verisian Community Podcast, we welcome Cornelia from Bayer, to discuss good programming practice in clinical pr...
Open Source in Clinical Analysis: Challenges, Opportunities
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary In this episode of the Verisian Community Podcast, Kyle (Syneos) and Oliver (Bayer) discuss the challenges and opportunities of open s...
Inaugural Podcast: Validation in Clinical Programming
02 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary In the first episode of the Verisian Community Podcast, Tomás and Henning, along with industry expert Sunil, discuss how new technolo...