by Stacie Calad-Thomson
November 1, 2017
When I explain my job to my 3-year-daughter, I say that I spend my time going to lots of meetings to listen to people’s ideas, or to ask them to listen to mine. I tell her that once we agree on an idea, it is my job to make it happen…to make it real. When she asks why, I say it is because we want to make new medicines to help people who are sick.
She thinks that is a pretty cool job. So do I.
And it’s one I’ve been doing for the past 11 years in various parts of the business across GSK. I started as a chemist in R&D when I relocated from California to Philadelphia as a PhD scientist, eager to work for a large pharma company. I knew here I could make a difference, and a role in process chemistry challenged me to find ways to make things more efficient…
