Dr Doris Tran is an engineer working in the biomedical field. After an industry-funded PhD, she quickly transitioned to working in industry. Like many PhD graduates, she also had a period of asking herself whether she should do a Postdoc or move into industry. When I asked her what PhD students should do to be able to move more easily into industry, she felt that PhDs are already doing quite enough. She thinks that industry has a role to play in enhancing its openness in identifying the potential of researchers as valuable employees in industry.

When I asked her about tips for researchers to navigate the research environment, she mentioned "kindness". It is not a word we often hear in the research world. Kindness is not an outdated commodity...it is more relevant than ever to challenge the research culture.

Doris now works at Scanco Medical as a product manager and is at the forefront of interacting with academics, not as collaborators anymore but as clients for the devices sold by her company.

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