Program - International Chinese Statistical Association

ICSA 2010 SYMPOSIUM ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
He has published more than 50 articles in statistics and medical areas. He received several grants from
the Air Force for the development of techniques to evaluate and study the effects of environmental
contaminants such as dioxin on humans. He also received grants from NASA to study the effects of
microgravity to see the effectiveness of exercise countermeasures in minimizing the effects of
microgravity on astronauts. Dr. Pandu Kulkarni joined Eli Lilly in 2000. He has worked in several
therapeutic areas including Osteoporosis, Oncology and Neuroscience. He has designed clinical trials and
has numerous scientific publications in these areas. He is regularly invited to provide training, CME, and
workshops on use of statistics in medical research. He has managed large groups consisting of Medical
Liaisons, Medical Information, Scientific Communications and Statistics within the US Medical Division
of Eli Lilly and Company. He currently manages Statisticians supporting Oncology portfolio across
phases and geographical regions.
Contact information: Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center Indianapolis, IN 46285,
kulkarni@lilly.com, 317-433-1486.
Round Table L9: Careers for New Statisticians in Industry
Discussion Leader(s): Dr. Christy Chuang-Stein
Location and Time: Vision, Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 12:20 p.m.–1:20 p.m.
Abstract: Many statisticians choose a career in industry, lured by the prospect of making
contributions to real-life problems. Unfortunately, the need to take care of urgent and higher priority
project needs on a daily basis means that there is often little time left to attend to individual’s professional
development. Since scholarly activities do not necessarily carry much weight for job performance
reviews, it is easy for industry statisticians to trade off professional development needs for project needs.
At this round table, we will discuss ways to balance these different needs for industry statisticians. Part of
the solutions is to convince management and ourselves that professional development is essential to
effectively delivering on our jobs. As a professional, we need to take time to regularly sharpen our saws
so we could efficiently execute on our jobs. In addition, taking advantage of professional networks could
help us connect with others with whom we can grow and learn together. Please join me at this luncheon
table to exchange ideas, both from the perspective of sharing your experience and that of learning from
others’ experience.
About Discussion Leader(s): Dr. Christy Chuang-Stein , a Fellow of the American
Statistical Association since 1998, is Head of the Statistical Research and Consulting Center at Pfizer.
Christy has 25 years of pharmaceutical industry experience. She serves on the editorial boards of
Pharmaceutical Statistics and Drug Information Journal (DIJ). Christy is a Vice President of the American
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