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Interested in pursuing a future in Life Sciences, Biotech, & Pharma? Find resources, events, opportunities, and advice to confirm your interest and kickstart your career.

Explore a career path in Life Sciences, Biotech, & Pharma

Are you interested in biology, medicine, or agriculture and curious how you could use that passion in your future work? A career in life sciences, biotech, or pharma has the potential to make a huge impact on individuals and society as a whole in these rapidly-growing industries. These industries include epidemiology, zoology, biomedical engineering, biotechnology, and medical devices among others.

You may want to pursue this career field if you are curious about researching, developing, and manufacturing drugs, medical diagnostics or devices, whether through a biotech start-up or established pharmaceutical company. Explore this page for resources, alumni, and opportunities in the life sciences, biotech, and pharma.

February Career Exploration Events

Valentine’s Day isn’t just about romance—it’s also a great excuse to invest a little love in your future. 💘 This February, CAPD’s Career Exploration events are here to help you explore new paths, meet inspiring professionals, and spark ideas that might …

By Qingqing Ouyang
Qingqing Ouyang Career Exploration Leader
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Now recruiting: CAPD Career Exploration Leaders

Do you want to plan events for students and collaborate with alumni, employers, and graduate/professional school admissions staff? As a Career Exploration Leader, you’ll manage large-scale projects and gain valuable leadership experience in program management, teamwork, data collection and analysis, …

By Tianna Ransom
Tianna Ransom Assistant Director, Career Exploration
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MIT MechE students explore surgical innovation at Lexington Medical

Hands-on site visit shows MechE students how engineering across disciplines drives real-world impact in the medtech industry.

A group of MIT Mechanical Engineering (MechE) students recently visited Lexington Medical, a company advancing surgical-stapling technology for global markets, to learn about …

By Janine Sazinsky
Janine Sazinsky Employer Relations Coordinator
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Building a Network: Digital and In-Person Strategies for Students, Recent Graduates, and Postdocs

The following article is from Trevor Cambron’s post for the MIT Communications Lab

Networking. For some it is a loaded word that induces a visceral sense of dread, while for others it is a natural part of the workday. In …

By Tara Thakurta
Tara Thakurta Graduate Community Fellow
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Alumni voices in industry: Interview with Charles Chen from Big Pharma

In this interview with Charles Chen, a senior scientist in Big Pharma specializing in lipid chemistry, he shared his journey from earning a bachelor’s in chemical engineering at Michigan State University to completing a PhD in chemistry at King’s College …

By Nicholas Rotello-Kuri
Nicholas Rotello-Kuri
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Handshake 101: What it is & how to use it*

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Toolkit: How to transition from academia to industry

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