BioNEt Event

Wednesday 11 July 2007, 12.30-2.30 pm, Room 2.22, Research Beehive, Old Library Building, Newcastle University. Attendance, lunch and refreshments are free. Register online by clicking here or contact Richard Hetherington if you are unable to register online.

Career Seminars for Bioscientists

Programme

12.30 Freelance freedom while staying in science: a journey to medical writing
Dr Samina Hamilton, Sam Hamilton Medical Writing Services, Newcastle

13.30 Lunch

14.30 Close

Supported by BioNEt, CELS Ltd and European Regional Development Fund

Abstract

"I woke up one morning and realised that as I didn't want to lecture, it was probably time to extricate myself from academia. I didn't see myself as a 'career postdoc' beavering away in the lab for years for the sheer love of it. I did, however, enjoy the logic and discipline of science and decided that rather than reinvent myself completely, I would take the path of clinical, as opposed to academic research. It turned out to be the best career decision I ever made, or rather fell into."

This seminar will cover three main areas:

Broad overview of clinical research industry
Dr Hamilton's route from PhD/postdoc to now & where/how she has fitted in with the industry
How a postgrad can prepare to move into this area.