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Bryan Xavier
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RE: Ensuring Biocompatibility in Medical Devices

Testing biocompatibility during the designing process is important, but biocompatible for the device has to be managed across its entire lifecycle. If...

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RE: Key factors to consider while selecting appropriate animal models for pre-clinical research to develop therapies for neurological disorders.

@krish I definitely agree with you that organ on a chip model are slowly reducing our dependence on animal studies. The FDA themselves have also pushe...

1 week ago
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RE: Pitching Research in Industry vs. Academia

I have just started working in the biopharmaceutical industry, and one of the things they really hammer down is following protocol in order to stay wi...

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RE: Scope Management: Balancing Innovation and Constraints

It's fine to consider some innovation, as long you can differentiate something the project truly needs and is worth the potential extra time and resou...

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RE: When Does It Makes Sense To Give Up On A Project?

I agree with having feasibility check at the initiation phase of the project. However, to add to that, maybe it would be good practice to hold a risk ...

2 weeks ago
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RE: Managing Team Opinions While Sticking to Decisions

Depending on the severity of the disagreement, it can be helpful to the team if you also bring an outside perspective, specifically someone who has fa...

2 weeks ago
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RE: Thoughts on BME degree, "a little of everything"

I actually see the jack of all trades aspect of BME having some positive outcomes in my own experience. For me specifically, I wanted to focus on data...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Experience vs Education

I'd lean more toward more co-ops or longer internships, due to the multiple years of experience employer often expect for a lot of jobs. For students,...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Academia vs. Industry: Why I Prefer Industry

I also see myself drawn to industry. For me, it's mostly because I feel more comfortable dealing with a defined problem with a set deadline rather tha...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Early Risk Management in a Project

To make the team aware of risk on even smaller, simpler projects, you could incorporate short "Risk Sprints" in regular intervals of the planning cycl...

5 months ago
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RE: Contingency Planning

One way of convincing management to invest in more contingency planning is to remind them that it is a regulatory and compliance risk. If the primary ...

5 months ago
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RE: The Manager’s Role in Sustaining Team Engagement During Trials

For long-running clinical trials, there are many ways to maintain engagement and motivation among team members. One way is to celebrate small mileston...

5 months ago
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RE: Creating Realistic Schedules in Clinical Trials

One obstacle that can complicate timeline planning for large scale clinical trials is the variability added by conducting trials across multiple count...

5 months ago
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RE: Dealing with Low Performers in Research Teams Without Losing Morale

The first step should be to identify why the underperformance is happening, which can lead to visits to monitor process or talking to the team themsel...

5 months ago
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RE: Keeping Clinical Research Teams Motivated During Long Timelines

One strategy that can be used for keeping clinical research teams motivated is to create and celebrate short-term wins. It was mentioned in this week'...

5 months ago
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