Career Connections

Hear from scientific professionals who share how they became interested in science and describe their different paths to biotech.

Disha Patel

Amgen Ohio

Fifteen years into a career, it might seem rare to be able to break completely new ground in a new role, but for Disha Patel, that is exactly what…

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Catherine Bond

Amgen Thousand Oaks

In high school, Catherine Bond found her computer science classes challenging. While that experience turned her off from the programming space…

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Madison Neisser

Amgen Washington DC

Looking back, Madison Neisser remembers her high school days as some of the hardest. “To this day, even working a full-time job along with other…

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Joshua Burgos

Amgen Tampa

"I've come a long way from where I originally started; I actually got my initial degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Florida," says…

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Weston Sutherland

Amgen Thousand Oaks

Weston Sutherland remembers having great teachers at his small public high school in California. Growing up on a working cattle ranch in California,…

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Hillary McLoughlin

Amgen Thousand Oaks

As a business performance lead in the U.S. sales and marketing team at Amgen in Thousand Oaks, Hillary McLoughlin works with people in many different…

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Michael Cavacas

Amgen Rhode Island

Michael Cavacas spent his childhood playing baseball never giving much thought to science. In high school, though, he had an AP chemistry teacher who…

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Vijay Kale

Amgen San Francisco

When he was a child Vijay Kale said he had some interest in science, especially in biology, but didn't know he would be a scientist one day. "I…

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