Learning How to Conduct Cancer Clinical Trials, by Karyn Hede, 25 March 2011. Training courses outline the challenges and opportunities in conducting cancer clinical trials. Q&A: Finding and Exploiting Cancer's Weaknesses, by Kate Travis, 25 March 2011. Clinician-investigator David read more

 

Patricia Beckmann's career is one long lesson in how to succeed in science. read more

 

Biomedical ontology is growing as an informatics specialty, and ontologies are proving to be powerful software and data-mining tools. read more

 

D.V.M.-Ph.D. Laura Richman's discovery of a novel elephant herpesvirus led to a career in human translational medicine. read more

 

Regulations seem to discourage academic scientists from partnering with industry, but such collaboration is essential to translational research. read more

 

Despite new disclosure requirements, ghostwriters remain a threat to the integrity of the scientific literature as well as careers. read more

 

D.V.M.-Ph.D.s are uniquely qualified to do research in animal models and translate findings across species -- including humans. read more

 

Engineers, biologists, mathematicians, physicists, and chemists can all contribute to the development of medical devices and assistance technologies. read more

 

Regulations at every step of drug development mean jobs for regulatory scientists at every step, too. read more

 

Despite layoffs, pharmaceutical companies are hiring researchers to strengthen their early drug-development programs. read more