Career Paths
Shu Chin
Ma
Where do all the good generic drugs go?
The Office of Generic Drugs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), of course.In 2014, generic drugs saved the U.S health care system $254 billion dollars, and with the recent outrageous price hiking of an HIV medication (cough, cough, by a greedy you-know-who), it’s even more crucial ...
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Holly
Brevig
Unique Career Opportunities
In one of my blogs, I briefly wrote about career options and provided a table with various career types and organizations to find these careers.I wanted to focus on what I thought were unique opportunities that I did not know about when I was in graduate school. Just as a quick background, I w...
Tom
Ruginis
I Will Not Hire You If.....
As a CEO at HappiLabs, I have to manage the growth of the company, which includes hiring.We are only a 5-person company, but we’re growing and, currently, I receive about one resume or inquiry per day. Each resume is guaranteed about 5 seconds of my time, as I do a quick glance to evaluate the...
Sandlin
Seguin
Working on an Agile Team
A fun buzzword I am seeing in job descriptions is agile. You will be part of an Agile team..., or ...using Agile methodology. It’s very common in the software industry, but certainly getting some usage in other industries that have projects where the goals or scope may change during the devel...
Andrea
Habura
Life Among the Machines
When I meet people at cocktail parties, I tell them I build robots for a living. Which is the truth, but not the whole truth.
Clement
Weinberger
The Editor Surfaces
So, what’s been happening with the manuscript that you uploaded a month or two ago? You've been logging in to the journal every few days for a while now to follow the status of your article and checking your e-mail carefully. At last, the editor has sent you a decision. What could it be? Acce...
Clement
Weinberger
Got journals? How to pick ‘em
OK, so you’ve finished your publication manuscript, and all the coauthors agree that it’s ready for submission. Got a journal? Build a short list of target journals.
Clement
Weinberger
Send it on its way-an “uploading” experience
A blank computer screen might be one of the scariest things on your bench or desk(top).
Hamilton
Lenox
Transitioning to Business Development
While my background is as a chemist, and my first role in industry was as a bench chemist, for the past 13 years, I’ve been handling business development, sales and marketing for a number of different organizations.
Michael
Salgaller
Research Funding: Who You Know, not Just What You Know
Funding is essential to maintain and grow one’s career. Since few of us are independently wealthy, and since medical research is expensive, most of us pursue funding by asking outside entities for support. But what if I were to ask you to give me some money for work-related expenses? Chances ...