Pharmacovigilance safety expert vs research fellow

The differences between pharmacovigilance safety experts and research 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 research fellow. Additionally, a pharmacovigilance safety expert has an average salary of $98,051, which is higher than the $53,823 average annual salary of a research fellow.

The top three skills for a pharmacovigilance safety expert include safety data, QC and FDA. The most important skills for a research fellow are patients, research projects, and data analysis.

Pharmacovigilance safety expert vs research fellow overview

	Pharmacovigilance Safety Expert	Research Fellow
Yearly salary	$98,051	$53,823
Hourly rate	$47.14	$25.88
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	22,155	59,746
Job satisfaction	5	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 47%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	4	4

Pharmacovigilance safety expert vs research fellow salary

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

	Pharmacovigilance Safety Expert	Research Fellow
Average salary	$98,051	$53,823
Salary range	Between $58,000 And $164,000	Between $39,000 And $72,000
Highest paying City	-	South San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	McKinsey & Company Inc
Best paying industry	-	Non Profits

Differences between pharmacovigilance safety expert and research fellow education

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

	Pharmacovigilance Safety Expert	Research Fellow
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 47%
Most common major	Pharmacy	Chemistry
Most common college	Duke University	Duke University

Pharmacovigilance safety expert vs research fellow demographics

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

	Pharmacovigilance Safety Expert	Research Fellow
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 74.5% Female, 25.5%	Male, 55.3% Female, 44.7%
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, 27.1% White, 52.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between pharmacovigilance safety expert and research 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.

Research fellow example responsibilities.

Collaborate with software engineers to automate identification of 15N- and 13C- labele LC-MS features.
Process and manage GIS databases to contribute towards research in human transportation behavior.
Manage investigator initiate and cooperative group correlative studies to identify biomarkers to ascertain tumor burden and clinical outcomes in lymphoma.
Analyze quantitative and qualitative data through statistical software SAS and SPSS.
Conduct sampling, PCR, data analysis and oral presentations of the work
Implement python and C++ codes for numerical computation of transport properties in models and materials.

Pharmacovigilance safety expert vs research fellow skills

Common pharmacovigilance safety expert skills

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

Common research fellow skills

Patients, 10%
Research Projects, 6%
Data Analysis, 5%
Cell Culture, 5%
Immunology, 4%
CRISPR, 4%

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