Impact Card Library
Why Partners Choose LEADERs
Accelerate Early Discovery Research
Chemical engineering PhD contributed to functional genomics team identifying novel drug targets for pharmaceutical development, bringing fresh academic perspective to early discovery pipeline.
Impact
Academic training in organoid research translated directly to target identification work, accelerating early-stage pharmaceutical discovery methods.
Advance Product Toward Market
Microfluidics PhD expertise accelerated product validation for health tech startup, bridging academic research to market.
Impact
Academic expertise accelerated startup product development and enabled team management.
Access Specialized Expertise
Machine learning accelerated pharmaceutical R&D through computational methods that identified promising drug candidates faster.
Impact
Computational methods accelerated drug discovery, delivering immediate R&D value.
Deploy Cutting-Edge AI
Computer Science PhD brought cutting-edge LLM expertise to develop voice conversational AI for automating patient billing inquiries.
Impact
Accelerated first-to-market deployment of purpose-built voice AI for healthcare financial services.
Build a Talent Pipeline
Industry partner shares why they’ve requested LEADERs Fellows every year since their first placement.
Testimonial
“I would hire every single student recommended. It’s really good synergy.”
Validate New Technologies
Physics PhD leveraged computational skills to validate drug manufacturing processes at a global pharmaceutical company.
Impact
Computational expertise from an unconventional background became the key to validating new cell lines for drug production.
Transform Clinical Data Systems
Network science PhD created novel data infrastructure connecting clinical studies across trials, enabling protocol reuse and informed drug design across pharmaceutical research portfolio.
Impact
Novel network science methods transformed clinical documentation systems, connecting data across studies to accelerate drug development decisions.Why Partners Choose Industry PhD
Innovate New Products
Full-time biotech career developing customized immunotherapies for cancer patients through precision medicine becomes dissertation research.
Impact
Company product development and doctoral research advanced simultaneously with faculty advising.
Foster Entrepreneurial Innovation
Employee developed gene-edited cell therapy research while working full-time, ultimately founding biotech startup that advanced organizational IP into commercial cancer treatment applications.
Impact
PhD research generated patents and publications while employee gained entrepreneurial skills, creating pathway from internal R&D to startup innovation.
Grow Internal Leadership
Toxicology professional advanced from data analyst to PhD-level scientist while maintaining full-time employment, deepening drug safety expertise that directly benefits organizational research capacity.
Impact
Organization retained senior toxicology talent while gaining faculty-guided doctoral research on critical drug safety challenges for immune-modulating therapies.
Build Research Capacity
Data analyst elevated to research scientist through PhD, conducting population health research that directly informs clinical guidelines while expanding organizational research capabilities.
Impact
Employee advanced from analyst to principal investigator level, securing grant funding and leading studies that inform organizational clinical practice.
Structure Strategic PhD Programs
Global pharmaceutical company designed joint experiential PhD program enabling employees to pursue doctoral research while advancing organizational R&D priorities in chemistry and chemical biology.
Impact
Employees conduct co-developed research projects, advancing both individual expertise and organizational innovation capacity. Structure Strategic PhD Programs
Global pharmaceutical company designed joint experiential PhD program enabling employees to pursue doctoral research while advancing organizational R&D priorities in chemistry and chemical biology.
Impact
Employees conduct co-developed research projects, advancing both individual expertise and organizational innovation capacity. Grow Internal Leadership
Toxicology professional advanced from data analyst to PhD-level scientist while maintaining full-time employment, deepening drug safety expertise that directly benefits organizational research capacity.
Impact
Employee retained full salary while gaining doctoral expertise in drug safety, advancing to research leadership role with expanded organizational contribution. Build Research Capacity
Data analyst elevated to research scientist through PhD, conducting population health research that directly informs clinical guidelines while expanding organizational research capabilities.