Science Sims for PhDs

InterSECT engages with an individual’s interests and extrapolates these interests to positions in actual professional settings in industry, academia, and government sectors. While the simulations do not evaluate an individual’s performance on the task, they offer insight into the specific, real-life duties of varying career paths. By completing job simulations you can consider which careers are of interest to you and utilize provided resources to explore future courses of action by following up with professionals in the career field.


BUSINESS

Market Analysis
Search & Evaluation

CLINICAL TRIALS

Coordinate Clinical Trial Schedules
Evaluate Deviation in Drug Manufacturing
Respond to Patient Questions

DATA ANALYTICS

Making Predictions Using Data
Visualizing Data for an Annual Report

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Drafting Claims
Freedom to Operate (FTO) Analysis
Patentability Analysis

JOURNALISM & COMMUNICATION

Build a Social Media Campaign
Make an Editorial Decision
Fact Checking (Science)
Interviewing Experts
Pitch an Article
Prepare a Podcast
Triage a Paper
Write a General Audience Article

MARKETING

Prepare a Creative Brief
Research a Commercial Product
User Experience (UX) Research

MEDICAL WRITING

Perform a Competitive Analysis
Summarize Data for a Clinical Audience
Summarize Data for a Lay Audience
Write an Abstract on a Short Deadline

POLICY & ADVOCACY

Compose a Fact Sheet
Data Collection for Advocacy
Develop a Policy Course
Lobbying
Power Mapping
Write Legislative Science Notes

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

Create a Scope of Work
Set Agendas

PUBLIC HEALTH

Environmental Stream Segment Research
Investigate Public Health Data
Diagnostic Laboratory Operations

RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT

Coordinate Development of Grant Proposal
Drafting Sections of a Center Grant
Editing a Grant Proposal
Research an RFA

SCIENCE OUTREACH & EDUCATION

Develop Educational Resources
Evaluate a Program
Event Planning

SUPPORT

Give a Pre-sales Seminar
Provide Information to Healthcare Professionals
Troubleshoot Customer Questions

UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

Career Advising
Consult an Instructor on Student Feedback
Develop and Market a Program
Prepare an REU Project Proposal
Teaching Faculty

WRITING

Write Your First Book

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