Tommy Pedersen, MSc, MBA

Interim Director of Applied Biostatistics

Tommy Pedersen is a statistician with 30+ years of experience in leadership roles within pharmaceutical companies and Contract Research Organizations (CROs) . He combines a solid foundation in medical statistics with strong expertise in management and leadership.

Tommy joins Red Door Analytics for one year as interim Director of Applied Biostatistics covering Hannah Bower‘s leave. He will focus on overseeing project work at Red Door Analytics and contributing to the company’s strategic development and expansion.

Education

  • MBA in Managing Medical Product Innovation, SIMI, 2008

  • MSc in Mathematical Economics, Aarhus University, 1993

  • MSc in Statistics, Aarhus University, 1993

Latest News from RDA

Check out the latest Posit interview featuring Alessandro

We are excited to share that Dr Alessandro Gasparini, co-chair of the openstatsware working group, has been featured in the latest Posit blog post. In their interview, he and the other co-chairs of the working group take us behind the scenes of building high-quality, open-source statistical software for biostatistics, and shares why this work matters. […]
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Our Contributions to ISCB46: 3 Abstracts, 1 Pre-Conference Course, and 1 Session Chair

We’re excited to announce that our team contributed to this year’s annual conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB46) with one pre-conference course, two oral presentations, one poster, and one session chair. These contributions reflect our ongoing work in both methods development and applied biostatistics, highlighting the core areas of our expertise. A special […]
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Welcome to Rickard

We are excited to introduce our newest team member, Dr Rickard Strandberg, who is joining us as a Senior Biostatistician. Rickard Strandberg is a Biostatistician with ample experience in working with real world data. Throughout his career, he has collaborated closely with clinical researchers and deeply values their insights – particularly in translating high-quality research […]
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Welcome to Tommy

We are excited to introduce our new team member Tommy Pedersen, who is joining us as interim Director of Biostatistics. Tommy is a statistician with many years of experience from leadership roles within big pharmaceutical companies and statistical consultancies. Tommy has a solid foundation in statistics, but has focused most of his career on management […]
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Welcome to Baojing

We are excited to introduce our newest team member, Dr Baojing Li, who is joining us as a Biostatistician. Baojing Li is a statistician specialised in register-based research, multigenerational data linkages, and social determinants of health. She has a solid foundation in survival analysis and structural equation modelling. Her research interests include population mental health, […]
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Five Posters at EHA25

We’re excited to announce that our team has contributed to five posters being presented at this year’s prestigious European Haematological Association (EHA) annual conference. As haematology is one of our specialist areas, we are especially proud to contribute to this event. A special thanks to Dr Sara Ekberg for her efforts and contributions to these […]
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RDA Sponsors the Young Statisticians Meeting 2025 in Liverpool

We are excited to announce that RDA is proudly sponsoring this year’s Young Statisticians Meeting (YSM), taking place in Liverpool. This annual event brings together emerging statisticians from around the world to share knowledge, explore new ideas, and foster professional growth. As a company committed to supporting the next generation of biostatisticians, we are thrilled […]
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Join us at this year’s Biostatistics Networking Event at Karolinska Institutet

We are excited to announce that we will be participating in Karolinska Institutet’s Biostatistics Networking Event as both an exhibitor and a presenter. Be sure to stop by our booth to chat about projects where we can lend our expertise or simply to catch up on your latest work! Our CEO and Director of Statistical […]
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New Publication in European Urology Oncology

In our latest publication, we used joint models of longitudinal and survival data to study the association between PSA trajectories over time and overall survival in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. Previous studies often focus on a single, time-fixed PSA measurement, overlooking how PSA changes over time. By using joint models, we were able to […]
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RDA’s Winter School is back

We’re excited to announce that the 2025 Winter School in Biostatistics will be held at Forskaren in Stockholm, Sweden, from November 17–21, 2025. This year’s program focuses on causal inference in survival analysis, as well as competing risks and multi-state models. The Winter School is designed for clinical researchers, statisticians, and professionals working with survival […]
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Join Alessandro for a free seminar on the use of Bayesian methods at RDA

We are happy to announce that Dr Alessandro Gasparini will be giving a seminar on the use and development of Bayesian statistics at Red Door Analytics, hosted at Karolinska Institutet. The seminar is part of the Learn Bayes seminar series, organised by Karolinska Institutet. Dr Alessandro Gasparini is a Principal Statistical Methodologist at Red Door […]
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New Publication on Estimating the Mean Number of Events

In our latest publication, we introduce a novel parametric model for estimating the mean number of events in the presence of competing risks. This paper was led by Dr Joshua Entrop as part of his PhD project at Karolinska Institutet and co-authored by Dr Michael Crowther. This advanced model simultaneously models both recurrent and competing event […]
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