Career Development for STEMM researchers
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
It’s clear how academic research training equips scientists for careers in commercial research and development (R&D) labs. However, did you know that your qualifications as a research scientist are also highly sought after by other activities in the pharmaceutical industry? In particular, your qualities as a researcher are highly valued by the medical affairs (med … Read more