Veramed Stories

A candid conversation with Veramed CEO Troy McCall, exploring his leadership journey, first impressions, and the values that drew him to Veramed. Troy shares his perspective on culture, quality, tech-enabled growth, and what the next decade holds for biometrics. A sharp, human look at modern leadership in a rapidly evolving industry.

The Veramed Podcast is back with a fresh new identity and a global team of hosts ready to dive into an exciting mix of topics and guests. In this kick-off episode, meet Emily, Zoe, Vrushali, Sam, Daria and Lacey as they introduce the season ahead and share what’s coming in 2026. Tune in as we continue championing biometrics built better.

Ahead of our upcoming webinar on Weather, Elections, and Clinical Trials, Steve Mallett, our Senior Manager, Statistics, and Rhys Warham, Senior Statistician I, discuss all things data visualization. We learn about how they got into the field, exploration vs explanation, and new developments and predictions for data vis. Register for Steve's webinar on visualizing uncertainty here: https://www.veramed.co.uk/weather-elections-and-clinical-trials-some-novel-approaches-to-visualizing-uncertainty/

In this episode, we discuss Imposter Syndrome - what it is, what might cause it, and some strategies to manage it. We also share how Veramed supports employees in their journey to overcome these feelings.

In this episode, Francesca talks to Tom Seymour, our Chief People Officer, about Veramed's new values, how our employees got involved in developing them, and why our values are so important to us and to our customers.

Francesca sits down with Anastasiia Konvisarova and Emiko Kemp, former Lunch & Learn hosts, to find out more about the behind-the-scenes of organizing our internal training sessions and the many benefits of presenting!

Francesca sits down with Programmers Thomas King and Ed Hinds to continue our Coder's Corner series. This week's episode covers %GOTO and %RETURN statements in SAS and how you can use them to control macro flow.

Francesca speaks to our Head of India, Gaurab Chakraborty, to find out more about his new role, Veramed's strategy in the region, and where he sees Veramed India in 10 years!

Francesca sits down with Senior Statistician, Claudwynne Jaiyeola, and Statistician Patrik Atkinson to talk about how we're cultivating Veramed's Bayesian expertise through our Bayesian Statisticians Group.

Francesca sits down with Programmers Thomas King and Ed Hinds to continue our Coder's Corner series. This week's episode covers conditional logic in SAS and using the IN operator in a macro %IF,

Francesca talks to Programmer Ed Hinds about how Veramed's Wellbeing Group has been promoting physical activity in the workplace with a Step Challenge.

Francesca sits down with Programmers Thomas King and Ed Hinds to continue our Coder's Corner series. This week's tip is about converting between data types in SAS.

Francesca sits down with Stuart McGuire, our Chief Business Officer and Environmental Ambassador, to learn all about his career path, his role at Veramed, and his love for the environment.

In this episode, Francesca speaks to the founders of Veramed's Journal Club, Principal Statistician Rachel Tham and Senior Statistician Federico Bonofiglio. Discover the purpose of the club and how it contributes to enhancing the depth and diversity of knowledge within Veramed.

Francesca talks to Statisticians Amy Mulick and Marius Sieverding about our Evidence and Value Generation service line - what it means, what they do, and how their role fits into the wider drug development journey.

Francesca talks to Steve Mallett, Senior Manager, Statistics, about what motivation is, balancing motivation and discipline, and finding meaning in your work.

Francesca sits down with the two previous Veramed Stories hosts, Ian and Himesh, to reflect on how far the podcast has come, their favorite moments from hosting, and what we've got in store for the future. We want to make this celebration extra special for all of our listeners. That's why we're giving you the chance to win a £30 Social Supermarket gift voucher. All you have to do is listen to the episode and complete the quiz by December 15th for a shot at the prize! Take the quiz: https://lnkd.in/dRB6uZpw

Francesca talks to Hayley Moss, our Senior HR Coordinator, about the advantages of home working at Veramed, both for the well-being of our employees and for the growth of the company.

Three years after our Kharkiv office opened its doors, Francesca sits down with Daniil Shliakhov, our Director of Veramed Ukraine, to discuss how the Graduate Training Program has grown and how his role has changed in order to support the expanding team.

As we are in October, this week's episode is dedicated to Black History Month! Francesca speaks to Claudwynne Jaiyeola, Senior Statistician I, about the meaning of this national celebration and the importance of it.

Francesca talks to Veramedders Karen Horton, Matt Burgess, and Andrew Horden about their involvement in Veramed's environmental initiatives, including our journey to going carbon positive and our hotly-contested Environment Week competition!

In this week's episode, Francesca speaks to Bre Grignano, Business Development Manager, about her philanthropic work in the US. Bre shares how she gives back to her local community and outlines the charitable initiatives our US team are planning to take part in.

In this episode, Himesh Chauhan welcomes the new Veramed Stories host, Francesca Pannullo! We get an insight into Francesca's plans for the podcast, why she decided to be the new host and how she plans to direct her first few episodes and series.

Coder's Corner started as an information bank for Veramed employees to share their knowledge and tips in SAS that others could learn from. In this episode, Hector Leitch, Senior Programmer I, shares his tips on nested queries in PROC SQL.

Coder's Corner started as an information bank for Veramed employees to share their knowledge and tips in SAS that others could learn from. In this episode, Hector Leitch, Senior Programmer I, shares his tips on %SYSFUNC macro function and modifiers in the COMPRESS function.

In our new mini series ‘Meet the Board’ we introduce each member of our board, discover what their day to day life is like at Veramed and find out more about their role. In today's episode, Himesh speaks to Charlie to talk about his role as a Chief Financial Officer.

In this week's episode, Himesh kicks off the new Veramed Stories mini-series 'Coder's Corner'. Coder's Corner started as an information bank for Veramed employees to share their knowledge and tips in SAS that others could learn from. In this episode, Hector Leitch, Senior Programmer I, shares his tips on changing your tabs to spaces and the INTNX function.

In this week's episode, Himesh kicks off the new Veramed Stories mini-series 'Coder's Corner' with Hector Leitch, Senior Programmer I. Coder's Corner started as an information bank for Veramed employees to share their knowledge and tips in SAS that others could learn from. In this episode, Hector shares his tips on different comment types.

In our new mini series ‘Meet the Board’ we introduce each member of our board, discover what their day to day life is like at Veramed and find out more about their role. In today's episode, Himesh speaks to Katherine to talk about her role as a Chief Operating Officer.

Himesh talks to Cathy Loe, Senior Business Development Manager, to discuss her role and how she has found her first 6 months at Veramed. Cathy shares her experience with the onboarding process whilst being based in the US and tips to those who are looking at applying to a UK based company.

In our new mini series 'Meet the Board' we introduce each member of our board, discover what their day to day life is like at Veramed and find out more about their role. Himesh begins the series by talking to Tom Seymour to discuss his role as a Chief People Officer.

Himesh talks to Alex Watson, Senior Programmer I, to discuss his role and how he has found his first 6 months at Veramed.

It's pride month so we have a special episode this week to celebrate! Himesh is joined by Tom Seymour, Chief People Officer, and Eilish Frain, Commercial Associate, to discuss their experiences being a part of the LGBTQ+ community specifically touching on how it has been throughout their professional careers.

PSI 2023 has come to an end and we had an incredible time. In this week's episode, Himesh speaks to Francesca Pannullo and Andrew Hordern to discuss how the Veramed presentations went, an overview of the theme of PSI 2023 and how we helped offset 110% of the carbon footprint developed by the PSI conference, making it a Climate Positive event.

Himesh talks to Saira Ahmad, Senior Statistician II, to discuss her role and how she has found her first 6 months at Veramed. Saira shares her experience with the recruitment process and tips for new starters who also work from home.

PSI is right around the corner and we are very excited to be attending. In this week's episode, Himesh speaks to Toby Batten and Ian Ratcliffe who will both be presenting at PSI and they discuss what their talks will cover, Veramed's presence at the conference and what they are most looking forward to at the event.

Himesh talks to Kendra Hilson, Senior Manager, Statistics, to discuss her role and how she found her first 6 months at Veramed whilst being based in the US. Kendra shares her tips to those from the US who are also interested in joining a UK based company and how the recruitment processes was like.

Himesh talks to Annie Newton, Senior Office Manager & Twickenham Site Head, about Veramed's Employee Assistance Program (EAP). They discuss what the EAP is, who it is available to and what it offers.

Himesh talks to Afrah Dirie, Statistician II, about her transition from educational research into the pharma industry and how she joined Veramed!

Next week, we're attending ISPOR 2023, a large-scale 3-day conference focusing on health economics and outcomes research (HEOR). Himesh Chauhan speaks to Louise Chapman, Director of Business Development & Marketing, and Rhys Warham, Statistician II, about why we're attending, and all the exciting content that we'll be presenting.

In this episode, Himesh speaks with Stephen Mc Cawille to discuss how his first 6 months have been since joining Veramed, touching on his role, which entails ADaM and TFL programming and Macro development. They also discuss how he found the onboarding process whilst being based in Northern Ireland.

Himesh is joined by Matthew Burgess, who completed Veramed’s Graduate Training Programme in 2021. They discuss Matt’s previous experience in the industry, how he decided to become a Statistician, and why he chose to join a CRO.

Hanna Lytvynenko, Senior Programmer II, talks with Himesh about her first months at Veramed and what it’s like working in our Kyiv office.

In this episode, Himesh is joined by Tom Ratford and Danielle John, who have just returned from PHUSE US in Orlando, Florida. Tom and Danielle share their experiences attending and presenting at the conference and what they learned.

In this episode of the New Starter Perspectives, Himesh talks to Alberto Vidal-Diez to discover how his first 6 months have been since joining Veramed. They discuss Alberto’s transition from Academia to Pharma and his experience onboarding whilst joining remotely from Spain.

Himesh sits down with Sarah McNamara and Abby Fuller, two of our Mental Health First Aid Champions, to find out more about their own journeys and how they’re helping to support the mental health of employees at Veramed.

In this episode of New Starter Perspectives, Himesh talks to Eilish Frain, Commercial Associate, about her varied role supporting the recruitment team and organizing our social events!

In this episode of the New Starter Perspectives, Himesh talks to Anton Schoenstein to discover how his first 6 months have been since joining Veramed. They discuss Anton's experience throughout the recruitment process and onboarding whilst joining remotely from Germany.

Excitement is building as we get closer to PHUSE US Connect! In this episode, Himesh sits down with Tom Ratford, Programmer II, who will be presenting at PHUSE US. They discuss what we're expecting to see at the event this year and run through Tom’s presentation on R Shell Scripts with his top tips for preparing to present to industry peers.

Himesh talks with Liam and Isla, two newly qualified Statisticians who joined Veramed as Programmers and undertook a part time MSc in Statistics. This episode explores how they managed to balance working and studying with their busy social lives and how they were supported by Veramed throughout their course.