Pharmalytics with Nechama Katan

Mining Your Own Business Podcast

Kicking off the second season, Evan Wimpey chats with Nechama Katan, director of data science for a large pharmaceutical company.

In the episode Nechama shares how her journey in the world of analytics and pharmacy began and what she’s learned along the way. From using risk-based monitoring in clinical trials to building effective teams, Nechama’s experience has led to data-driven solutions and better communication.

Come along as Nechama shares her experience in pharmalytics and gain insight on the importance of data literacy in an organization. We hope this episode sparks fresh ideas and perspective!
Key Takeaways:
🔔 How data science comes into play in pharmacy
🔔 The benefits of different perspectives on a team
🔔 How effective data evaluation can impact real people
🔔 The importance of building data literacy to reach a common goal
Quotes:
💬 “Use everything as a learning opportunity. People learn with analogies. Always have an analogy or two or three.”
💬 “In data science in general, you can either think and reason about data or you can’t, and then you can either learn the business or you can't. And if you can learn the business, you can learn any business. If you’re motivated and curious enough about the business, you can learn the business.”
💬 “Programming doesn’t scale; thinking does. And so anything that cuts out and lets you think and leverage kind of what we do well then is worth it.”
Featured in this episode:
Nechama Katan, Director of Data Science, Pharmaceuticals
Nechama Katan is a highly skilled problem solver who uses innovative techniques to help organizations overcome complex technical and process-related issues. With experience working in various industries, including high and low tech, finance, and pharmaceuticals, Nechama has honed her expertise in developing code, creating prototypes, and driving business conversations which solve technical challenges for the leaders she supports. She is the director of data science for a large pharmaceutical company and founder of Wicked Problem Wizards.
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nechama
Evan Wimpey , Director of Analytics Strategy at Elder Research
Company website: elderresearch.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/evan-wimpey
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:36 Nechama’s background and how she got into analytics and pharmacy
01:44 Analyzing high and low risks in the clinical trial space
04:24 Using risk-based monitoring as a method to identify systemic problems
06:04 Defining the team roles and skills needed to be effective
08:17 The importance of having different perspectives represented on a team
11:58 Building data literacy across an organization
15:40 Learning to speak each other’s language to build buy-in
17:27 The impact of AI tools on work productivity
19:55 Approaching changes to processes in pharma analytics
21:24 Dreaming of new horizons in pharma analytics

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