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Careers in Pharmacology and Toxicology

Our aim is to train scientists who are critical thinkers that can use their skills for a wide variety of employment. Past students have pursued a career as a:

  • Application Scientist for ADInstruments (BSc)
  • Assistant Research Fellow at the University of Otago (MSc)
  • Associate Director of Regulatory Affairs at Nycomed (MSc)
  • Compliance Officer for the Physiology Department, University of Otago (MSc)
  • Dentistry (BSc & MSc)
  • Director and Team Leader at Kainic Medical Communications (PhD)
  • Senior Investment Manager, Primary Sector and Construction Industries at the Tertiary Education Commission (MSc)
  • Law (BSc)
  • Lecturer at the University of Auckland (PhD)
  • Master of Business (MSc)
  • Medicine (BSc, BSc(Hons), & MSc)
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, at Harvard Medical School (PhD)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Utah (PhD)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow at Macquarie University in Sydney.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford (PhD)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Otago (PhD)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Sydney (PhD)
  • Poison Officer for the National Poison Centre (BSc, MSc)
  • Project Manager, Health Research Council (MSc)
  • Research Assistant at the University of Otago (BSc(Hons))
  • Research Assistant at the University of Monash, (BSc, MSc)
  • Research Associate at the University of Cardiff (PhD)
  • Research Officer at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (PhD)
  • Research Fellow at Children’s Cancer Institute of Australia (PhD)
  • Research Fellow at Ludwig Cancer Institute (PhD)
  • Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland (PhD)
  • Senior Research Fellow at the University of Otago (PhD)
  • Sleep Physiologist at Auckland Hospital (MSc)
  • Science Manager at ADInstruments (PhD)
  • Scientific Officer at Seperex Limited (PhD)
  • Teaching Fellow at the University of Otago (MSc)

Furthermore, others have used their BSc(Hons) or MSc to obtain PhD training at the following universities:

  • University of Auckland
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre