Sacha Khoury
Assistant Director- Analytics & Modeling - Event Response at Moody's RMSDo informational interviews, they can be very helpful. Use your network to look for opportunities and learn about options.
Do informational interviews, they can be very helpful. Use your network to look for opportunities and learn about options.
I feel very fortunate to have done a year in industry placement as an undergraduate – it nudged me towards research projects with an applied focus from the very start.
I’m getting to see the technology that I invented move from academia towards the clinic. The further I get down this process the more I can see the end result and it’s an exciting thing to observe.
Trust the process, be patient, trust yourself, there are always possibilities even when we stop seeing them
I wouldn’t necessarily change anything. I did what made sense for me at each career stage.
I consider myself a permanent student and I am always curious
Yes, I felt pretty confident overall. I enjoyed my PhD and felt it equipped me well for any intellectual challenges that other roles might throw at me.
Try your best to grasp the basics, but don’t be afraid to admit gaps that are likely in a non-industry person; instead focus on transferable skills and experience.
There are careers in science beyond the lab! If you enjoy learning and communicating about science then Medical Writing is certainly an option to consider.