Please could you bring the following to the
attention of any statistics PhD students in the latter half of their PhD
studies.
Please note that there is a relatively tight
deadline of 25th August 2004 for applications
Mike Denham
Head of Statistical Education
Statistical Sciences Europe
GlaxoSmithKline
The Biomedical Data Sciences (BDS) Division
within GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) are inviting a limited number of statistics
PhD students to attend an internal one day Statisticians’ and Programmers’
Conference to be held on 14 October 2004 at the GSK site in Ware, Herts.
The conference will consist of main presentations,
parallel and breakout discussion sessions with a poster display throughout
the day to highlight recent work and issues relating to pharmaceutical
statistics and programming.
What is on offer – An opportunity to learn
more about statistical opportunities at GSK
• Invitation to visit the GSK site
in Harlow to see the Statistics & Programming division working environment
and to meet PhD graduates working at GSK in a variety of statistical roles,
on the afternoon before the day of the conference
• Attendance at the one day conference
with opportunity to contribute a poster of your own PhD work, or of work
relevant to a statistical, pharmaceutical audience
• Reimbursement of travel expenses
and overnight accommodation (the night before the conference)
• Invitation to the evening social
event after the conference to be held in Ware
Who Should Apply
Students should be in the latter half of
their PhD, or have completed their PhD in the past 12 months, and be interested
in learning about statistical opportunities within a large pharmaceutical
company. Priority will be given to students who wish to contribute
a poster to the conference.
Please respond as soon as possible (no later
than 25th August 2004) by email to Amanda Weeks ([log in to unmask]).
Please include the following details:
• Your thesis title with a half-page synopsis
of your PhD
• The (estimated) completion date of your
PhD
• A half-page abstract of your proposed
poster for display at the conference
• Your reason(s) for wishing to attend the
conference
• Your University and Supervisor’s name
