The Biomed Badass Community

Welcome to Biomed Badass where weekly updates are provided on career advancement for academic researchers. We have a community discussion group that focuses on supporting career development both inside and outside academia: Outside academia: Conversations around finding alternative careers to academia and how to obtain/excel in those positions Inside academia: Conversations around the issues involved … Read more

Increasing Success with Non-Academic Job Applications

The metrics for assessing academic applicants are well defined and prescriptive: Number of publications, grant successes, H-index, the prestige of previous institutions you’ve worked at/supervisors you’ve worked for, and your research expertise etc. All these add up to how competitive an applicant is for specific academic post. Ultimately academic researchers allow their academic accolades to … Read more

Interested in Medical Writing as a Career? Here’s the low-down and top tips for breaking-in…

If you enjoy writing and clinical research, don’t love bench work, and aren’t worried about giving up direct knowledge generation as part of your career – medical writing might be a good career option for you. Medical writers (MWs) write scientific communications for academic institutes, and the biotech and pharma industries. They produce a range … Read more