PhD Career Stories
Our PhD Career Stories series this year will be virtual, offered via Zoom! Be sure to register for the sessions you which to attend by midnight the Thursday before in order to receive the Zoom login information.
PhD Career Stories is a monthly seminar series about career options for PhD 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, to suggest a speaker, or to become a member of the PhD Career Connections Planning Committee, please contact Angela Zito
2020-2021 Series Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
August 14, 2020
 | Rachel Skelton, PhD Director of Business Development for Pharma Partnerships
Leica Biosystems | Business Development |
September 18, 2020
| Karen Vieira, PhD
CEO, The Med Writers | Medical Communications |
October 19, 2020
| Panel discussion with former AAAS Science & Technology Policy fellows | Science Policy |
November 6, 2020
| Patricia Costa-Giomi, PhDExecutive Director International Regulatory AffairsUltragenyx Pharmaceuticals | Regulatory Affairs |
December 11, 2020
| Rachel Lippert, PhDNeuroCure Junior Research Group LeaderNeurocircuit Development and Function (NDF)German Institute for Human Nutrition | Research at a Research Institution |
January 15, 2021
| William M. Johnson Ph.D.Territory Manager II, NC/TNTakara Bio USA, Inc. | Technical Sales and Business Development |
| February 12, 2021 | Sylvie Raver, PhDAssociate Director at the Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy | Think Tank |
| March 26 2021 | Carl Darris, PhD, Tammy Sobolik, PhD, and Branden Stansley, PhD | Medical Science Liaisons |
April 23 2021
| Tim Shaver, PhD Computational Scientist at Inscripta, Inc. | Data Science |