Jason Rose

@Moder8or1 @cammarata_k @CraigConoscenti @DrKirkness @davidlederer @DrHMM8 @lungDrE Realize that even if what you want your career to look like is not typical, there are many unique options available to you as a physician scientist. #ATSCHAT

As we close in on the top of the hour, anything you wish you'd known earlier in your career? @cammarata_k @CraigConoscenti @DrKirkness @davidlederer @DrHMM8 @MdJrose @lungDrE #ATSchat

@atsearlycareer Drug development (animal safety studies, formulation development, manufacturing development) is not always as academically interesting but critical... no matter where you are (industry/academic) getting your discoveries to eventually help patients is goal #1 (2/2) #ATSCHAT

@atsearlycareer In my role – e.g. doing “both” in a hybrid – the pathway is quite unique. While I continue to work on basic discovery research, publish and obtain grant funding in my academic role, I am also working at a biotechnology startup company (1/2) #ATSCHAT

@Moder8or1 @SushmaCribbs @DrHMM8 A lot of tech transfer/innovation groups offer programs for trainees to get involved in these projects. Always helpful to have expert input for medical startups. There are often entrepreneurial specific training/courses offered. #ATSCHAT

@MdJrose @SushmaCribbs @DrHMM8 Dr. @MdJrose are university/academic "tech transfer" offices helpful in this regard? #ATSchat

@atsearlycareer A4: Industry/academia are similar: seeking new discoveries, helping patients and performing ethical research. Industry is a business – there are often market and business equations in what you are working on you may not have in academics #ATSCHAT

@SushmaCribbs @DrHMM8 If you are interested in the start-up world - you could seek out some of the groups doing startups at your University/academic center. They are always looking for free help/input from physician scientists #ATSCHAT

@DrHMM8 How does one learn about internships and fellowships in industry? Especially as a fellow or an early career faculty?

@atsearlycareer A3: No matter which pathway you take, being excellent at what you do is important. Getting involved with translational research would give you exposure of how drug development works that could help you better understand what goes on in industry/see if it is for you #ATSCHAT

@DrHMM8 A2: I had an internship at a pharmaceutical company as an undergraduate in biomedical engineering and also was a visiting fellow at the FDA for a summer. Both very helpful. #ATSCHAT

@Moder8or1 It is a lot of fun but very busy. You also have to make sure there is a clear split between your faculty work and work at the biotech. A lot of "regular" research is still seeking out the same goal - bringing new interventions to patients. #ATSCHAT

@MdJrose Dr. @MdJrose can you talk a bit more about what it's like to "walk the line" like that between your faculty job and your entrepreneurial life? #ATSchat

There are many of opportunities for a physician scientist outside of academia, or in a “hybrid role”. I am full-time faculty at University of Pittsburgh but am involved in multiple startups that were based on projects I have been working on in my research career. #ATSCHAT

@atsearlycareer A2: When deciding which way to go, I always would make a “projection” of what my life would look like in a role – staying totally academic, working on biotech startups, or leaving for a pharmaceutical company. #ATSCHAT

Another opportunity to consider outside of the “classic role” is working at the FDA in a variety of roles. Working at the FDA lets you get involved into the very cutting edge of medical technology and allow you to utilize your training and expertise in a unique way. #ATSCHAT