Angela Priest

I'm a data geek and process nerd who loves to build people up and help them grow. For 20 years, I've been turning chaos into order at companies across all stages of growth to ensure that their teams flourish. I'm now throwing my passion for helping people into helping PhDs, PostDocs, and Mid-Career Researchers get jobs in industry. My goal is simple: to help brilliant minds thrive outside the academic world and make real impact in their new careers.

Check out my website to learn more: www.alma.me

Co-Founder and COO

At Alma.Me, we help PhDs kick start their careers in industry through on-demand courses, online communities, networking, and resources to help them make the transition from academia to industry with confidence.

Dear Employers: Please stop listing “5+ years of industry experience” when what you actually need is 5 years of APPLIED experience.

A PhD who spent 6 years designing experiments, analyzing complex datasets, and presenting findings to skeptical committees has that experience.

They just didn’t do it inside your building.

The work is real. The skills transfer. The titles are the only thing missing.

Please write job descriptions for what you actually need, not for a vague (and often meaningless) criteria.

#phd #hiring #careers #humanresources

PhD Career Guide | Hiring Manager | 20+ Yrs Building High Performing Teams | COO @ Alma.Me

“I feel overqualified AND underqualified at the same time.”

If you’re a PhD in the job market, you’ve probably felt this.

Too experienced for entry-level. Not enough “industry experience” for mid-level. It feels like there’s no door with your name on it.

But here's how you can reframe it:

“Industry experience” on a job posting is a proxy. It’s shorthand for “can this person do the work and communicate with our team.”

You can. You just need to show it in language they recognize.

Translate your research into business outcomes. 

Frame your collaboration as cross-functional teamwork. 

Connect the dots between what you’ve done and what they need.

The gap isn’t in your skills. It’s in how they’re being presented.

👉 Are you a PhD struggling to land a non-academic job? Check out the job search program on our website: www.alma.me

We accept 2 new PhDs per week.

#phd #jobsearch #careers #stemcareers

PhDs: Here's how to write resume bullet points that actually get you interviews.

Most resume bullets I see from PhDs describe what they did:

"Conducted analysis of gene expression data."

That tells me the activity. It doesn't tell me the impact.

Here's a simple framework that works:

Action + Method + Result

"Developed a gene expression analysis pipeline (R, Python) that reduced data processing time by 40%, accelerating publication timelines for 3 concurrent studies."

Same work. Completely different signal.

A few rules:

1️⃣ Start with a strong action verb: "Developed," "Designed," "Led," "Built" 
2️⃣ Include the method, tool, or skill you used 
3️⃣ End with the outcome. Quantify if possible.
I
f you can't quantify, state the benefit: "...enabling faster decision-making for the research team."

Keep each bullet under 2 lines. If it takes more, you're probably including too much detail.

Leave room for the interviewer to be curious. That's what gets you into the room.

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👉 Want help translating your academic work into industry-ready bullet points? Check out the job search program on our website: www.alma.me

We accept 2 new PhDs per week.

#phd #jobsearch #careers #humanresources

Having looked at hundreds of resumes from PhDs - the same problem comes up over and over.

The resume reads like an academic CV.

Pages of methods, publications, techniques.

And very little about what they can actually deliver for a business.

Here's the thing - the experience is there every. single. time.
Every single time.

PhDs just haven't been taught how to communicate it in a way a hiring manager understands.

That's the gap we close every day at Alma.Me

And it's exactly what I'm covering in my free workshop as part of Proteintech's Careers Week 2026:

🟣 What hiring managers actually look for on a resume
🟣 How to translate your research into business language
🟣 How to write bullet points that show impact - not just activity

📅 Tuesday March 24
🕘 9 am CST / 2 pm GMT / 3 pm CEST

Free. Live. Practical.

Register here: https://lnkd.in/dkiPUimU

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Advisor @ World Health Org. | PhD Epidemiology @ Johns Hopkins | Health Security Expert | Physician-Epidemiologist | Recipient of NIW and T32 NIH Awards | Exec Advisory | Mentor & Career Coach | 10x LinkedIn Top Voice

Physician-epidemiologist and global health strategist with over a decade of experience bridging data, policy, and execution. Trained at Johns Hopkins (PhD, MPH, MBA), with advisory roles at WHO, Africa CDC, and the Tony Blair Institute and with African governments. 

My work focuses on translating science into impact through strategy, systems leadership, and health innovation.I have successfully led high-impact global initiatives in vaccine policy, drug safety, and pandemic preparedness, advising international organizations and various governmental and health-sector stakeholders. 

My leadership bridges the gap between epidemiological insights, public health strategy, and industry-driven health solutions.

Core Areas of Expertise:

1. Global Health Security & Strategy – Advising global institutions on disease prevention, emergency preparedness, outbreak response, and strategic health policy implementation.

2. Pharmacoepidemiology & Real-World Evidence (RWE) – Leading studies on vaccine effectiveness, drug safety surveillance, and regulatory science to inform public health policy and clinical practice.

3. Health Systems Strengthening – Developing sustainable interventions and robust healthcare frameworks in collaboration with global stakeholders to ensure preparedness and resilient health systems.

4. AI & Data-Driven Health Innovation – Utilizing advanced analytics and artificial intelligence to translate complex epidemiological and clinical data into actionable health solutions.

5. Multisector Leadership & Collaboration – Managing diverse international teams and cultivating strategic partnerships across academia, industry, governments, and NGOs to drive impactful global health outcomes.

I am passionate about leadership roles where I can shape global health strategy while also supporting the next generation of leaders. 

I want to leverage my experience in epidemiology, policy, and multisector partnerships to help foundations and institutions make smarter investments, strengthen health systems, and translate science into long-term impact.

Banda Khalifa MD, MPH, MBA

90% of students “read” papers and still can’t explain them….This is the method I use anytime I lead a Journal Club.



I can tell in 30 seconds if you actually understood a research paper….

Most people don’t….

They “read” it…

Then they can’t explain the question, the method, or the point.

Here’s the reading method researchers are trained to use:


The Three-Pass Method.  

⸻

★ PASS 1 (5–10 minutes)

Get the map, not the details

Read only:

→ Title
→ Abstract + intro
→ Section headings
→ Conclusion
→ References (quick glance)

By the end, you should be able to say:

↳ What kind of paper is this

↳ What problem is it solving

↳ What are the main contributions

↳ Do the assumptions seem reasonable

↳ Is it worth your time


If the answer is “no,” stop here.

That’s not quitting. That’s focus.  

⸻

★ PASS 2 (up to 1 hour)

Understand the argument

Now read with a pen.

Your job is to track:

→ What claim are they making
→ What evidence supports it
→ What figures/graphs prove it

Study the visuals like your reputation depends on it:

↳ Are axes labeled

↳ Are error bars shown

↳ Do the results actually justify the conclusion  

At the end of pass 2, you should be able to explain the paper out loud to a friend.

No notes.

If you can’t, you don’t own it yet.

⸻

★ PASS 3 (the “real researcher” pass)

Rebuild the paper in your head

This is the move that separates “I read it” from “I understand it.”

Try to recreate the work mentally:

→ Why this method and not another

→ What assumptions are hiding in plain sight

→ What would break if one assumption fails

→ What would you change if you ran the study


By the end, you should be able to reconstruct the whole paper from memory, including strengths and weak spots.  

⸻

💬 What trips you up the most when reading papers?

♻️ Repost if you know someone drowning in PDFs.

How to read a paper 

Poster design is not decoration 

This is the storytelling poster template I use (see example 👇)


Most research posters fail for one reason:

They show everything… and say nothing.

A good poster is a story.

⸻

1) Start with one sentence that frames the whole study

→ Title is clear, specific, and does the “what + who + how” in one line.


2) Give the reader a map in 5 seconds

→ Intro is short.

→ Objective is separated and readable.

→ No one is hunting for the “point.”


3) Make the methods scannable, not academic

→ Design / Setting / Population / Exposure / Outcome / Analysis

→ This structure lets people trust the work fast.


4) Put the study flow in a single visual

→ Enrolled → Followed → Events

→ That simple pipeline is “narrative” in graphic form.


5) Results should answer the question instantly

→ One table for baseline

→ One plot for effect

→ One curve for time-to-event

→ Everything points to the same conclusion.


6) Land the plane with ONE takeaway

→ Conclusion is one line.

→ Not a paragraph.

→ Not a literature review.



⸻

If you’re designing your next poster, copy this structure:

→ Hook (title)

→ Objective (1–2 lines)

→ Methods (scannable blocks)

→ Flow graphic (sample → follow-up → outcome)

→ Results (3 visuals max)

→ Conclusion (one sentence)

⸻

#Research #PosterDesign #ScientificCommunication #Epidemiology #GradSchool

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One of the most important points raised by Prof. Christian Happi during our podcast deserves more attention. ( Talent retention )



For Africa to lead in science and research, one thing must become non-negotiable:

→ African professionals & researchers must be paid competitively.


For too long, the system has operated on a flawed assumption:

➤ That scientists working in Africa should accept less compensation than their peers in Europe or the United States.

But as Prof. Happi pointed out, that logic makes no sense.

If anything, the conditions in many African research environments can be more demanding, not less.

————

When talented researchers see no clear career path, the result is predictable:

→ Brain drain
→ Lost talent
→ Slower scientific progress on the continent.


But when institutions invest in competitive salaries and strong career pathways, something different happens:

→ Talent stays.
→ Innovation grows locally.

→ Africa becomes a producer of global scientific solutions, not just a participant.


As Prof. Happi put it plainly:

Researchers trained in Africa should not be expected to accept less.

In fact, they should be supported enough to build meaningful lives while doing meaningful science.

And that principle should be non-negotiable.

#AfricanScience #ResearchLeadership

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