Improving Workforce Skills: How the GSK Australia Graduate Researcher Program is Making a Difference

GSK Australia has developed the GSK Graduate Researcher Program, with support from MTPConnect’s Researcher Exchange and Development within Industry (REDI) initiative. The multinational pharmaceutical company gives PhD postgraduates a 12-month placement assigning them to lead on core projects in areas such as early product development, medical affairs and regulatory affairs. The idea is to build Industry capabilities of Australian researchers and establish their career foundations. MTPConnect hosts Caroline Duell and Jarrod Belcher, Director REDI program, catch up with Abraham Daniel, one of the graduate researchers selected for the first cohort in 2020, and his Manager Dr Lachlan Gray, a Medical Manager at ViiV Healthcare Australia, to find out more about the impact of this exciting program. ViiV Healthcare is an independent global specialist HIV company operating as a joint venture between GSK, Pfizer and Shionogi.