Author: David Keleti, PhD
David Keleti, PhD
Working in a Company
The experiences of students in graduate school often fluctuate between two extremes. Sometimes (mostly in earlier years), students may feel the joy of almost complete independence and the search for new possibilities in research, prepared to continue the experience indefinitely. Other times (mostly ...
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David Keleti, PhD
Experiencing Lateral Moves
During the heyday of US manufacturing, many people of our grandparent’s and great-grandparent’s generation settled into careers for life, from new hire to retirement. With the increasing complexity of jobs in the 21st century, employees often seek jobs with, not only greater financial opportunit...
David Keleti, PhD
What if You Could Do It All Over Again?
You're in the second year of graduate school working in a laboratory and finishing your last year of coursework. Your grades are fine and you're committed to your doctoral program, but you have some misgivings about working "at the bench" for most of your life. You've heard that there are alternativ...
David Keleti, PhD
Experienced Scientists/Clinicians Moving Into Medical Writing
About 50 percent of the individuals who contact me concerning entering the field of medical writing are career professionals in their chosen specialty, and are considering a lateral transition into a new job. These individuals fall into one of three categories: 1) those with an MD degree wh...
David Keleti, PhD
How I Fell Into Medical Writing
The most impactful career decision of my life was leaving a comfortable job as a “lab rat” in a biotechnology company to return to the university to earn my PhD. After a rather inauspicious beginning to a biomedical research career in academia, I worked for over 5 years as a research associate i...
David Keleti, PhD
How to Succeed as a Medical Writer at an Agency
You were just hired as a medical writer for an agency. After having replied to the last “Congratulations!” e-mail from your LinkedIn buddies, its time to get down to real business. If you are a newly-minted PhD or post-doctoral student who has entered the workforce for the first time, you are pr...
David Keleti, PhD
The Ups and Downs of Freelance Medical Writing
Just about every working professional at one time or another has thought about leaving their job working for someone else and venturing out to work for themselves. In theory, freelance medical writing can offer a more flexible and lucrative avenue to success than writing for an agency or a pharmaceu...
