Career Paths

The New Career Paths page explores the many alternative careers that are available to life science PhDs and MDs. Your choice depends on your passions, personality, and other skills. You may choose to add to your skill set (see Skill Building). A good place to start is the Kiersey Temperament Sorter, which helps you to think about what motivates you at work and what kinds of jobs and roles work well for you. You can then take this information to the Path Categories listed below, which are specially selected because of their match with your science background. Also, you might find the Career Guides listed in the Bookstore to be helpful. Buy them here, or look them up in your campus library.

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Topics

Exploring My Options	Consumer Products	Marine Sciences
Employer Research Tool	Education	Medical Devices
Agro Research	Entrepreneurship	Military Science Research
Academia	Environmental Sciences	Non profit
Biopharma Business	Finance and VC	Public Health
Biopharma Research	Government Research	Science Policy
Chemistry	Law and Tech Management	Science Writing
Consulting

	Title	Author	Rating
Resources
	Getting Started with Consumer Products	Christine Traxler, MD	0
	Getting Started In Agro Research	Christine Traxler, MD	0
	Getting Started with Marine Sciences	Christine Traxler, MD	0
	Getting Started with Medical Devices	Christine Traxler, MD	0
	Getting Started with Environmental Sciences	Christine Traxler, MD	0
Video
	Title	Author	Rating
	Environmental Scientist Career Overview		5
	Environmental Engineering Career Overview		0
	Conservation Scientist Career Overview		0
	Materials Engineers Careers Overview		0
	Chemist Career Overview		0

Articles
	Title	Author	Rating
	The Career Path that Lies Between the Fork in the...	Eric Wong	5
	A change of heart or finding the address of my...	Marielena Mata	5
	A Day in the Life of a Biotech Equity Analyst	Eric Staeva-Vieira, PhD	5
	Banner Days	Sheryl Lyss, MD, MPH	5
	Close the Textbook, Put Down the Pipettor, and Go...	Eric Wong	5
	Considering Options On Graduation and Why I Chose...	Marc Taylor	5
	Entrepreneur as Pioneer	Yuri Maricich, MD/MBA	5
	Grad School Up-skill Opportunities	Anita Kishore	5
	My path from Academia to Government Research	Brooke L. Hemming, PhD	5
	How I Fell Into Medical Writing	David Keleti, PhD	5
	How I found mid-career growth in the U.S. Army...	Captain Max T. Wu, M.S, PhD	5
	How I Stopped Worrying and Decided to Get Out of...	Tina Hesman Saey, PhD	5
	How to Succeed as a Medical Writer at an Agency	David Keleti, PhD	5
	How to Successfully Query an Editor: An Editor...	Lauren Gravitz, MS	5
	In search of the big picture	Giovanna Guerrero	5
	Introduction to Patent Law	Robert Hagan	5
	Managing the transition into consulting	Anita Kishore	5
	My Journey from the Lab to Consulting	Sara Fernandez	5
	My Thoughts on Networking	John Bodeau, PhD	5
	MYOC: Make Your Own Career	Yuri Maricich, MD/MBA	5