PhD Career Stories

Scientific Liaison and MarketingFriday, March 6 • 10:00 AM • Light Hall 208 Join us an ASPIRE PhD Career Stories with Afrida Rahman-Enyart, Senior Marketing Manager at Proteintech. In this session, Afrida will share her journey from academic neuroscience to industry,… Read More

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 14 • 3:00pm • Virtual Dr. Seema Sinha, PhD, is currently the… Read More

Coffee Chat with Zaid Temrikar, MS, PhDFriday, December 510:00AM–11:00AMLight Hall 415 Curious about careers in industry drug development? Join us for a casual, round-table coffee chat with: Zaid Temrikar, PhD (https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaidtemrikar/)… Read More

Sareina Wu, PhD FOUNDER/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Dr. Sareina Wu is a pioneer in the field of virus-free gene therapy and has been internationally recognized for her work in the field of piggyBac transposons.  In striving to reach the pinnacle in the field of gene therapy, Dr. Wu… Read More

Join us for our 2025-2026 PhD Career Stories seminar series kickoff on Friday, September 12, at 10:00am, Light Hall 214. Ashley A. Able, PhD Scientific Project Manager, Natera Lakshmi Sundararajan, PhD Senior Project Manager, Research and Technical Operations, Astellas Gene Therapies… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More