Career Development in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry
Hisani Madison and I met as trainees in the NCI Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program. She recently transitioned from working at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to AstraZeneca. Of course, I was really intrigued about her transition from the FDA to working in pharma. I also thought that maybe our blog readers might be interested in this too! So I asked her to answer some questions for this blog post. Thank you to Hisani for being so generous in sharing her experiences with us!
Navigating through one’s career might seem daunting for some healthcare research & development (R&D) professionals. Defining objectives and tangible milestones can help deconvolute the process.
Michelle Chen, Technical Sales Consultant at Lucideon, shares her best learnings on how to actively take strides towards staying professionally fit for her future. She walks us through the journey of making her leap as an accomplished R&D scientist at Johnson & Johnson to a commercial business-driven role at Lucideon.
We previously posted on the pros and cons of different childcare options, such as daycare, nanny/nanny share, and family care. However, our previous childcare posts are no longer directly applicable to our current pandemic environment.
A statement about injustice without action will not create change. Therefore, we have identified 4 actionable allyship goals for this website to better support the career development of women professionals, particularly women of color, in pharma/biotech.
I am often amazed at the insensitive comments people sometimes direct to moms. They don’t realize that there are things you should try not to say to moms, especially to working moms.
