By Patrina Pellett, PhD & Tom Caravela

Have you recently done a scan of your territory and noticed that some of your KOLs have fallen through the cracks? Or perhaps you are breaking into a new territory and working your tail off to build relationships?

Getting access to KOLs and building the re...

By Patrina Pellett, PhD (Follow me on LinkedIn)

I help a lot of PhDs, post-docs, professors, aspiring MSLs, MSLs, and Medical Affairs leaders with their job search or transition. I get a lot of calls like this, "Hey, I am thinking about taking this role. What do you think?" I always give folks m...

By Patrina Pellett, PhD

MSLs travel a lot. Work travel is so fun, especially in the beginning. You feel fancy and get to eat a lot of good food.

Eventually, you are dodging polar vortexes and frantically running to be on time for your next presentation. It gets tiring. Here are work travel tips t...

 By Patrina Pellett, PhD

The MSL job market is extra crazy right now. There are so many new PhDs, MDs,and  PharmDs looking to transition into the role. On top of that, COVID has resulted in many practicing clinicians getting burned ou,t and they are also looking to move to MSL positions.

With such...

By Patrina Pellett, PhD

Goal setting for medical science liaisons is critical to being a high performer. It's essential to avoid being reactionary in your activities. MSLs are super busy with a lot on their plates. It's easy to get caught up in the minutia and not focus on moving the needle. Set...

By Patrina Pellett, PhD

Are you applying for jobs and not hearing anything back? Maybe it’s time to revamp your resume. When an academic decides to switch to the dark side (industry), figuring out how to get a real job is hard.  Especially the resume part. And yet so important. Your resume can get ...