Niamh McGuinness is Director of Pharma Solutions with the Applied AI Science Team in IQVIA. Niamh leads a diverse group of experts who build AI solutions and utilize a suite of award-winning technology to help pharma customers protect participant privacy and surface critical insights from unstructured data and literature, for a vast array use cases from bench to bedside, including R&D, drug safety and medical affairs. Niamh has been with IQVIA for 8 years. She received her PhD in neuroimmunology from Trinity College, Dublin.

Peter Mesenbrink, PhD is an Executive Director of Biostatistics at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in East Hanover, New Jersey. Peter received his BS in Mathematics from UVM in 1989 and a PhD in Statistics from NCSU in 1995. He joined Novartis in 1995 and is currently Therapeutic Area Head of Biostatistics for Rheumatology. He is an active member and leader within IMI EU-PEARL. Peter has research interests in statistical methodology for estimands/handling of missing data, design of master protocols, and meta-analysis methods. He is currently on the Board of Directors for the Clinical Research Data Alliance to improve how we share data within the scientific community.