Career Development for STEMM researchers
Dr Vic This is one of the most common questions that people reach out to me with. It seems many early career researchers are trying to decide if they should pursue academia as a long-term career option. Lots of researchers aspire to obtaining a permanent academic position and achieve a lab of their own, but most also … Read more
Last week I was interviewed by the University of Bath’s career service for their website, where I gave an overview of my career history to date, my current work as a medical writer and tips for getting into medical communications. Check out what I had to say at: http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/careers/2019/01/21/researcher-alumni-case-study-medical-writing/ If medical writing is a … Read more
This week I’ve been fortunate enough to speak with Dr Daniel (Dan) Beacham, a Senior Staff Scientist at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Dan’s worked in research and development (R&D) at Thermo Fisher since 2006, following a move from academia. Here I ask Dan about his move out of academic research to R&D in the technology development … Read more