hey guys easy RG here back with another video today we're gonna be talking about
acclimating from academic research to industry research
hey guys ECR G here back with another video today we're gonna be talking about
a commending from academia to industry based research a lot of people have been
act asking about this what is it like acclimating from academia to industry
now I have never done the acclamation myself because I never worked in
academia in clinical research I have worked in academia in a you know a
standard like research-based setting doing protein and molecular biology
research but I never in the clinical research world worked in academic
research in clinical research world but I have obviously experience in the
clinical research industry and I have worked with people who have worked in
academia so I'm gonna give you what they have told me about working at academia
and then what I've watched them how I've watched them make the transition into
industry and so first and foremost making that transition there is a
difference working in academia to industry and for one the purpose of
academia is not necessarily to make money the purpose is to pretty much
advance the science behind it that's more the purpose investigators who work
in academic settings are more interested in advancing the science and have more
of a passion behind it versus an industry obviously there's that industry
focus on making money and making especially if you work in a CRO or in
the pharmacy obviously the pharmacists the pharmaceutical setting the sponsor
they're gonna want to roi on their investment on their study drug or study
and their study drug or whatever their study is measuring they want an ROI
eventually on it and especially a CRO they want to make money bringing these
drugs onto the market so there is that difference also so you've got to think
about that the type of environment that's gonna be created based on the two
differences there now I know a lot of people you know before we get a little
bit deeper to that a lot of people may be listening to this podcast who are in
academia and are looking to make that jump to a CRO or to
the pharmaceutical setting farmers the sponsor setting and that can be
difficult that can be really hard because hey you may not know the right
people to make that jump obviously we talked a lot about networking on this
channel or you may not know how to go about doing that
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that because it's very hard clinical research is very competitive now and one
of the things that people have a hard time with is you know getting into that
competitive environment they seem to be increasing the workload a lot of times
people in academia are not ready for the industry workload there is a different
pace of things when you make that shift and a lot of people that I've trained
have had a hard time making that adjustment just because life was so much
more lackadaisical lackadaisical it was a lot more lacks in the academic setting
you know they typically make a little bit less money but as far as the pace of
things you know maybe not working out to as many studies not as much as required
from them working on those studies and I'm not really talking about study
coordinators but this because study coordinators they're gonna be working
hard wherever they are whether they you know working for startup clinic or
working for a you know a big-name clinic like a Ohio State or Mayo Clinic or
whoever it is they're gonna be working hard but some of the other positions I'm
not gonna I'm not gonna call you guys out but some of the other positions you
guys know who you are where it can be a pretty chill and especially if you
bounce back and forth between academia and industry you're gonna know you know
what I'm talking about but that's one of the biggest changes to
another another change can be different software's used industry they may change
software's they go through a lot of mergers and acquisitions and so there's
gonna be a lot of processes that change on an ongoing basis there's gonna be
systems that change on an ongoing basis there's gonna be a lot of turnover
probably just because that's just how the industry is so so far we've got two
major changes in academia to industry one is going to be just the pace of
everything is going to be different two is going to be the just the overall
turnover ratios gonna be different so there's gonna be a lot of side effects
because of that change in systems change in personnel you know change in overall
goals change in leadership so there's gonna be changes because of that in the
industry and you know it's just it's just a different environment working
academia versus industry goals are different for the people that are
typically in those areas that stay in there for a long time and not to say one
is better than the other I particularly have had a lot of experience in industry
and I mean I've had some academia experience not in clinical research but
other areas of research and the gold the goals are just different I mean a lot of
times people use grant based clinical research also in academia you know it's
just different whereas industry you've got a sponsor
paying for like a company that's paying for and hoping to get an ROI based on it
so you know it's different and there's gonna be differences because of that but
as far as acclimating to industry if you're trying to make that jump from
academia one of the things you've got to understand is that the workplace the
work the work pace is gonna be very different from academia especially for
those other positions that aren't clinical study coordinators so just keep
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