Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Brian Adams
- Jeffrey Zane Anderson
- Alysia Appell
- P. Darcy Barnett
- Carl M. Beaird
- Cherryl Beeman
- Betsy Bennett
- Nick Bennett
- Jonathan G. Blattmachr
- Mary Bonar
- Ron Bousquet
- Margaret L. Brandeau
- Judith R. Brown
- Denise Cammarata
- Cora L. Carmody
- Jessie Caruso
- Jack Cassidy
- Shane Chalke
- Judith E. Chapman
- Samson Cheung
- Yves Chiricota
- Megan Christensen
- Andrea Cook
- James L. Cooley
- Mary K. Cooney
- Jeff Cooper
- Joe Corrigan
- H. Michael Covert
- Sarah Cullen
- Allison DeLong
- Janet P. DenBleyker
- Mark Derwin
- Susan J. Devlin
- J. Wanzer Drane
- Arnitra Duckett
- Paula Duckett
- Yawa Duse-Anthony
- M. Scott Elliott
- Katie Evans
- Helaman Ferguson
- Rol Fessenden
- Kathie Flood
- Sara Ford
- Richard D. Fuhr
- Holly Gaff
- Marshall B. Garrison
- Allen Gibson
- Ruth Gonzalez
- Douglas A. Gray
- Cynthia Carter Haddock
- Charles R. Hadlock
- Charles Hagwood
- John F. Hamilton
- William D. Hammers
- Jeff Hand
- Carl M. Harris
- Mary Hesselgrave
- Jerry W. Highfill
- Matthew D. Janssen
- Richard Järvinen
- Captain C.J. Jaynes
- Denise Ann Johnston
- Patricia H. Jones
- Marcia P. Kastner
- Sherra E. Kerns
- Gary Kim
- Greg King
- Kay Strain King
- Karen M. Kneisel
- John Kuchenbrod
- Janice A. Kulle
- Kimberly A. Kuntz
- Michael H. Kutner
- Donna F. Lawson
- Christopher M. Legault
- Loren Mernoff Lewin
- Mike Lieber
- Peter A. Lindstrom
- Dan Loeb
- Tammy M. Lofton
- Valerie Lopez-Zinzer, A.S.A
- Christopher M. Luczynski
- Chad Magers
- Carol J. Mandell
- Carla D. Martin
- Patrick Dale McCray
- Jennifer E. McLean
- Juan C. Meza
- Michael G. Monticino
- S. Brent Morris
- William D. Murphy
- Michael J. Murray
- Deenanne Kay Myers
- Joan Peters Ogden
- Edna Lee Paisano
- #Amanda Peterson
- Bruce A. Powell
- Marla Prenger
- Edward H. Preston
- Fred L. Preston
- Diane R. Purcell
- Amanda Quiring
- Laura Readdy
- Brian D. Repp
- Mark A. Reynolds
- Nancy K. Roderer
- Peter Rosenthal
- David S. Ross
- Edward Rothstein
- Christine Rutch
- Bonita V. Saunders
- Julie Scarpa
- Jeffrey A. Schneider
- Joel Schneider
- Deborah A. Southan
- Mitchell Stabbe
- Arthur P. Staddon
- Courtney Stephens
- Robert L. Stewart
- Mary Kay Esworthy Stiles
- Kathy Haas Stukus
- Lisa M. Sullivan
- Elizabeth Sweet
- Julie S. Tarwater
- Debra W. Taufen
- Frederick C. Taverner
- Mark P. Terry
- Jill L. Tolle
- Lisa M. Tonder
- Jane Turnbull
- Sue E. Waldman
- Rodney B. Wallace
- Martha Weeks
- Benjamin E. Weiss
- Faedra Lazar Weiss
- Michael D. Weiss
- Gary L. Welz
- Dan C. White
- Paul Willoughby
- Sandra L. Winkler
- Sarah Adams Yeary
- James W. Yen
- Joyce W. Yen
- Yvonne Zhou
- Yaromyr Andrew Zinkewych
- Paul Zorn
- Appendices
Patrick Dale McCray
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Brian Adams
- Jeffrey Zane Anderson
- Alysia Appell
- P. Darcy Barnett
- Carl M. Beaird
- Cherryl Beeman
- Betsy Bennett
- Nick Bennett
- Jonathan G. Blattmachr
- Mary Bonar
- Ron Bousquet
- Margaret L. Brandeau
- Judith R. Brown
- Denise Cammarata
- Cora L. Carmody
- Jessie Caruso
- Jack Cassidy
- Shane Chalke
- Judith E. Chapman
- Samson Cheung
- Yves Chiricota
- Megan Christensen
- Andrea Cook
- James L. Cooley
- Mary K. Cooney
- Jeff Cooper
- Joe Corrigan
- H. Michael Covert
- Sarah Cullen
- Allison DeLong
- Janet P. DenBleyker
- Mark Derwin
- Susan J. Devlin
- J. Wanzer Drane
- Arnitra Duckett
- Paula Duckett
- Yawa Duse-Anthony
- M. Scott Elliott
- Katie Evans
- Helaman Ferguson
- Rol Fessenden
- Kathie Flood
- Sara Ford
- Richard D. Fuhr
- Holly Gaff
- Marshall B. Garrison
- Allen Gibson
- Ruth Gonzalez
- Douglas A. Gray
- Cynthia Carter Haddock
- Charles R. Hadlock
- Charles Hagwood
- John F. Hamilton
- William D. Hammers
- Jeff Hand
- Carl M. Harris
- Mary Hesselgrave
- Jerry W. Highfill
- Matthew D. Janssen
- Richard Järvinen
- Captain C.J. Jaynes
- Denise Ann Johnston
- Patricia H. Jones
- Marcia P. Kastner
- Sherra E. Kerns
- Gary Kim
- Greg King
- Kay Strain King
- Karen M. Kneisel
- John Kuchenbrod
- Janice A. Kulle
- Kimberly A. Kuntz
- Michael H. Kutner
- Donna F. Lawson
- Christopher M. Legault
- Loren Mernoff Lewin
- Mike Lieber
- Peter A. Lindstrom
- Dan Loeb
- Tammy M. Lofton
- Valerie Lopez-Zinzer, A.S.A
- Christopher M. Luczynski
- Chad Magers
- Carol J. Mandell
- Carla D. Martin
- Patrick Dale McCray
- Jennifer E. McLean
- Juan C. Meza
- Michael G. Monticino
- S. Brent Morris
- William D. Murphy
- Michael J. Murray
- Deenanne Kay Myers
- Joan Peters Ogden
- Edna Lee Paisano
- #Amanda Peterson
- Bruce A. Powell
- Marla Prenger
- Edward H. Preston
- Fred L. Preston
- Diane R. Purcell
- Amanda Quiring
- Laura Readdy
- Brian D. Repp
- Mark A. Reynolds
- Nancy K. Roderer
- Peter Rosenthal
- David S. Ross
- Edward Rothstein
- Christine Rutch
- Bonita V. Saunders
- Julie Scarpa
- Jeffrey A. Schneider
- Joel Schneider
- Deborah A. Southan
- Mitchell Stabbe
- Arthur P. Staddon
- Courtney Stephens
- Robert L. Stewart
- Mary Kay Esworthy Stiles
- Kathy Haas Stukus
- Lisa M. Sullivan
- Elizabeth Sweet
- Julie S. Tarwater
- Debra W. Taufen
- Frederick C. Taverner
- Mark P. Terry
- Jill L. Tolle
- Lisa M. Tonder
- Jane Turnbull
- Sue E. Waldman
- Rodney B. Wallace
- Martha Weeks
- Benjamin E. Weiss
- Faedra Lazar Weiss
- Michael D. Weiss
- Gary L. Welz
- Dan C. White
- Paul Willoughby
- Sandra L. Winkler
- Sarah Adams Yeary
- James W. Yen
- Joyce W. Yen
- Yvonne Zhou
- Yaromyr Andrew Zinkewych
- Paul Zorn
- Appendices
Summary
Searle is a pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of innovative products for improving health and curing disease. After completing my formal education and a three-year period as an instructor of mathematics at North Park College in Chicago, I applied for a scientific programmer position at Searle. My job at Searle has gone through many changes, but has primarily been focused on the development and support of application software to meet the needs of the scientific activities within research and development. However, there have been periods when I was heavily involved with commercial applications, system software, and administration, and pretty much isolated from the scientific affairs of the company.
The basic process of developing a pharmaceutical is chemistry and biology. It begins with such basic questions as: should it or does it have any activity? Is it safe? Is it effective? The process focuses more heavily on biology, both human and animal. Large amounts of data have to be analyzed at every stage of the process. That's where programming of computers comes into play. We write a program to perform a particular statistical calculation. The statisticians, chemists, and biologists come to programmers, individuals with sufficient background in the sciences to understand the scientific problems and with suitable skills in mathematics and computer science to construct computer programs to solve them.
I consult with statisticians, chemists, and biologists on mathematical questions and on carrying out certain mathematical calculations.
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- 101 Careers in Mathematics , pp. 174 - 175Publisher: Mathematical Association of AmericaPrint publication year: 2014