‘PhD Career Stories’
PhD Career Stories: Careers in Nonprofit Organizations
Mar. 6, 2025—PhD Career Stories: Careers in Nonprofit organizations with Rachel Fischer and Roslin Thoppil Rachel Fischer, PhD, Project Manager, Foundation for the NIH Roslin Thoppil, PhD, Senior Scientific Program Officer, AACR Friday, April 11 10:00am Light Hall 214 Registration kindly requested. Rachel Fischer received a B.S. in Neuroscience from the University of St. Thomas and...
PhD Career Stories panel – Regulatory Affairs
Feb. 25, 2025—Join us Wednesday, March 5, 10am in Light Hall 208 to hear about the career journey of Dr. Kelly Gordon and Dr. John Brogan. PhD Career Stories: Regulatory Affairs Wednesday, March 5 10:00am Light Hall 208 Registration requested. J.T. Brogan Ph.D., R.A.C., is a regulatory affairs and biopharmaceutical professional with a background spanning scientific research,...
PhD Career Stories: From Consultancy to business strategies in pharmaceutical product development
Feb. 4, 2025—Join us to learn about alumni Dr. Mallori Upshaw and Dr. Marissa Jones and their journey to careers leveraging their scientific backgrounds to provide business insights in pharmaceutical product development. This virtual session will be held on Friday, February 21, at 10 a.m., over Zoom. The Zoom link will be emailed on 2/20. PhD Career...
PhD Career Stories: Clinical Research and Development
Jan. 23, 2025—Join us to learn about alumni Dr. Valerie Kramlinger and Dr. Christopher Aluise and their journeys to careers in clinical research and development. This virtual panel session will be held on Friday, January 24th, at 10 a.m., over Zoom. The Zoom link will be emailed on 1/23. PhD Career Stories: Clinical Research & Development Friday, January 24th 10am over Zoom...
PhD Career Stories: Government Research with Efrain Garcia, PhD
Nov. 20, 2024—PhD Career Stories: Government Research with Efrain Garcia, PhD Thursday, December 5 10:00am Register for the Zoom link here! Dr. Efrain Garcia, PhD, is a Health Scientist/Project Officer at the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). His duties include overseeing and managing various multi-million...
PhD Career Stories: Scientific and Corporate Communications
Nov. 14, 2024—Join us at our next PhD Career Stories to learn about Dr. Diana Mitrea’s story of her journey to a career in scientific communication. Scientific & Corporate Communications Thursday, November 21st, at 10am Light Hall 214 Registration requested
PhD Career Stories: Medical Affairs / Medical Science Liaison panel with Dr. Casey Butrico and Dr. Todd Townsend
Oct. 15, 2024—Join us Friday, November 8, 10am in Light Hall 208 for career journey of two of our alumni, Dr. Casey Butrico and Dr. Todd Townsend. PhD Career Stories: Medical Affairs / Medical Science Liaison Friday, November 8 10:00am Light Hall 208 Registration requested. Casey Butrico, PhD, is a Scientific Affairs Manager at Kuros Biosciences, a...
PhD Career Stories: Industry Science with Dave Westover, PhD
Aug. 28, 2024— Join us on Friday, September 20, at 10am in Light Hall 214 to learn more about alumnus Dave Westover, PhD, a Senior Scientist, Analytical Research and Development, at Merck. Registration requested for this event. During his visit to Vanderbilt, Dr. Westover will be choosing six trainees to meet individually for a 20-minute one-on-one visit...
PhD Career Stories: Career in the FBI
Jan. 6, 2023—Join us in hearing from Dr. Cary Rue for our first PhD Career Stories for 2023 Registration is requested Dr. Cary Rue is a Supervisory Microbiologist in the Scientific Response and Analysis Unit of the FBI Laboratory. He manages the operational biology program that directs the collection of evidence in hazardous crime scenes. Prior to...
PhD Career Stories: Medical Affairs
Dec. 1, 2022— On December 21, in partnership with the ASPIRE Program in Molecular Medicine, we will be virtually hosting Holli Dilks, PhD for a PhD Career Stories event. Registration required to receive Zoom link Wednesday, December 21, 2022 5:00pm Virtual! Sponsored by the ASPIRE Program in Molecular Medicine and the BRET Office of Career Development ASPIRE...
PhD Career Stories: Forensic Science
Jul. 18, 2022—Join us for the first PhD Career Stories of the semester! The ASPIRE program will be hosting Dr. Eric Warren, co-owner of SEP Forensic Consultants. Hear all about a career path in forensic science from a fellow Vanderbilt alumnus. Registration is requested Dr. Eric Warren has been a Forensic Scientist in Firearms Identification and Crime Scene...
PhD Career Stories: Alex Nackenoff, PhD and Mike Nedelcovych, PhD
Apr. 4, 2022—Don’t miss our final PhD Career Stories for the 2021-2022 academic year! This month we are featuring the topic of Finance and Equity Research. Join us to hear from Alex Nackenoff PhD, and Mike Nedelcovych, PhD, two Vanderbilt alumni working in this field. Registration is required in order to receive the Zoom login information Alex...
PhD Career Stories: Caroline Benoist, PhD
Dec. 7, 2021—We are kicking off PhD Career Stories2022 with our featured speaker, Caroling Benoist, PhD. Dr. Benoist is currently a Medical Science Liaison at Angelini Pharma UKI. She is an MSL for the CNS portfolio (currently only epilepsy but they are looking to expand) and is in charge of medical education for the UK and Ireland....
PhD Career Stories: Clinical Research at Sarah Cannon
Nov. 1, 2021—Our December PhD Career Stories will be a panel discussing their clinical research positions at Sarah Cannon, featuring Molly Altman, PhD, Shanna A. Arnold Egloff, PhD, and Carissa Jones PhD. December 10, 2021 10am via Zoom Registration is required to receive Zoom login information “Sarah Cannon, the Cancer Institute of HCA Healthcare, offers integrated cancer services with convenient access...
PhD Career Stories: Sarah Petersen, PhD
Aug. 9, 2021— Our September PhD Career Stories session will feature Sarah C. Petersen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Kenyon College.Dr. Petersen received her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt, and joined the faculty of Kenyon College in 2016. Come hear about her career in College Teaching. September 10, 2021 2pm Registration is required to receive Zoom login information REGISTER HERE Sarah...
Career Center Launches Full Access to The Versatile PhD
Jul. 14, 2021—The VU Career Center recently announced that it is providing VU students, faculty, and staff with complete access to Versatile PhD. This online resource helps students explore career possibilities, view job postings appropriate for PhDs, network with 85,000+ members, prepare to build a professional career, and more! VPhD is the largest online community dedicated to non-academic and non-faculty careers for PhD...
PhD Career Stories: Tim Shaver, PhD
Mar. 18, 2021—Join us for the final PhD Career Stories session of the season! We will be virtually hosting Vanderbilt Alumnus Tim Shaver, PhD. He serves as Senior Computational Scientist at Inscripta, Inc. Come hear is story! Friday, April 23, 2021 10am, via Zoom Registration required
PhD Career Stories: A Medical Science Liaison Panel
Mar. 13, 2021—For our PhD Career Stories March session, we will be featuring a panel of Medical Science Liaisons. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from Alumni who are working in this career area. Have your questions and coffee ready to join us on Zoom! Friday March 26, 2021, 10am via Zoom Medical Science Liaisons: Featuring Carl...
PhD Career Stories: Sylvie Raver, PhD
Jan. 15, 2021—Join us for February’s PhD Career Stories event with Dr. Sylvie Raver, Associate Director at the Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy. Friday February 12, 2021 10:00AM This session will be offered via Zoom. Be sure to register in order to receive the Zoom login information https://vanderbilt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkf-urpzkiGtfz6rclxJNSu9tC9tNZo9Hv Sylvie Raver is an associate director at the Milken...
PhD Career Stories: William Johnson, PhD
Jan. 4, 2021—Start 2021 off with our January ASPIRE PhD Career Stories session, featuring William Johnson, PhD, Territory Manager II, NC/TN, Takara Bio USA, Inc. Friday January 15 10:00 AM This session will be offered via Zoom. Be sure to register in order to receive the Zoom login information https://vanderbilt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrc-6tqTkpGNSev9LMuxmAOgW5mTxVachF Dr. Johnson received his PhD from Case Western...