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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Don't miss out on the last webinar in our #AdverseEvent special series! November 27th 3-4pm (GMT) Louise Hill and Francesca Schiavone will be talking about their work on safety reporting in neonatal clinical trials To register for the webinar please complete the following: lnkd.in/ebMSPhds

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Imperial Clinical Trials Unit @imperialctu.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Last night we celebrated our wonderful Director, Professor Victoria Cornelius at her inaugural lecture. She shared her academic journey highlighting the research she has been instrumental in where innovations in statistical methods have led to real changes in clinical trials and their outcomes.

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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

📢 New blog post: www.statsci.co.uk/post/highlig... One of our NIHR pre-doctoral fellows Xiao Xuan Tan recently attended ISCB 2025 which was packed with cutting-edge statistical research & inspiring keynotes. Read all about her key highlights and takeaways from attending the conference here

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Highlights and Reflections from ISCB 2025

This summer, I had the opportunity to attend the 46th Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB) in Basel. It was an incredible week of learning and networking wi...

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Richard Hooper @richardhooper.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

📢 Interested in a PhD in clinical trials methodology? The Trials Methodology Research Partnership are advertising projects for PhDs starting Oct 2026, in statistics, health economics, epidemiology, social science, and more, hosted at one of 12 UK partner institutions. mrctmrpdtp.com/current-oppo...

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We have an iCASE studentship available to start for the 2025/2026 academic year, and applications to our fifth round of recruitment to our DTP to start in October 2026 are now also open. Please see…

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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

📢 Chelsea&Westminster Hospital NHS Trust Research Dept. are looking for an enthusiastic & dedicated senior statistician with experience working on drug trials to lead on the statistical work for a small portfolio of sponsored studies. For details please see here: www.chelwest.nhs.uk/about-us/wor...

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Richard Hooper @richardhooper.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I'm doing a webinar in two weeks (15 Oct 1-2pm BST), part of NIHR Research Support Service's Methods Academy series, on the age-old question: should I do a stepped wedge trial? Free registration, details here: tinyurl.com/z6cjvce3 @nihr-rss.bsky.social @wiphcem.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social

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Imperial Clinical Trials Unit @imperialctu.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

💬Got 5 mins? Help improve clinical trials by sharing your thoughts on health data collection. @anniestats.bsky.social a PhD researcher at Imperial has designed this survey with the help of her public involvement groups. 🔗 imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #PPI #HealthEquity #ResearchVoices

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Public Perspectives on Digital Data Collection in Clinical Trials

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

In our latest adverse event webinar Jeffrey Aronson & Igho Onakpoya discuss their review that looked at how data from clinical study reports compare with data in published trial reports. Catch-up on their talk here: www.statsci.co.uk/webinar-series

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Imperial Clinical Trials Unit @imperialctu.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

And that's a wrap on this year's NIHR undergraduate internships. It's been a pleasure hosting three rising stars, they've each achieved so much in just 8 weeks. We can't wait to see what the future holds for them. Congratulations Alex, Mahima & Joe and good luck with the rest of your studies.

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Suzie Cro @suziecro.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Are estimands being correctly used? A new review of protocols led by Timothy Clark shows many incorrectly defined estimand attributes. See the top areas for improvement & full results here: trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #Trials

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Thurs 4th September is the next webinar in our adverse event special series. Jeffrey Aronson & Igho Onakpoya will present their review of Clinical Study Reports & discuss the insights they offer when trying to quantify intervention benefits & harms. Sign up here: lnkd.in/ebMSPhds

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Imperial Clinical Trials Unit @imperialctu.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Join us for Professor Victoria Cornelius' inaugural lecture - Under pressure: smarter trials for better health outcomes Thursday, 30 October 2025 17.30 - 18.30 GMT Register here: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19688...

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Under pressure: smarter trials for better health outcomes

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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Attending the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics this week? Don’t miss @ellievanvogt.bsky.social and Xiao Xuan who will be presenting these exciting topics:

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Don't miss this exciting opportunity to join us at @imperialctu.bsky.social @statsci.bsky.social. Closing 28th August 2025

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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Meet Alex Dixon, who is spending his summer experiencing life within ICTUs statistics and trial methodology group and conducting a research project with us as part of an NIHR undergraduate internship Find out what he has been up to here: www.statsci.co.uk/news

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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

🔊We're hiring! Imperial Clinical Trials Unit are looking for an ambitious senior statistician with experience in clinical trials & design & analysis of adaptive trials to lead a research programme in antimicrobial resistance & data-enabled trials. Full details: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

🔊We're hiring! We are looking for an ambitious senior statistician with experience in clinical trials and the design and analysis of adaptive trials to lead a research programme in antimicrobial resistance and support colleagues in data-enabled trials. Full details: lnkd.in/eWpwsH6s

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Catch-up on today's adverse event webinar here: www.statsci.co.uk/webinar-series

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Next week we continue our adverse event special series. On Thursday 3rd July 1pm (BST), we host Inga Frantz who will be discussing their paper demonstrating the development and testing of a tool to assess the systematic collection of AEs in parenting intervention studies.

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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Attending #PSI2025 at Wembley stadium ⚽ this week? Don’t miss new research on a novel multiple imputation procedure for handling missing data in clinical trials targeting a treatment policy estimand by @suziecro.bsky.social James Roger & James Carpenter

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Eeek this makes for a grim read..... - Serious AEs (SAEs) and other AEs (OAEs) results omitted in 14% and 9% of articles, respectively - All-cause mortality missing in over 1/3 of articles - And when AE data was complete, discrepancies in 38% of SAEs, 86% of OAEs, and 36% of mortality outcomes

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Where are the harms? Underreporting of adverse events in clinical trials investigating targeted therapy for endocrine and metabolic disorders: an observational study

This study aimed to assess the completeness and consistency of adverse event (AE) reporting in Clinicaltrials.gov and corresponding peer-reviewed publications for clinical trials investigating targete...

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Richard Hooper @richardhooper.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

📢UK undergraduates thinking about careers in medical statistics, clinical trial management, or other areas of applied health research: here's a great opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team on a paid internship (London-based) this summer. Pass it on! qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Catch up on today's #AdverseEvent special series webinar: www.statsci.co.uk/webinar-series We heard from Rayan Taher & Jenny Yiend about their work on developing a process for assessing the safety of a digital mental health intervention (DHMI) & gaining regulatory approval via the STOP case study.

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Next Thursday, June 5th at 1pm (BST) we host our 4th webinar in our adverse event special series. Rayan Taher & Jenny Yiend will present their work on developing a process for assessing the safety of a digital mental health intervention & gaining regulatory approval. Register here: lnkd.in/eaW3MQrB

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Catch up on all the talks from our Adverse Event special series so far: www.statsci.co.uk/webinar-series

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

In clinical trials it is not only potential benefits that should be measured - it is crucially important that any potential #harms are also investigated 1/7 #MethodologyMonday #118

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Next week (May 22nd) we host our third webinar in our adverse event special series. Regina Stegherr will be discussing the SAVVY project which aims to improve the analyses of AEs in clinical trials using survival methods to handle varying follow-up & competing events. Register here: lnkd.in/eaW3MQrB

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

In 2023 Trials invited submissions that related to the collection, analysis & reporting of adverse events in clinical trials. In this editorial @vcornelius.bsky.social & I summarise the submissions & discuss the implications on applied clinical trials & future methodological research rdcu.be/elLFa

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Annie Wright @anniestats.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Honoured to have been awarded Best Presenter (2nd) at the @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social School of Public Health PhD Symposium. It was great to share the results of my systematic review and show how they motivate my other work packages. Great confidence boost to present at the SCT Conference!

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

📢 New job alert. We're recruiting a Lecturer in Digital Health & Clinical Trials @ Imperial Clinical Trials Unit. We're seeking an experienced methodologist looking for a new leadership & research role to help us grow our portfolio of digitally enabled trials. shorturl.at/IioXW Closing 5th May

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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

📢 We are excited to announce 3 NIHR Undergraduate Internships for students interested in pursuing a career in applied healthcare research or clinical trials. Interns will join our statistics, operations or data systems teams for 8 weeks this summer. www.imperial.ac.uk/clinical-tri...

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NIHR Internships

We have funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Undergraduate Internship Programme to fund an exciting opportunity for three undergraduate students to undertake interns...

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Gary Collins @gscollins.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

NEW PAPER: Updated CONSORT-2025 for reporting randomised trials is now available in the @bmj.com @jama.com , @thelancet.bsky.social, @plos.org and @naturemedicine.bsky.social —> www.bmj.com/content/389/... #openscience #transparency #medsky #statssky #episky

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

What is a life course platform trial and how do we design one? @vcornelius.bsky.social is addressing this interesting question at the Perinatal Science International meeting #PSI #ClinicalTrials #AdaptiveDesigns #Platform

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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Couldn't attend #CCTMM25? Here is a round up from Annie, one of our PhD Students at @imperialctu.bsky.social who gives you a quick run down of day one at the second year of the meeting! Looking forward to next time already. Thank you to all involved in organising and presenting and all attendees!

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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

@ellievanvogt.bsky.social is at #EuroCIM2025 this week presenting their poster ‘Establishing when to use causal machine learning for conditional average treatment effect estimation in randomised controlled trials using simulation’! Make sure to check it out tomorrow if you’re there! ⭐️

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Love this round up of day one of our Contemporary Clinical Trials Methodology Meeting #CCTMM25 from @anniestats.bsky.social

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

@suziecro.bsky.social Introducing what is sure to be an exciting day ahead at the 2nd Contemporary Clinical Trials Methodology Meeting! #cctmm25

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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Todays Trials Adverse Event Special Series Webinar by Andrew Ayi-Ashong Bruce was most excellent! Looking forward to the next in the series!

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Don't miss out on this exciting two day event. Registration closing on the 24th March: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/18598...

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Next week we host our second webinar in this exciting series. Andrew Ayi-Ashong Bruce will be sharing his perspective of collecting and reporting adverse events in vaccine trials in the Gambia. Register for this talk and the many others we have lined up over 2025 here: lnkd.in/eaW3MQrB

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Just registered for the Contemporary Clinical Trials Methodology Meeting in April! Looking forward to hearing from @suziecro.bsky.social & @vcornelius.bsky.social (and seeing them in person!) Book here if you think it sounds good (or want to meet me for coffee☕) www.imperial.ac.uk/events/18598...

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2nd Contemporary Clinical Trials Methodology Meeting

Putting contemporary clinical trials methodology into practice. Do you work in clinical trials and want to find out about the latest in the design and delivery of contemporary trials? Join us for ses...

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Munya Dimairo @mdimairo.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Looking for an NIHR pre-doctoral fellowship opportunity in trials methodology? Feel free to contact me!

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

🔈Announcing a series of webinars showcasing our 2024 Trials Adverse Event Special Series. Over the course of 2025 we have a range of talks lined up covering trial conduct, analysis, reporting, and public involvement. Please register your interest here: forms.microsoft.com/e/qqNgLTP651

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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Registration for our next in-person Contemporary Clinical Trials course is OPEN! This is a bespoke programme for lead investigators who are looking to plan and conduct their own trials There are only 10 places, so register early! Details and registration: www.imperial.ac.uk/clinical-tri...

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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Early bird registration for our 2nd Contemporary Clinical Trials Methodology Meeting is available until February 14th. Find out more about this exciting two-day event and register here: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/18598...

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