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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.

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The postdoctoral position in the pharmaceutical industry is a unique position. Companies typically open these postdoc positions to hire early-career scientists who will help explore and understand the biology related to its therapeutics. And the postdoc position exposes the scientist to drug discovery or drug development.

For the early-career scientist, there are several considerations when exploring postdoctoral opportunities in industry.

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