#48 Building a career in pharmacovigilance – Myriam Salem & Francesco Salvo

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Pharmacovigilance specialists can have very different roles depending on their organisation and job title. With so many career paths to choose from, how do you find your place? Myriam Salem from Health Canada and Francesco Salvo from the University of Bordeaux share advice on how to break into the field and navigate the job market.

Tune in to find out:

• What PV work looks like across regulators, academia and industry
• Which skills you need to remain competitive
• How to balance training and hands-on experience

Want to know more?

These are some of the leading organisations offering online courses in pharmacovigilance:

• UMC (Uppsala Monitoring Centre)
• Eu2P (European programme in pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology)
• Am2P (American program in pharmacovigilance)
• DIA (Drug Information Association)
• DSRU (Drug Safety Research Unit)

 These initiatives and events offer good networking opportunities:

• ISoP (International Society of Pharmacovigilance) student group
• ISoP annual meetings, with pre-conference training courses
• DIA annual meetings
• World Patient Safety Congress Europe
• World Patient Safety Congress Americas

 Other resources cited in the interview:

• Uppsala Reports, for pharmacovigilance news stories
• Two-part podcast on artificial intelligence in pharmacovigilance

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