STING-Chat - What makes this trial great – discussion with ACTA-STInG Excellence in Trial Statistics 2026 award winner

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Join Professor Leonid Churilov and Dr Hannah Johns, winners of the 2026 ACTA-STInG Excellence in Trial Statistics Award, as they take us behind the scenes of their award-winning trial.

In this webinar, Prof Churilov and Dr Johns will discuss the trial and the statistical approaches that contributed to its success, sharing insights into what made it stand out to the ACTA-STInG judging panel.

The session will provide an opportunity to hear directly from the statisticians involved in the trial, explore some of the challenges and considerations they faced, and learn more about the role that high-quality statistical design and analysis played in the trial.

The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session, giving attendees the opportunity to ask questions and explore the approaches discussed in more detail.

This webinar will be of interest to statisticians, researchers, clinical trialists and anyone interested in the design, conduct and analysis of high-quality clinical trials.

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Presenters

Prof Leonid Churilov

Prof Churilov is Professor of Biostatistics at Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne. He completed both his BSc(Hons) (1993) and PhD (1998) degrees at the University of Melbourne. In 2007- early 2019 he was Head of Statistics and Decision Analysis at Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia. In 2022 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS). Prof Churilov co-authored over 500 publications in the areas of modelling methodology and clinical applications, including those published in New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, British Medical Journal, Nature Biotechnology, as well as in top flagship journals in Neurology, Stroke, Medical Statistics, and Operations Research.

Dr Hannah Johns

Hannah is a Biostatistician with an interest in novel statistical methods and trial designs for the study, analysis and delivery of stroke care. She is a recognised expert in the use of statistical and machine learning, and regularly provides statistical and technical support to a range of clinical projects, and is responsible for the implementation of adaptive randomisation procedures in several stroke trials. Hannah is a current member of the executive of the Australasian Stroke Trials Network and has developed and contributed statistical software to the Comprehensive R Archive Network.

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