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Visiting Professor Andrew Vickers gave stunning presentations on 1st of March, 2024

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With Focus on Reforming the Gleason System and Common sense in Research the renowned biostatistician and researcher from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (USA) sparked a lively exchange.

Hosted by The Department of Urology at MedUni Vienna and the Comprehensive Cancer Center Visiting Professor Andrew Vickers gave distinguished presentations. He imparted his expertise, insights, and critical analysis on "Reforming the Gleason System with a bigger picture theme of evidence based Pathology in Prostate Cancer" and the Common sense in Research with a thrilling presentation to "Six statistical slip ups (and how to avoid them)" and an exciting discussion to "How to be a successful academic: what you always wanted to know but no-one would ever tell you" to the the physicians and scientists at the Medical University of Vienna. 

The visit took place on the 1st of March, 2024, and marked a successful start with the first Visiting Professor visit of this year.

Shahrokh Shariat, Chair of the Department of Urology at MedUni Vienna: "It has been an honor to host Andrew, he is a superb scientist, critical thinker, and educator".