We are pleased to announce Leonhard Held as the first keynote speaker for the RSS 2026 International Conference next September.
Leonhard Held is Full Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Zurich (UZH), where he is Head of the Biostatistics Department at the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, Program Director of the Master Program in Biostatistics and Director of the Center for Reproducible Science and Research Synthesis. He has previously held posts at Imperial College London, Lancaster University and LMU Munich.
Professor Held was Associate Editor for several statistical journals and has served as Editor of Biometrical Journal and the Annals of Applied Statistics. His current research interests are in reproducibility and replicability, clinical trials methodology, evidence synthesis and meta-science.
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RSS 2026 International Conference will take place in Bournemouth from 7-10 September.
Further speakers will be announced over the coming months.