Workplace stories from inside Veramed.
Veramed Stories follows conversations with Veramed colleagues across statistics, people leadership, learning, and internal culture. The tone is friendly and practical, with episodes moving from personal stories into broader lessons about work, confidence, values, and communication.
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Veramed Stories is a workplace interview podcast centered on the people and culture of Veramed. It brings together statisticians, people leaders, learning specialists, previous hosts, and employees from different parts of the company for calm, conversational episodes. The show is not flashy. Its appeal comes from the way colleagues talk through real workplace experiences in plain language. Episodes often begin with introductions and personal context before moving into the professional point of the conversation. That structure gives the show an easy, human rhythm. A discussion about data visualization becomes a conversation about how people understand complex information, not just a technical overview of charts. An episode on imposter syndrome moves from definition to lived experience, perfectionism, confidence, and how people recognize their own achievements. Conversations about Veramed values connect culture to hiring, learning, succession planning, peer recognition, and meaningful work. Other episodes focus on lunchtime learning sessions, Pride Month, board roles, career paths, and the evolution of the podcast itself. The tone is warm and accessible, with enough repetition and restatement to make internal ideas legible to listeners outside the company. It also has a gentle behind-the-scenes quality. The 50th episode, for example, reflects on previous hosts, the podcast's reach, and the experience of being on either side of the microphone. Season 2 shifts toward a working group format, adding voices such as Emily, Zoe, Sam, Daria Shamayda, and others to the podcast's production and hosting mix. That change makes the show feel more ensemble-led than personality-led. Veramed Stories is especially useful for people curious about employee training, professional development, statistics careers, workplace inclusion, and how a company explains itself from the inside. It can be light and personable, but it usually returns to a practical lesson. The result is a candid, friendly record of how Veramed employees talk about their work, their growth, and the culture around them.
Made for: For listeners interested in employee experience, statistics careers, workplace learning, people leadership, and the culture behind a biopharmaceutical services company.
What sets it apart: The show stands out because it lets Veramed colleagues explain the company from the inside, through ordinary conversation rather than polished corporate narration.
Join Francesca Pannullo, a Senior Statistician at Veramed, as she sits down with Veramed employees - from graduates to executive leaders at Veramed - to discuss their unique view, experience and stories. Whether it's career growth, company culture, leadership, mental health or recent news within the bio-pharmaceutical space, this podcast has it covered.
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Veramed Stories turns workplace culture and technical practice into candid, concrete conversations about how a specialist company develops its people.
Veramed Stories makes company life concrete through Francesca Pannullo's conversations with colleagues. Rather than treating culture as a slogan, it follows how people describe their work, professional confidence and the systems around them.
Workplace self-doubt meets data visualization, with Francesca Pannullo asking questions you'd save for trusted colleagues.
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A practical case for making data visible, faster to read, and easier to understand.
This episode treats data visualization as a working tool, not a decoration. It makes the case that charts can expose patterns, speed up understanding, and sometimes make analysis possible at all.
A steady, practical discussion of imposter syndrome and the habits that keep it going.
Veramed Stories turns a familiar work anxiety into something clear and easy to follow, with Francesca Penillo and Diana Stewart tracing what imposter syndrome is, how it surfaces, and what it takes to move through it.
A clear look at how Veramed checks whether its values still fit as it grows.
Veramed Stories follows a values conversation into a clear account of how a company checks whether its principles still match the way it works.
A milestone episode that mixes audience stats with an easy reunion and a relaxed, personal tone.
Francesca Pinillo closes out the 50th episode of Very Med Stories with Ian and Himesh back in the room, and the conversation feels like a reunion that knows exactly where it has been.
Practical HR conversations for changing workplaces.
At Veramed Stories, Matt Jones explains how AI could reshape CRO work while retaining the accuracy and traceability expected in a patient-focused industry.
The podcast introduces its new working group format and features host Zoe discussing her background and excitement for covering topics like career growth and diversity inclusion.
Data visualization starts with a practical question.
Francesca Penillo welcomes Diana Stewart back to Veramed Stories for a conversation about imposter syndrome.
Francesca Penillo welcomes Tom Seymour back to Veramed Stories for a conversation about Veramed’s values.
This episode discusses VeriMed's lunchtime learning sessions for employees, featuring hosts and guests exploring how these sessions foster professional development and company culture.
Francesca Pinillo marks the 50th episode of Veramed Stories with stats that include 44 countries, almost 70 guests, and 3,524 total streams.
This episode features an interview with Tom Seymour, the Chief People Officer and newest board member at Veramed, discussing his background, career transition into HR, and his role in people management.
This Pride Month special episode features colleagues sharing their experiences with coming out and navigating LGBTQ+ identity in their professional careers.
This episode features an interview with colleagues Toby and Ian discussing their presentations at the PSI Conference 2023, focusing on innovations in dose finding for oncology studies and Verimed's involvement.
This episode interviews Tom about his upcoming presentation at PHUSE US Connect 2023, focusing on using R shell scripts for data analysis and resourcing at Veramed.