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BIOTECH BIOSTATISTICIANS: NUMBERS ARE RIGHT FOR ALUMS IN BOOMING INDUSTRY
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HEN KEN RESSER (M.S. '86, pictured above) WAS HIRED AS A BIOSTATISTI-
CIAN AT THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF.-BASED AMGEN INC. IN OCTOBER 1988, THE FLEDGLING BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANY HAD APPROXIMATELY 400
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EMPLOYEES AND A TWO-PERSON BIOSTATISTICS DEPARTMENT. BARELY
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MORE THAN A DECADE LATER, RES SER HEADS A 4 7-PERSON DEPART-
STUDENTS Jobs in SPH Classrooms and Research Centers
MENT AT A COMPANY WITH NEARLY 6,000 EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE. IT'S SAFE TO SAY THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY IS BOOMING.
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MOREOVER, AS A TRIO OF UCLA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
FACULTY The Center for Health Policy Research
ALUMNI WHO HOLD PROMINENT POSITIONS AT THREE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING BIOTECH COMPANIES WILL ATTEST, THE MARKET FOR BIOSTATISTICIANS IN BIOTECH IS STRONG EVEN BY THE STANDARDS OF THIS FLOURISHING INDUSTRY.
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