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Summary: In this presentation, Andy Nicholls, Head of Data Science within GSK Biostatistics, provided an overview of GSK’s WARP environment for Biostatistics. The presentation described the key requirements that led to building the environment and included an overview of the basic technical components that enabled these requirements. Nicholls also discussed GSK support and maintenance strategy for R and R packages.
The presentation touched upon important topics that fed into the discussion:
- Support and maintenance strategy for R
- Controlled execution of R (GxP workflows)
- In-house vs cloud infrastructure
Schedule
- Intro – 10 mins
- Case Study presentation: Scaling R at GSK – 45 mins (including 10 mins for Q&A)
- Break – 5 mins
- Parallel discussions – 45 mins
Speaker
Andy Nicholls is Head of Data Science within GSK Biostatistics. He has been a user and strong advocate for the use of R for over 15 years. Andy is responsible for driving the R adoption initiative within GSK Biostatistics. His team helped create Biostatistics’ first dedicated analytics platform for R and developed a world-wide R training programming. The team has also led the development of several R-based tools and applications to assist the rollout and adoption of R as a clinical and non-clinical reporting capability. Within the wider industry, Andy is the lead for the R Validation Hub, a collaboration to support the adoption of R within a biopharmaceutical regulation setting.
Andy has an MMath degree from University of Bath and MSc Statistics with Applications in Medicine from University of Southampton. Prior to re-joining GSK in 2017 Andy was the Head of Data Science Consultancy at Mango Solutions.