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Finding That Key Ingredient: Kathrin Jansen Apr 12, 2019

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In the kickoff series of the Get Science Podcast, we’re focusing on scientific careers of people working in biopharma, and their different paths and opportunities taken as they hunt for potential cures to human disease.

Vaccine research and development just like drug development is risky and challenging work in the pharmaceutical industry. But Kathrin Jansen, Senior Vice President and Head of Vaccine Research and Development at Pfizer, has risen to the upper echelons of the industry based on her flexibility, ability to trust her gut and her determination.

Born in Communist East Germany, Jansen’s parents fled to the West where she grew up and eventually earned a PhD in biology at Philipps University in Marburg. She later came to the U.S. to do post-doctoral research at Cornell University. While she initially intended to work in small-molecule drug development, she pivoted to vaccines early on and since then has been involved in the development of three successfully licensed vaccines (Gardasil, Prevnar-13 and Trumenba).

Learn more about Jansen’s career journey here.

Seeing Science With Varied Lenses: Susanna Tse Jan 10, 2019

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Susanna Tse studied zoology and physiology in her native Hong Kong before earning a Master’s in public health and Ph.D. in Environmental Health/Toxicology at the University of California, Berkeley. Today, as a Senior Director in Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism at Pfizer, Tse is an expert in understanding medicine’s impact on the body. In the latest episode of the Get Science Podcast, Tse shows how her cross-disciplinary training shapes her thinking today: “When I see something, I don't necessarily think about it purely as say, a zoologist or a physiologist or environmental scientist,” says Tse. “I think of it from all these different possible ways and it opens up my way of thinking about a particular problem.”

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Doing the Undoable: Megan Robinson Dec 03, 2018

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In the inaugural series of the Get Science Podcast, we’re focusing on scientific careers of people working in biopharma, and their different paths and opportunities taken as they hunt for potential cures to human disease.

As a young postdoctoral researcher, Megan Robinson expected her career would follow a straight line, rising the ranks as a bench scientist. But nearly two decades later, her career in the pharmaceutical industry has taken winding turns from business consultant to educating key stakeholders about drug discovery. We recently caught up with Robinson, who is Director of R&D Scientific Learning based at Pfizer’s Groton, Connecticut research site, to learn more about her perspective on leaning into your strengths as a scientist.

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Seizing Opportunities: Marie-Claire Peakman Nov 12, 2018

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In the pilot series of the Get Science Podcast, we’re focusing on scientific careers of people working in biopharma, and their different paths and opportunities taken as they hunt for potential cures to human disease.

At 18, Marie-Claire Peakman volunteered in a hospital in her native U.K., becoming intrigued with how medicine works on a molecular level to heal patients. Rather than become a doctor, Peakman chose to make her impact by helping to create new potential medicines. “The idea of making such a difference in people’s lives is really what pushed me down the path to the career I’ve chosen,” says Peakman, Executive Director of Discovery Sciences at Pfizer’s Groton, Connecticut research site. Listen to the next episode of the Get Science Podcast to hear more from Marie-Claire.

Navigating Science Careers: Barbara Dalton and Barbara Sosnowski Oct 18, 2018

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We’re excited to unveil the Get Science Podcast, a series of conversations with Pfizer’s passionate and creative scientists, business leaders, researchers and clinicians. In our pilot series, we’re focusing on scientific careers of people working in biopharma, and their different paths and opportunities taken as they hunt for potential cures to human disease.

In our first episode, we sat down with Barbara Dalton and Barbara Sosnowski, two colleagues with interesting stories, who today are at the forefront of creative models of collaboration and seeking out the best science.

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