Director, clinical pharmacology vs postdoctoral associate

The differences between directors, clinical pharmacology and postdoctoral associates can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a director, clinical pharmacology and a postdoctoral associate. Additionally, a director, clinical pharmacology has an average salary of $120,597, which is higher than the $54,350 average annual salary of a postdoctoral associate.

The top three skills for a director, clinical pharmacology include drug development, clinical development and pharmacokinetics. The most important skills for a postdoctoral associate are patients, TIP, and data analysis.

Director, clinical pharmacology vs postdoctoral associate overview

	Director, Clinical Pharmacology	Postdoctoral Associate
Yearly salary	$120,597	$54,350
Hourly rate	$57.98	$26.13
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	68,331	18,093
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Doctoral Degree, 47%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	4	4

Director, clinical pharmacology vs postdoctoral associate salary

Directors, clinical pharmacology and postdoctoral associates have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Director, Clinical Pharmacology	Postdoctoral Associate
Average salary	$120,597	$54,350
Salary range	Between $67,000 And $215,000	Between $39,000 And $74,000
Highest paying City	Anchorage, AK	Berkeley, CA
Highest paying state	Alaska	Maine
Best paying company	Neurocrine Biosciences	Argonne National Laboratory
Best paying industry	-	Education

Differences between director, clinical pharmacology and postdoctoral associate education

There are a few differences between a director, clinical pharmacology and a postdoctoral associate in terms of educational background:

	Director, Clinical Pharmacology	Postdoctoral Associate
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Doctoral Degree, 47%
Most common major	Biology	Chemistry
Most common college	Duke University	Duke University

Director, clinical pharmacology vs postdoctoral associate demographics

Here are the differences between directors, clinical pharmacology' and postdoctoral associates' demographics:

	Director, Clinical Pharmacology	Postdoctoral Associate
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 81.7% Female, 18.3%	Male, 63.2% Female, 36.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.4% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.7% Asian, 26.3% White, 53.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 5.7% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 39.4% White, 42.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between director, clinical pharmacology and postdoctoral associate duties and responsibilities

Director, clinical pharmacology example responsibilities.

Manage CRO relationships for CNS studies.
Manage clinical monitors in successful completion of large international hypertension study.
Develop a strategic ADME plan for each preclinical and clinical project.
Maintain the Neuroscience web site.
Supply primary cultures to CNS section.
Authore regulatory documents and responses to FDA.

Postdoctoral associate example responsibilities.

Develop and manage third party claim investigations and contractor remedial oversight for various insurance companies.
Co-Authore NIH grant proposal on membrane protein folding.
Participate in writing research grant applications including NIH and NSF.
X-ray protein crystallographic studies on the structures of antibodies and DNA.
Purify DNA from subject blood samples and organize the genome screen.
Complete mice handling training and currently using CRISPR technology to knockout genes in cell lines.

Director, clinical pharmacology vs postdoctoral associate skills

Common director, clinical pharmacology skills

Drug Development, 14%
Clinical Development, 13%
Pharmacokinetics, 13%
PK/PD, 10%
Data Analysis, 7%
NDA, 6%

Common postdoctoral associate skills

Patients, 8%
TIP, 7%
Data Analysis, 6%
Biomedical, 5%
CRISPR, 5%
Python, 4%

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