Alexander Schacht

As a father, I want to have the right evidence to make sound treatment decisions for my kids. As a son, I want to give good advice to my mother about her therapy because I can access the right data. As a spouse, I want to have confidence in providing advice on treatments based on well communicated studies. As a patient myself, I want to have meaningful discussions with my physician based on relevant evidence.

I received a PhD in biostatistics, worked 20+ years as a statistician in all phases of clinical research in both pharma and CRO, and created my own company to build a community of like minded statisticians, data scientists, programmers and other quantitative researchers. I currently work at Cytel - a quantitative research organisation focused on leveraging data science to advance human health.

I believe that we, as quantitative scientists, must play a bigger role in healthcare. We must influence our organisations, our industry, and our society to create and demand sound evidence.

I'm a data science educator and community builder who wants to help you cultivate a community of practice for yourself. I talk a lot about the benefits of making genuine human connections, the power of vulnerability, and why we all benefit when we show up as our whole selves. I'm also the host of the Data Humans podcast where my motto is: data science is not one thing.

I love connecting people across the data science community to share what they're accomplishing with data and help others do the same through community discussions, industry meetups, and more.