Cornell Engineering Career Conversations
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Making the Connection between Chemical Engineering and Patient Care: Esther Park ‘06
42 minutes Posted May 17, 2023 at 7:01 pm.
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Esther Park’s mother told her she should be a pharmacist; Esther says, “Mom was right.” Esther is the Pharmacy Quality, Safety, and Regulatory Compliance Manager at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Esther discusses how engineers can improve healthcare quality by managing urgent drug shortages, streamlining manufacturing processes, and creating vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, and other medications that don’t yet exist. She also shares how her chemical engineering education contributes to her problem-solving and communication skills as a pharmacist.
Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/ECCtranscript1
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