PhD Career Stories

Come hear more about a career in the nonprofit/fundraising realm. Find out what this role looks like at Vanderbilt and how you can use your PhD in this area. Dr. Ascano has a PhD in Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Her career… Read More

Interested in a career in industry? Not sure but want to find out more about this field? Come hear Dr. Thompson as he discusses his role as Principal Scientist at Pfizer, how he got from Vanderbilt to where he is now, what his day is like and what he… Read More

Dr. Thompson will be our featured speaker for the October PhD Career Stories seminar. Find our more about him below and be sure to attend his talk on October 18th. Registration is requested How he spends his day His career path    … Read More

Curious about a career as a Medical Science Liaison? Our September ASPIRE PhD Career Stories will feature 3 individuals in this field. We asked our MSL panelists some questions about their career and their path to this role. Here we are featuring Dawn Stults, PhD. See what she had to… Read More

Curious about a career as a Medical Science Liaison? Our September ASPIRE PhD Career Stories will feature 3 individuals in this field. We asked our MSL panelists some questions about their career and their path to this role. Here we are featuring Joesph Conrad, PhD. See what he had to… Read More

Jami Scheib, PhD We asked Dr. Scheib a few questions about her experience as a Science Officer for Ripple Effect. See what she had to say below. If you want to hear more about this career path,  be sure to attend her PhD Career Stories session on August 23rd. Read More

Dr. Baucum, a previous postdoc and research instructor here at Vanderbilt, is returning as our December PhD Career Stories speaker. He will discuss his path to become Assistant Professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and what his career in academic research has been like. If this is your career interest… Read More

  PhD Career Connections is excited to welcome back alumnus Akshata Udyavar, PhD, Senior Scientist Bioinformatics, Arcus Biosciences inc. Please join us as she discusses her career path after Vanderbilt Friday April 12, 2019 10am Light Hall 214 Registration Requested… Read More

Please join us as we welcome back Dr. Peter Wiebe, PhD as he discusses his career in data science Registration is requested Peter Wiebe leads a team of data scientists at Abbott Diagnostics that are improving the business of healthcare. He… Read More

PhD Career Connections: Entrepreneurship Margaret Read, PhD General Manager, Corporate Alliances, Vanderbilt Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization Margaret joined CTTC in Jun of 2018 as General Manager, Corporate Alliances and manages the collaboration with… Read More