{"655811":{"#nid":"655811","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Public Policy Study Examines Cell Therapy Workforce Needs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECell and gene therapies are on the rise as new methods and technologies gain approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. As these fields grow, so do their workforce demands. In a new \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41587-022-01212-6\u0022\u003Epaper\u003C\/a\u003E published in \u003Cem\u003ENature Biotechnology, \u003C\/em\u003Eresearchers in the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy examined these needs by using the chimeric antigen receptor, or CAR T-cell therapy industry as an example.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELinda Ho, then a M.S. in Public Policy student in the School, was lead author on the paper. Hadassah Robbins, a Master of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Management student at the time, and Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/aaron-levine\u0022\u003EAaron Levine\u003C\/a\u003E, served as co-authors. Levine is also the co-director for engineering workforce development of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies, or \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cellmanufacturingusa.org\/\u0022\u003ECMaT\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Cell therapy is changing the lives of patients today, but the ability of this novel technology to reach its potential depends on the existence of an appropriately trained workforce,\u0026rdquo; Levine said. \u0026ldquo;This study highlights key skills necessary for this workforce and should help industry stakeholders, including CMaT, develop training programs to help meet this need.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe authors gathered 326 job advertisements from the websites of three companies that develop CAR T therapy products, then analyzed each entry to glean insight into the skills and education levels needed to work in the fast-growing field.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThey found that 71% of job postings required a bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree, while 14% called for doctoral-level training, and 8% specified less than a bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree. They also found that people with little to no direct industry experience could fill manufacturing technician and associate roles. They concluded, however, that manufacturing associate candidates would benefit from having prior experience and additional knowledge of the regulatory environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Meeting the demand for new employees in the growing cell and gene therapy industry and, especially, for manufacturing these labor-intensive therapies, will require a substantial effort engaging technical colleges, four-year universities, and scientific and industry groups,\u0026rdquo; the authors wrote.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe paper, \u0026ldquo;Assessing Workforce Needs for the Emerging CAR T-Cell Therapy Industry,\u0026rdquo; is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41587-022-01212-6\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41587-022-01212-6\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe study, published in \u0026quot;Nature Biotechnology,\u0026quot; examines job postings in the CAR T cell therapy industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The study, published in \u0022Nature Biotechnology,\u0022 examines job postings in the CAR T cell therapy industry."}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2022-02-28 16:47:34","changed_gmt":"2022-02-28 16:47:34","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"655810":{"id":"655810","type":"image","title":"A study from the School of Public Policy examines cell therapy workforce needs","body":null,"created":"1646066714","gmt_created":"2022-02-28 16:45:14","changed":"1646066714","gmt_changed":"2022-02-28 16:45:14","alt":"A lab technician, whose face and lower body are cropped out, pipettes something into tubes.","file":{"fid":"248634","name":"16 x 9 Aspect Ratio (3200 x 1800 px).jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16%20x%209%20Aspect%20Ratio%20%283200%20x%201800%20px%29_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16%20x%209%20Aspect%20Ratio%20%283200%20x%201800%20px%29_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":270522,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/16%20x%209%20Aspect%20Ratio%20%283200%20x%201800%20px%29_1.jpg?itok=thfBCFWa"}}},"media_ids":["655810"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"9534","name":"cell therapy"},{"id":"12209","name":"t cell therapy"},{"id":"1049","name":"Job Market"},{"id":"190048","name":"STEM careers"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gwyner3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGrace Wyner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Public Policy | Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}