pharmaverse

Working Group Scope

pharmaverse is a connected network of companies and individuals working to promote collaborative development of curated open-source R packages for clinical reporting use in pharma, in a space where previously we would only ever have worked in silos on our own closed-source and often duplicative solutions. Adopting shared solutions in this post-competitive space should ultimately ease regulatory review, resulting in bringing new treatments to patients faster.

For a full list of projects, see pharmaverse.org.

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Julia Gnatek is a Clinical Data Scientist at Novo Nordisk. She began her career as a statistical programmer and is now a statistical programming project lead within the Rare Disease area. As an R, SAS and Python user, Julia is dedicated to leveraging her programming skills to drive innovation within the organisation. Outside of work, she enjoys participating in data science communities and attending industry conferences to stay updated with the latest trends and advancements.

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Nicholas Masel is the Associate Director Innovation Team Lead within Clinical & Statistical Programming at Janssen R&D. In this role, he is responsible for leading the design and implementation of technical solutions for global department use, as well as exploring emerging tools and technologies for potential practical application in support of portfolio needs. Some of his work relevant to the Data Visualization and Open Source Technologies scope of work include helping to lead the transition of Janssen R&D’s Statistical Programming group from an SAS-based environment to an environment that supports SAS, R and Python. Nicholas’s responsibilities include leading the R Implementation Team, developing internal and external R packages, validating R packages, and developing and deploying Shiny applications within the current ecosystem. He is also an active member and contributor to several external organisations beyond PHUSE. He is the Janssen representative for the pharmaverse Adoption Working Group and Technology and Templates Working Group, TransCelerate’s Modernization of Statistical Analytics project and a member of R Consortium’s Infrastructure Steering Committee. He also contributes as an R package developer to logrx, envsetup and tidytlg.

Prior to transitioning to the Associate Director Innovation Team Lead role, Nicholas was a Statistical Programming Lead responsible for the planning and oversight of statistical programming activities in support of clinical projects. He holds a master’s degree in economics from East Carolina University and lives in Raleigh, NC with his wife and dog. In his free time, he enjoys organising the RTP R User Group, contributing to the local community through the Rotary Club of North Hills, helping in the local community garden, and he recently joined CrossFit (where he finishes last in everything).