🚀 go-pugleaf

Its nice to see all of my fellow researchers finally coming out of the
shadows.  SOmeone asked about jobs for us outside of the academic  world.
I have been working for a biomedical engineering company for the past 2.5
years as their director of clinical research.  They mainly develop and
build monitors for use in sleep research (actigraphy units, body position
monitors, apnea detection units).  I have spent my time there designing
research protocols for the testing and evaluation of these devices and
then over-seeing the data collection and evaluation.  It is not directly
related to my primary filed of interest (addictive behaviors) but it has
allowed me to put my research skills to work "in the real world" and has
allowed me the opportunity to work with psychologists and psychiatrists
in fileds other than my own.  In addition, this position has afforded me
the opportunity to take the final products of these research efforts and
present them at conferences and crank out publications.  There are many
companies such as this in which they need someone who knows how to crunch
the numbers and do the statistics and then translate all of this data
(and many are willing to pay good money for these services).

In addition, I have also taken contractual jobs with various
organizations to handle program evaluation (from design to final
publication of data).  Again, some of these contracts can be fairly
lucrative.

My experience has shown me that there is a large need for people who can
do statistical evaluation in the corporate sector.  It may not always be
directly related to psychology, but it does require an understanding of
research methodology.  My experience has brought me to the conclusion
that, the minute I get my  Ph.D., I plan to run as far away from academia
as possible and into the corporate world where I can put my research
skills to work and make a decent living at it.


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Stephen Gorny              +
Department of Psychology   +
UMBC                       +
1000 Hilltop Circle        +
Baltimore, MD 21250        +
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sgorny1@umbc2.umbc.edu     +
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