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PhD Career Stories: Strategy & Operations
Dec. 15, 2025—Please join us in welcoming alumna Dr. Seema Sinha, PhD, Director of Diagnostics Strategy at LabCorp. Dr. Sinha is based in Seattle and will share her interesting path and role. Wednesday, January 7 • 3:00pm • Virtual Dr. Seema Sinha, PhD, is currently the Director of Diagnostic Strategy at Labcorp where she has held this...
ASPIRE UP: Delivering an Impactful Biopharma Industry Job Talk
Dec. 4, 2025—Join Us for an ASPIRE Up Workshop!Delivering an Impactful Biopharma Industry Job TalkFriday, January 16 • 10:00 AM • LH 202 In today’s competitive R&D job market, a strong job talk goes beyond presenting excellent science. It’s also an opportunity to show that you understand the broader context in which industry teams operate. This session...
ASPIRE Mock Interview Week 2026
Nov. 18, 2025—Application deadline: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at noon Back again for its 4th year, this event will provide biomedical PhD students and postdocs the opportunity to practice their interview skills with employers and alumni, (including faculty, if appropriate), and receive valuable feedback. Each participant will have up to 4 mock interviews, each lasting about 45...
Open Jobs for Trainees
Aug. 14, 2024— Join us on our LinkedIn page to see current job opening shared with the ASPIRE Program. https://www.linkedin.com/company/vanderbiltbretaspire/ The Vanderbilt BRET Office of Career Development ASPIRE LinkedIn page shares current job postings available for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Job opening notifications are for faculty, non-faculty, and postdoc positions. Note:...
ASPIRE UP: A Career and Professional Development Series for Biomedical Science Trainees
Jul. 19, 2024—The ASPIRE Up series is a monthly workshop series for biomedical Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scientists to aide in advancing their career and professional skills. Topics will include navigating career choices, grant writing, job search skills and more! Add the sessions to your calendar! 2025-2026 Questions? Email Mary Gray at Mary.g.lindstrom@vanderbilt.edu.
ASPIRE CV / Resume Drop In Clinic
Aug. 30, 2023—The BRET Office of Career Development ASPIRE Program provides a CV/Resume Drop-in Clinic for VU and VUMC biomedical sciences PhD students and postdoctoral fellows. We are happy to review CVs, NIH biosketches, resumes, LinkedIn profiles, or other professional documents you use in a job search. Drop in for a visit on Tuesdays from 11:30a-12:30p in...
ASPIRE to Innovate Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Jan. 5, 2023— The ASPIRE to Innovate Postdoctoral Fellowship program has two primary objectives: 1) To enable the commercialization of technologies discovered at Vanderbilt University and 2) To provide a biomedical Ph.D. scientist with a structured training opportunity to learn how to transform a technology into a company. A biomedical sciences postdoc will be hired to launch...
ASPIRE Grant Repository
Mar. 9, 2021—The ASPIRE team maintains a repository of funded grant applications written by Vanderbilt graduate students. Access is restricted to Vanderbilt graduate students who are currently writing a grant application. Currently the repository contains example F31 NIH NRSA , AHA, and NSF GRFP grant applications. If you are a VU student who is interested in viewing the repository,...
ASPIRE Internships
Sep. 28, 2018— The ASPIRE Program is excited to offer ASPIRE Internships, which will be advertised on a rolling basis throughout the year. Please check back regularly! For a curated list of internships available outside of ASPIRE, please see: Internships Outside of ASPIRE. Eligibility requirements Applicants must be a current Vanderbilt University Ph.D. student or a current postdoctoral fellow....