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Last week, at the NIH Career Symposium, I was a panelist in a session on global public health careers. Public health is getting a lot of attention now, especially among scientists who desire tangible impact. The other panelists worked in government public health agencies, and I was the only panelist in the pharmaceutical industry. Here, I share my notes from preparing for the session and some thoughts after the discussion with attendees.

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Public health includes access to medicines. Photo by Artem Podrez
...continue reading "How to Transition into Public Health … in the Pharmaceutical Industry?"

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This week's guest post comes from Joannie Yeh, pediatrician and time management life coach. She tackles an important subject - working mom guilt - and gives us concrete techniques to deal with it. You can find more from her at Betamomma.com. Happy Mother's Day!

You may not think spending more time with your kids is as easy as something you could start today. Since most of my friends – who happen to mostly be women who work outside the home - began having kids, I noticed that a common post on their social media was about how they wished they had more time with their kids. I have almost 10 years of harboring these sentiments myself, with my firstborn entering this world just as I completed pediatric residency training. More recently, I also completed training as a time management life coach. With my experience as a working mom of 3 kids and as a time management life coach, I developed a system for working moms so they can spend more time with their kids without guilt. Here is the very do-able and practical quick win first step of that system.

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Photo by Monstera
...continue reading "The Guilt-Free Working Momma’s Manual to Spending More Time With Kids"

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This week's guest post is by Avani Shahlenis. She and I were colleagues in the same department several years ago at Genentech. When she announced that she was leaving the company, I was interested for her to share her "why." On this blog, we primarily focus on getting into and thriving in careers in pharma. However, I think it's relevant to think about what we gain from our pharma experiences to transition out as well. Here is Avani's unique story.

Photo by Brett Jordan
...continue reading "Why I Left Pharma – A Journey of Personal Transformation & Healing to Courageously Act on My Purpose – Guest Post"

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Recently, Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, RPh, CEO of Arches Health, LLC, contacted me. She trains PharmDs to leverage expertise in pharmacogenomics to consult in various areas of healthcare. We talked about how pharmacists can bring a wealth of knowledge, including pharmacogenomics, to work in a variety of roles in the pharmaceutical industry.

She kindly offered to write a guest post about how PharmDs who are trained in pharmacogenomics (PGx) are particularly well-suited for working in the pharmaceutical industry. Here is her guest post co-written by her colleague Jennifer Marquez, PharmD, BCOP, GPGx, Founder/CEO of PharmDNA, LLC.

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PharmDs trained in pharmacogenomics are well-suited for the pharmaceutical industry. Photo by Sangharsh Lohakare
...continue reading "Why Having Pharmacogenomics Expertise Makes PharmDs Invaluable for Pharmaceutical Companies"