Pharmacovigilance safety expert vs fellow

The differences between pharmacovigilance safety experts and fellows can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a pharmacovigilance safety expert and a fellow. Additionally, a pharmacovigilance safety expert has an average salary of $98,051, which is higher than the $66,364 average annual salary of a fellow.

The top three skills for a pharmacovigilance safety expert include safety data, QC and FDA. The most important skills for a fellow are patients, professional development, and veterans.

Pharmacovigilance safety expert vs fellow overview

	Pharmacovigilance Safety Expert	Fellow
Yearly salary	$98,051	$66,364
Hourly rate	$47.14	$31.91
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	22,155	7,459
Job satisfaction	5	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	4	4

Pharmacovigilance safety expert vs fellow salary

Pharmacovigilance safety experts and fellows have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Pharmacovigilance Safety Expert	Fellow
Average salary	$98,051	$66,364
Salary range	Between $58,000 And $164,000	Between $46,000 And $93,000
Highest paying City	-	Oak Ridge, TN
Highest paying state	-	Tennessee
Best paying company	-	Peterson Institute for International Economics
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between pharmacovigilance safety expert and fellow education

There are a few differences between a pharmacovigilance safety expert and a fellow in terms of educational background:

	Pharmacovigilance Safety Expert	Fellow
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Pharmacy	Political Science
Most common college	Duke University	Duke University

Pharmacovigilance safety expert vs fellow demographics

Here are the differences between pharmacovigilance safety experts' and fellows' demographics:

	Pharmacovigilance Safety Expert	Fellow
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 74.5% Female, 25.5%	Male, 46.2% Female, 53.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.5% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% Asian, 26.2% White, 53.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 6.4% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.6% Asian, 26.4% White, 53.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between pharmacovigilance safety expert and fellow duties and responsibilities

Pharmacovigilance safety expert example responsibilities.

Manage compliance issues, and provide feedback for risk assessments within safety/regulatory regulations for FDA reporting.
Demonstrate and effectively used knowledge of FDA, ICH and GCP and safety reporting guidelines.
Perform adequate duplicate search in database prior to book-in and creating cases in Argus.
Develop and maintain training materials using PowerPoint presentations and computer-base training for new and current employees.
Develop an ELISA biosensor system that detects toxins in food.

Fellow example responsibilities.

Design and lead labs align with the NYC curriculum, on topics including moon phases and dichotomous keys.
Maintain company website, as well as wrote, manage, and edit content on the SharePoint portal.
Manage live streaming for NARAL Facebook during NARAL's lobby day, as well as assisting in attendee organization.
Work through several medical software databases to generate SQL to pass on to Java developers for their programs.
Develop computer program to visualize EOS data in Java.
Include writing python scripts to parse poorly structure text into tabular data.

Pharmacovigilance safety expert vs fellow skills

Common pharmacovigilance safety expert skills

Safety Data, 27%
QC, 21%
FDA, 17%
Safety Culture, 8%
Clinical Trials, 7%
Argus, 7%

Common fellow skills

Patients, 11%
Professional Development, 7%
Veterans, 7%
Mathematics, 5%
Math, 5%
Public Health, 4%

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