Dr. Laura McKain is a board-certified physician with more than ten years of pharmaceutical industry experience in clinical development, and pharmacovigilance.
She received her medical degree from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and completed her training in obstetrics and gynecology at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.\xa0
In 2008 she transitioned her career to the pharmaceutical industry where she is involved in clinical development projects encompassing a broad range of therapeutic areas. She also provided medical leadership to a high-profile Women's Health clinical development program at Myovant Sciences.
She is the founder of the 19,000-member Physician Nonclinical Career Hunters Facebook Group. And she has been coaching physicians and helping them optimize their resum\xe9s for years.
She recently started the Pharma Industry Special Interest Group (PISIG). It is an active learning community that meets as a group twice a month. Members of PISIG actively participate to:
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0\u2022 Learn about the different pharma/biotech roles that are available to physicians
\u2022 Get expert advice and coaching on how to conduct an efficient and effective job search.
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0\u2022 Acquire knowledge about the process of drug development, regulatory knowledge, and other foundational information about the industry to optimize your understanding of industry work.
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0\u2022 Build skills that will make you stand out as a pharma/biotech candidate.
You will find a link to her website and a transcript of our interview, at nonclinicalphysicians.com/highlight-these-5-experiences/
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