Translational vs Animal Health?
Looking for some input primarily on what keywords to use when searching for early career positions or mentors. Of course any and all advice is appreciated.
I would consider myself early career due to my age, but have a range of experience. My background is primarily in academic research, clinical veterinary medicine, and veterinary pharmacy. I have worked for multiple startups and ran a small business (art/design) for 15+ years. I am not a veterinarian nor do I claim to be, however I was trained as one (long story short, I left my DVM program for a now-resolved reason). I am employed (non-industry clinical role), and currently in an MS program for human pharmacology and intend to graduate next year.
In an ideal world I would like to work on animal health/veterinary drug development or in veterinary biotech, though from my research it seems like funding here is limited? Also would be interested in startup roles. I am currently not looking into academia or vet school-adjacent roles (not opposed to it, but would prefer industry). Is translational medicine (translational as in animal-to-human, not bench-to-bedside) a way to leverage my veterinary background without limiting myself to animal health-only companies? I want to make sure I am correctly understanding what this entails before casting a wider net in my job search.
Editing to add:
One Health, comparative medicine, translational/reverse translational, animal health, companion animal health, veterinary, lab animal medicine, all appear to have different “flavors” with their own language and sets of rules.
^^ I’m not entirely sure where to start since some are pointed toward agriculture/food animal, drugs for pets, animal testing for human drugs, and I understand what this means on the surface but have limited reference for the inner workings of these industries