A strong publication record turned into paid industry advisory work
We made a decade of translational research legible to companies rather than only to reviewers, producing two advisory agreements and a consulting relationship alongside the academic post.
- 2
- paid advisory agreements
- 1
- ongoing consulting relationship
- 0
- academic commitments dropped
A decade of translational work, respectable citations, and a public presence limited to a university profile page and a list of publications nobody outside the field could interpret.
We restated the research programme as a problem industry cares about, then published short explanatory pieces that a commercial reader could follow without losing the rigour.
Two paid advisory agreements and a consulting relationship, arranged around the academic calendar, with no reduction in teaching or supervision.
- One research programme stated as a commercial problem.
- Writing that respected the evidence while dropping the jargon.
- Terms, rate and conflict of interest position agreed in advance.
- University policy checked before the first agreement was signed.
The science was competitive. The programme was invisible to everyone deciding where money goes.
Sixty applications, four replies. Then the approaches started arriving instead.
The findings were solid and unread. Then journalists and committees started calling first.