What's the profession of someone who studies Pharmacy and specializes in Biochemistry?

Question

I'm Brazilian and I'm addressing this question for native English speakers (or people who work in the field)...

I am trying to translate this résumé to English and I can't seem to find the right name for this profession. Is someone who studied Pharmacy and specialized in Biochemestry a:

1. Biochemestry Pharmacist?
2. Biochemestry Pharmaceutical?
3. Biochemical Pharmaceutical?
4. Biochemical Pharmacist?
5. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?

Help, please!

Answer 1

I would split both up and say a biochemist as well as a pharmacist. There is no clean way of adding them together without confusing others.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

i would think that it would depend upon your degree or US degree equivalent. I would probably recommend putting your professional degree last as a noun, and your other as an adjective

do you have a doctorate of pharmacy and are a licensed pharmacist? in which case you could call yourself a biochemical pharmacist.

do you have a doctorate in biochemistry? in which case you would be a pharmaceutical biochemist.

of course if you're are a doctorate of anything, then frankly, you should probably be submitting a CV, in which case, you could put so much down, that you don't have to label yourself anything.

if you're applying to biotech fields and having a hard time getting past human resources, then I would recommend calling yourself anything. human resources personnel are the same people who failed biochemistry in college, and majored in english literature. with so many applications, they typically use a simple word match computer program to select resumes from the job description provided by the department. if you need to jump the hurdle, try to match the job description as closely as possible, so that you can try to impress for the interview.

Answer 4

The profession of Pharmacy is different in various parts of the world, so you are asking a question based on how the profession is practiced in your country. I know that here in the states, all pharmacists are well versed in bio-chemistry, since that is what modern pharmacy really is. My wife is a clinical pharmacist at a large teaching children's hospital here in the US. The practice of pharmacy in hospitals is much different than in a retail pharmacy. Hospital pharmacy is probably close to what you are thinking about. A hospital pharmacist works with a lot of injectibles, I.V's, cancer chemotherapy drugs, and in the case of teaching and research hospitals, experimentals. The pharmacists there have a close consulting relationship with the doctors and medical students in deciding what therapies to use, and they rely many times on the pharmacists to calulate dosing levels, ID interactions, etc. There is a professional group for hospital pharmacists that you can check out at www.ashp.org .
Disclaimer - I'm not a pharmacist myself. but over the years I've seen the profession close-up, and have worked with my wife many late hours on her studies for continuing education requirements, and I've been her "unofficial" support staff for the various pharmacy computer systems she has worked with.

Answer 5

You could say the person is a biochemist with a specailty in Pharmocology. These are the people who work for drug companies who try and find cures for diseases and sicknesses and develop the pills, powders and liquids that they think will help.

The next time you take an aspirin or rub some cream on a dry spot on your skin, know that it was a biochemist who made it.

Answer 6

Since you majored in Biochemistry and minored in Pharmacy, the Biochemistry title comes first. Are you licensed in both? Perhaps it would be simpler for you to say you are a Biochemist.

Answer 7

BIOCHEMIST PHARMACIST