Welcome to FMS’s autumn meeting 24 Nov 2025!

22 september, 2025

This FMS autumn meeting will be held at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm on 24 November. The programme theme is “Current topics in medical statistics” with applications in academia and industry.

WHEN: Monday 24 Nov at 10:00-16:30 (preliminary end time)

WHERE: Inghesalen, Widerströmska Huset (2nd floor), Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18A, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm

FEE: Participation is free. Coffee breaks included, while lunch is at own expense.

HOW: Register by Nov 17 at this registration link: https://forms.gle/ZozXgXyhoqGfPzdH9

Preliminary program

TimeDescriptionSpeaker
09:30Drop-in fika (simple breakfast sandwich)
10:00Student awardSecret presenter 
10:20The mechanism-based approach for age-period-cohort modelsArvid Sjölander, KI
10:50Understanding the spatial variation of prostate cancer testing in Stockholm Balram Rai, KI
11:15Fika
11:35My Life as a StatisticianJenny Wissmar, AstraZeneca
12:00TBDHelga Westerlind, KI
12:25Covariate selection strategies and estimands – a review of current practice of risk factor analysis from a causal perspectiveRagna Reinhammar, Uppsala University
12:50Lunch
14:00What’s Hot in Pharma Statistics?Carl-Fredrik Burman, AstraZeneca 
14:15An Adaptive Sequential Bayesian Design for a COVID Vaccine TrialIngrid Lönnstedt, Cytel
14:45ICH E20 Guideline on Adaptive Designs for Clinical Trials – Personal Reflections on the Version Recently Released for Public ConsultationFredrik Öhrn, Johnson & Johnson
15:15Fika
15:35Trump, Paracetamol, and Autism: Causal Lessons from Pregnancy Drug Safety ResearchViktor Ahlqvist, KI
16:10Student AwardSecret presenter
16:30Closing

If you are unable to attend, please notify the organisers (fms@statistikframjandet.se) as we have a limited number of places. Thank you.

We look forward to meeting many of you in Stockholm! 

Carl-Fredrik Burman & Anna Johansson
Organisers on behalf of the FMS board