Ph.D. Career Stories
Ph.D. Career Stories is a monthly seminar series about career options for Ph.D. scientists. Speakers from a diverse range of exciting scientific careers present their career path and share insights from their professional experiences. Come hear about the career journey from Vanderbilt Alumni and professionals working in the field and see if this is a career path that could suit you.
The series is sponsored by the BRET Office of Career Development.
For more information on the series, or to suggest a speaker, please contact Mary Gray Lindstrom.
*Sessions are in-person at 10a unless otherwise noted
Upcoming Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, September 12 10:00AM | Ashley A. Able, PhD Scientific Project Manager, Natera Lakshmi Sundararajan, PhD Senior Project Manager, Research and Technical Operations, Astellas Gene Therapies | Project Management | Light Hall 214 |
| Friday, October 3 1:15PM | Laurie VanderVeen, PhD Director, Gilead Sciences Joseph Manna, PhD Director, Head of DMPK, Delphia Therapeutics Scott Daniels, PhD Senior Vice President, Drug Discovery & Translational Sciences, Inotiv | Drug Discovery and Development | Light Hall 202 |
| Friday, October 3 4:00PM | Matt Windsor, PhD Senior Manager of Media, Outreach & Communications at the Society for Neuroscience Katherine Windsor, PhD Drug Substance Team Lead, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | Shaping science outside the lab: careers in scientific societies and government | Light Hall 202 |
| Friday, November 14 10:00AM | Sareina Wu, PhD Founder and CSO, GenomeFrontier Therapeutics, Inc. | Therapeutic Startup | Light Hall 214 |
| Friday, December 5 10:00AM - 11:00AM | Zaid Temrikar, MS, PhD Associate Director of Quantitative Clinical Pharmacology at EMD Serono Inc (Merck KGaA) | Special Session: Coffee Chat | Light Hall 415 |
| Thursday, December 11 10:00AM | Barry Crawford, PhD Senior Director, Quality Assurance and Compliance, Thermo Fisher Scientific Trenis Palmer, PhD Director Quality Assurance and Process Improvement, Valkyrie Clinical Trails | Careers in Clinical Trials | Virtual (RSVP to receive Zoom link) |