By Jane Chin, Ph.D. It may be helpful to know some of the names that companies use to call their medical science liaisons when you search:
- Medical liaison
- Clinical liaison
- Medical scientific liaison
- Clinical science manager
- Clinical science liaison
- Medical science manager
- Medical scientific manager
- Regional Scientific manager
- Regional medical scientist
- Regional medical liaison
- Regional scientific liaison
- National medical scientist
- Medical information scientist
- Scientific affairs liaison
- Medical affairs liaison
- Regional medical research scientist
- Professional education liaison
- Medical Education Research Liaisons
… and others that I may not have listed because companies are continually inventing creative titles for medical science liaisons.
These job titles are not to be confused with:
- Contract research associates (CRA) – clinical research
- Clinical nurse educators (CNE) – sales
- Regional/national account managers (RAM, NAM) – managed care
- Clinical trial liaisons (CTLs) – clinical research
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