Stephen Senn
Statistician and academic with extensive experience in pharmaceutical, regulatory, and academic settings; author and award-winning expert on clinical trial methodology, adaptive designs, and Bayesian/frequentist issues.
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Jan 30, 2026 • 1h 8min
Do Heterogeneous Treatment Effects Exist? | Stephen Senn X Richard Hahn S2E9 | CausalBanditsPodcast
Stephen Senn, medical statistician focused on drug development and trials, and Richard Hahn, ASU statistics professor working on causal inference and regression trees, debate whether heterogeneous treatment effects are real and detectable. They discuss ethics of averaging, richer covariate measurement for discovery, machine learning on RCT data, trial design tradeoffs, and when subgroup findings become actionable.
Mar 30, 2026 • 47min
A Visit with Stephen Senn: Time, Concurrent Controls, and the Bayesian Guidance
Stephen Senn, statistician and award-winning expert in clinical trial methods, discusses time confounding, non-concurrent controls, and challenges in platform and adaptive trials. He covers regression to the mean, time-adjustment modeling choices, blinding complications with multiple treatments, and why operational gains often drive platform trials more than statistical efficiency.
Mar 18, 2024 • 1h 18min
Causal Inference, Clinical Trials & Randomization || Stephen Senn || Causal Bandits Ep. 012 (2024)
Guest Stephen Senn, an expert in causal inference and clinical trials, delves into the myths of randomization and the limitations of randomized trials in answering causal questions. He discusses the importance of understanding mechanisms of change, considering covariates, and the ethical challenges in clinical trials. Senn also explores innovative trial designs in asthma and chronic diseases, the impact of covariates in statistical analyses, and critiques the Bayesian method while engaging in philosophical discussions on determinism and free will.
