The focus of Career and Professional Development Podcast series is to introduce STEM researchers to a wide variety of careers within the academia and industry. This podcast series brings UCI alumni and non-alumni (industry professionals and academics) to share their career journey, in depth detail of their job sector, and offer valuable advice on how to transition into these roles.
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Ep 1: Recognize the Value of Your PhD & Plan for the Post-Pandemic Job Market ft Vania Cao, PhD
July 10, 2020
Vania Cao, PhD is the founder of Free the PhD, a curriculum-based, community forum supported, comprehensive career transition platform for STEM (and other) PhDs to transition from academia into new career paths. Dr. Cao shares her personal journey outside of the traditional PhD > Postdoc path and advice on how to plan ahead for the post-pandemic job market.
Ep 2: Careers in Medical Writing for PhDs ft William Kim, PhD
August 13, 2020
William Kim, PhD is a scientific communicator, with extensive experience in medical writing (working currently at Edwards with past senior medical writing position at Allergan). Dr. Kim shares about what medical writing is and how he built his career.
Episode 3: Medical Science Liaison Careers for PhDs – Nathan Wray, PhD
Nov 20, 2020
Nathan Wray, PhD is currently serving as Medical Science Liaison (MSL) at Jazz Pharmaceuticals. Prior to this, he worked as MSL in Collegium pharmaceuticals. Dr. Wray received his PhD in Neurosciences from University of Illinois at Chicago. In this interview, Dr. Wray shares his career journey, motivations to transition into MSL roles and more in-depth details of job sector.
Episode 4: Field Application Scientist Careers for PhDs with Ohimai Unoje, PhD
Dec 13, 2020. Ohimai Unoje, PhD, is currently working as the Business Development Manager at Menarini Silicon Biosystems supporting their single cell biology and NGS applications and products. Dr. Unoje received his PhD in Biomedical Sciences from UC Irvine in 2017. After graduating, he transitioned as a Flow Cytometry Customer training application scientist at Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, following which, worked as a Field Application Scientist for Menarini Biosystems. In addition to his work responsibilities, he serves as an alumni mentor for the UCI Graduate Professional Success-STEM program.