top of page
From PhD to Career Success
Explore how PhDs from a variety of different
fields navigated the decision to leave academia.
Get inspiring career stories and helpful advice delivered straight to your inbox!
Search
Assistant Professor Now Managing Editor
Name: Clare Wilhelm (he/him) PhD: Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health and Science University, 2006 What was your main area of...
Sep 16, 20241 min read
Medical Writer Helps Clinicians Make Decisions
Name: Sean Ogden (he/him) PhD: Neuroscience, Florida State University, 2019 What was your main area of research? As a grad student, I...
Sep 12, 20243 min read
Medical Writer Runs Her Own Freelance Business
Name: Claudia Prahst (she/her) PhD: Cell Biology, University of Freiburg, 2008 What was your main area of research? I spent 12 years...
Sep 12, 20241 min read
Nanotechnologist Now Runs Medical Writing Company
Name: Mariana Dalagnol (she/her) PhD: Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil), 2016 What was your...
Sep 10, 20244 min read
Editor-in-Chief of AMWA Journal Working His Dream Job
Name: Michael Baker (he/him) PhD: Behavioral Neuroscience, University of California - Berkeley, 1993 What was your main area of...
Sep 10, 20242 min read
Retired Writer Now Runs a Farm
Name: Kathy Spiegel (she/her) PhD: Pharmacology, Cornell University Medical College, 1984 What was your main area of research? For my...
Sep 10, 20242 min read
Director for Global Scientific Publications Prioritizes Family
Name: Dipanwita Ghose (she/her) PhD: Psychology/Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, 2013 What was your main area of research? For my...
Sep 6, 20242 min read
Write Full-Time for a Living AND Stay Involved in Science
Name: Jenny Hsu (she/her) PhD: Genetics, Stanford University, 2018 What was your main area of research? In my graduate research, I...
Sep 5, 20244 min read
Freelance Medical Writer Loves the Freedom of Her Job
Name: Samantha Santangelo (she/her) PhD: Molecular Biology, King's College London, 2002 What was your main area of research? Human white...
Sep 3, 20245 min read
Specialist Leverages New Tech in Publication Development
Name: Marianna Johnson (she/her) PhD: Molecular Metabolism and Cancer Biology, University of Chicago, 2017 What was your main area of...
Sep 3, 20242 min read
bottom of page