Tag Archives: ScienceCareers

5 Key Characteristics of Scientists that Excel

The new R & D head of a major Biopharma company was asked about the key attributes he most admires in the scientists in his organization. The characteristics he mentioned were exactly the ones that I had come to appreciate

How I Became a Cancer Immunotherapy Researcher

I am a member of the Early Career Scientists committee for the Society for the Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC). The committee members were recently asked to “spend a few moments thinking about how we arrived at where we are in

How my tenure-track academic position isn’t as scary as I once thought.

I presented my research and career path at my departments Graduate Research Seminar a few weeks ago.  I am always happy to share the story of how I got to where I am now so that students will see that