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Jan 2024
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S5E3 Grace Park | Medical Device Enginee...

Aaron Moncur
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Grace Park discusses her career journey in medical device engineering, managing challenges as an engineering leader, and her outlook on the future of the industry.

Main Topics:

  • Engineering problem-solving mindset
  • Overcoming imposter syndrome
  • Trends in manufacturing and skills for engineers
  • Strategies for self-care, and industry challenges

About the guest: Grace Park holds a bachelor’s degree in materials science & engineering and a PhD in biomedical engineering. She is a passionate R&D leader and people developer with 17 years of medical device product development and lifecycle management expertise and has led global Research and Development teams and program management responsible for developing innovative and safe solutions for medication delivery.

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