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Last Updated: Jul 23rd, 2010 - 14:26:05 |
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Outside of Health Care, Which Jobs Are Growing?
When wondering where to find the fastest-growing jobs, many people know to look within the health-care industry. In fact, approximately 28 percent of all new jobs will be created in this industry through 2018, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. This translates to 3.2 million new health-care positions. But where else are jobs growing within the U.S. economy?
Jul 22, 2010, 14:22
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Career Pathways: Peptide Chemist
Lianshan Zhang, Ph.D., has helped to provide novel treatments to address some of
the critical problems with diabetes and obesity. Dr. Zhang is a peptide
chemist and one of only a small handful in the world able to synthesize small
proteins by peptide ligation chemistry, a technique he was instrumental in
inventing and developing.
Jul 21, 2010, 14:30
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Career Pathways: Research Scientist
In April 2010, Puwen Zhang, Ph.D., was appointed vice president of medicinal chemistry in Phamaron. With over 700 employees and operations in China and the United States, the R&D service provider delivers scientific services for the pharmaceutical industry across a number of disciplines, including chemistry, biology, pharmacology and chemical development.
Jul 19, 2010, 13:54
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Career Pathways: Scientist, R&D – Bioanalytical, protein characterization
Lihua Huang is a senior research adviser at Eli Lilly and Company. Lilly is ranked as the 10th largest pharmaceutical company in the world. Dr. Huang holds five patents, and has four pending patent applications. He is also the author of numerous peer-reviewed research publications and is considered one of the top protein characterization scientists in the pharmaceutical industry.
Jul 14, 2010, 15:53
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Career Pathways: Neuroscientist
Chinese-born Kewei Wang graduated with a B.A. in medicine (M.D. equivalent) in
1982 from Beijing Medical University and went on to obtain his Ph.D. in
neurophysiology in 1988. As a team leader and principal research scientist, he
worked on ion channel drug discovery/research for new treatments of neuropathic
pain, epilepsy and neurological and neurospsychiatric disorders at Wyeth
Pharmaceuticals.
Jul 13, 2010, 12:06
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