Science Lives

In this episode,  I talk with Melody Clark, a Patent Agent and Trademark Specialist.  After graduate school and a postdoc, Melody worked as a research scientist in biotech before deciding to change focus and become a patent agent.  We’ll talk about what that transition was like, but first we’ll find out about the profession and what it entails.

In this episode, I talk with Joyce Chan, Director of Business Development at a large cap pharmaceutical company.  Joyce made the transition into business development after a career as a research scientist at two biotech companies. We’ll talk about how she did that, but first we’ll find out what her current job entails and what her day-to-day is like.

In this episode, I talk with Phil Mixter, a Clinical Associate Professor at Washington State University in Pullman.  Phil followed the traditional academic career path, expecting it to lead a research professorship. But that was before he discovered his love for teaching.  We’ll talk about how he got to his current position, but first we’ll find out what his job entails and what his day-to-day is like.

Show references:

Stephen A Hines, Margaret C Barr, Erica Suchman, Maria Fahie, Dean Hendrickson, Patrick Chappell, Johanna L Watson, Philip F Mixter (2020) An Inter-Institutional External Peer-Review Process to Evaluate Educators at Schools of Veterinary Medicine Abstract J Vet Med Educ. ;e20190094. doi: 10.3138/jvme.2019-0094.  PMID: 32427544

Teaching Academy of the Consortium of West Region Colleges of Veterinary Medicine
https://teachingacademy.westregioncvm.org/

In this episode, I talk with Vicki Reissmann, a Senior Medical Writer with over 25 years experience in Clinical Research.  But that’s not how she started out.  Vicki studied biology and followed the traditional academic path through graduate school and a postdoc before ultimately leaving the lab and ending up in Clinical Research. We’ll talk about this transition, but first we’ll find out what her job entails and what her day-to-day is like.

In this episode, I talk with Will Wood, a patent attorney at the law firm of Gates and Cooper in Los Angeles.  Now if you are suffering through grad school right now, I suspect that the thought of going to law school after you graduate might seem a little overwhelming.  But that is exactly what Will did.  We’ll discuss what led him to this decision, but first we’ll find out what his job entails and what his day-to-day is like.