Dr. D'Anne Duncan is currently the Assistant Dean of Diversity and Learner Success at the University of California San Francisco Graduate Division. Dr. Duncan is a postdoctoral alumna of Vanderbilt and tells us about her interesting path now working with graduate students.

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Diversity and Academic Success

Dr. Ryan Bender shares about his role as a Molecular Geneticist at Neogenomics and what the role entails as well as why the field is so unique. 

Genomics Laboratory Management

Learn how Dr. Kari Johnson, PhD, went from Vanderbilt graduate work, to an NIH postdoc, to now a faculty role with the Uniformed Services University. 

Academic Faculty of Government Institution

Alumna and Board of Visitors member Dr. Colleen Piersen is the Assistant Head for Administration of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Director of Research Services in the Office of the Dean at the University of Illinois Chicago. Dr. Piersen sits down with us to discuss how her scientific interests led her to a role with the University of Illinois system. 

Academic Administration

Dr. Miranda Hallett serves as a Patent Agent post-PhD and her postdoctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt. Join us as we talk about her interesting path from science to law.

Patent Agent

Join us as we speak with Barbara Natalizio, PhD, with the Rita Allen Foundation. 

Grants Administration

Join us as we interview Dr. Renee Bailey Iacona, Vice President, Oncology Biometrics, Oncology R&D at AstraZeneca, as she talks about her time at Vanderbilt, the interesting turns her path has taken, and what she looks for when hiring. 

Big Pharma

Dr. Chris Jarrett, PhD, is a Senior Project Engineer with Stryker, and tells us about how he navigates his role, his path to his current role, and what he has been learning lately. Chris Jarrett is an alumnus of Vanderbilt University.

Technical Support

Dr. Jud Schneider tells us about his role with Nashville Biosciences, helping companies launch forward, hiring, and the importance of learning from others.

Biotech

Learn more about the role of Government Administration from Rubin Baskir, PhD, alumnus of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Biomedical Research Education and Training Program. 

Government Administration

Tune in to hear how Dr. Chandrasakan navigated her role in industry and what she does each day! Ramya Chandrasakan is an alumna of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Biomedical Research Education and Training Program. 

Industry

In our last episode of Season 3, we talk with grants manager and director Janice Ascano, PhD, from Vanderbilt University Corporate and Foundation Relations.

Corporate and Foundation Relations

Dr. Karissa Culbreath, PhD, knows a few things about laboratory testing in the clinical setting, and she sits down with us to tell us about how she got there and what she does all day!

Clinical Laboratory Science

Sitting down with Dr. Renee Dawson, PhD, provides a great conversation about her role in the Wente Lab as a staff scientist and her daily activities in that job.

Staff Scientist of Academic Lab

Join us as we speak with alumnus Paul Ruest, a freelance medical writer and director.

Freelance Medical Writing

Curious about what biomedical science PhDs do for their career? In the "Beyond the Lab" podcast series, the Vanderbilt BRET Office of Career Development interviews biomedical science PhD and postdoctoral alumni about their career path.

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