Earlier this week, I visited the University of Pennsylvania as a speaker in the Public Health Certificate Program's seminar series. The students in this program are doctoral students interested in merging their primary research interests in the biomedical fields with public health.
Having learned about my biomedical science background and transition to epidemiology, the director of the program asked me to share my career path with the students.
Oftentimes, students rarely get a glimpse of what happens in industry, so I really relished the opportunity to share how public health skills could be put to work in pharma.
Almost 15 years ago I had been sitting in that same room at Penn as a biomedical graduate student, anxious about whether I was on the right path. Only now in hindsight can I selectively tell a cohesive story of the specific steps I chose that led me on a journey of public health and epidemiology and applying these skills in pharma.
To see my slides from this event, click here.
Some of the questions and discussion points from the event will definitely be future posts on this website, so check back later for more on these topics:
- Pro's and Con's of the NIH postdoc
- Should I do a postdoc in academia or industry?
- How do scientists publish their work in industry?
- What are the skills we look for when hiring scientists in industry?