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Hello Kiyakiya... I would say that it is almost impossible to find a chain pharmacy which will sponsor a H1 for part-time internship(by the way when you are on H1, I think you are supposed to work full time). It is also very uncommon that a chain Pharmacy would accept someone as a volunteer intern, but a non-profit organization like a hospital might agree for that. Try that option as Trav had suggested earlier.
The question raised by Pharmacist771 is a very relevant one in today's scenario. However, one has to understand the ground realities faced by international Ph.D students in US. To get into a Pharmaceutical research industry in US as a Research Associate is very hard in the sense that there are very few job openings. Eventually, most of them get into academics as Post-docs where your earnings is not even half of what you will earn as a Pharmacist. To become a faculty in a University, it takes several years of post-doctoral experience/scientific publications/successful grant approvals etc. Since it is a long and strenuous path, some Ph.D students with Pharmacy background prefer to opt out of the program and become a pharmacist instead. However, I have heard success stories about foreign nationals becoming faculties much faster in the field of Pharmacology when compared to other fields in life sciences. Also, the other big plus point with your Ph.D is that your degree will get you a researcher/faculty job in many other parts of the world.
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