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Product Management and Entrepreneurship with Amicia Elliott, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - April 23, 2024 17:47 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Dr. Amicia Elliott always knew she wanted to be an entrepreneur. But on the path, she collected tools for her entrepreneur toolkit to get her to where she is today: PhD training, tech transfer, government research, postdoc fellowship. Now she is the Product Director with Form Bio. Hear about all...

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Scientific Communication with Justine Sinnaeve, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - March 11, 2024 08:29 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Dr. Justine Sinnaeve, PhD, is an Associate Scientific Director at Ashfield MedComms and tells us about her experience graduating during COVID and how she utilized that time to work freelance before launching into her SciComm/Medical Writing role. 

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Senior Grants Officer, Consultant with Lindsay Redman Rivera, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - March 05, 2024 07:22 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
After a successful internship with Health Research in Action, Lindsay Redman Rivera used her experience to pivot to a full-time position. She discusses what she learned during her PhD training as well as shares her approach to the two-body-opportunity.

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Regional Medical Scientific Director with Todd Townsend, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - February 23, 2024 20:21 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
After a fellowship with the FDA in regulatory, Dr. Todd Townsend, PhD, shares his path to his current role as the Regional Medical Scientific Director, Cardiovascular & Metabolism at Merck. 

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Product Development with Jacob Brown, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - February 13, 2024 07:41 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
A love of food, creative scientist Jake Brown, PhD, found a way to combine his educational background with his long-term interests, now serving as a Product Development Scientist with Mars Petcare. 

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Management Consulting with Courtney Copeland, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - January 17, 2024 00:38 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Is management consulting right for you? Dr. Courtney Copeland, PhD, tells her story about the pivot from biomedical science PhD to a management consultant!

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Business Development in Industry with Jeff Bylund, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - January 10, 2024 19:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Dr. Jeff Bylund, PhD, knew he enjoyed talking about science but he didn't want to continue at the bench. Join us for a laugh and a good career exploration discussion about Dr. Bylund's career ventures after his time training at Vanderbilt.

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BioTherapeutics Scientist with Léolène Jean Carrington, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - January 02, 2024 08:10 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Going the "industry" route doesn't always mean Big Pharma! Learn from alumna Léolène Carrington, PhD, what it is like to work for a smaller company and how your love of science and learning can dictate your career.   

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Industry Scientist with Bojana Jovanovic, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - December 19, 2023 07:32 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Dr. Bojana Jovanovic is quite familiar with the Beyond the Lab series. She stepped in for the intro and logo at the launch of this series! Now, she is the Senior Scientific Lead, Clinical Biomarker Development at Eli Lilly|Loxo Oncology. We catch up about her path and current role, as well as ho...

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Co-Founding a Startup with Wyatt McDonnell, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - December 12, 2023 07:20 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
There is no typical day for co-founder and CEO of Infinimmune Wyatt McDonnell, PhD. Dive in to the whatnots and to-dos of starting and maintaining a company in this episode. 

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Entrepreneurship with Chief Science Officer Martin Moore, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - December 05, 2023 07:20 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
The jump from academia to a start-up has been a fun one and we learn more as we sit down with Dr. Martin Moore, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer of Meissa Vaccines. 

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Postdoc Affairs and Advocacy with Chris Smith, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - November 28, 2023 07:39 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
After some nudging from the ASPIRE Program, Dr. Chris Smith, PhD, started looking at academic roles in Postdoc Affairs and found his vocation! But his work as a postdoc himself was pointing to this all along! Join us as Dr. Smith tells us more about his role in academic administration and servin...

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Faculty and an Academic Spinoff with Kristi Thiel, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - November 21, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
What came first for Kristi Thiel: Co-Founder or Professor? Learn more about Dr. Thiel's interesting steps in her career path and all the great ideas that have helped her along the way. 

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S7 Kickoff and Industry Scientist with Dave Westover, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - November 13, 2023 20:28 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
We are excited to kick off Season 7 of the Vanderbilt University Beyond the Lab podcast with Merck Scientist Dave Westover, PhD. Dr. Westover tells us about his role, how he jumped into industry and what he would recommend current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to pursue to make the ...

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Competitive Intelligence with Kristin Driscoll, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - February 21, 2023 06:05 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
In this last episode of Season 6, Dr. Kristin Driscoll tells about her path since graduation and her current role in Competitive Intelligence for Cigna. 

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Market Analysis with Cara Lang, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - February 14, 2023 14:18 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Dr. Cara Lang, PhD, is a Disease Area Analyst of Ovarian Cancer with Oncology Resource Group. In this episode, Dr. Lang shares her insight into her role and how she made the decisions around her post-grad next step, as well as the opportunities that best prepared her for this position.

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Big Pharma Science with Keenan Taylor, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - February 07, 2023 06:33 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
For our 100th episode, Dr. Keenan Taylor, PhD, tells us about his role in Big Pharma as a Senior Scientist. Dr. Taylor tells us about the differences he has seen between academia and industry and what his daily work life entails. 

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Industry R&D Scientist with Katherine Hutchinson, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - January 31, 2023 06:41 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Long title = lots of responsibility! Dr. Katherine Hutchinson, PhD, tells us about her role as a Senior Principal Scientist in Oncology Biomarker Development at Genentech, in San Francisco, California. Dr. Hutchinson tells us about her work in industry and life in San Francisco, while unpacking ...

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Medical Lab and Faculty with Allison Eberly, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - January 24, 2023 06:10 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Dr. Allison Eberly, PhD, describes her Clinical Microbiology Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic as well as her current role as an Assistant Professor at Washington University School of Medicine and the Assistant Medical Director at Barnes Jewish Hospital.

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Faculty at a State University with Melissa Maginnis, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - January 17, 2023 06:04 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Dr. Melissa Maginnis, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Microbiology at the University of Maine and spends this episode talking about her path after Vanderbilt, the dual career search with her spouse, and the role as teacher and mentor in a University setting.

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Academic Administration with Lauren Griggs, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - January 10, 2023 06:44 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Dr. Lauren Griggs, PhD, and a Vanderbilt postdoctoral fellow alum, is now the Director of the Multicultural Engineering Program, Director of the Clark Scholars Program, and an Assistant Teaching Professor, all at Penn State University. She shares about her start right before COVID and the first ...

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Industry Medical Communication with Kate Venmar Bankaitis, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - January 03, 2023 14:39 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Alumna Dr. Kate Bankaitis, PhD, tells us about her role as director of content at IQVIA and the interesting path of roles that led to her current position. 

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Medical Science Liaison with Jeff Pawlikowski, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - December 13, 2022 15:49 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Alumnus and Medical Science Liaison Jeff Pawlikowski, PhD, tells us about his long tenure as an MSL, how he juggles the role's demands, and what the travel is actually like! 

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Management Consulting with Cheryl Marr, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - December 07, 2022 19:19 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Dr. Marr is a senior consultant with Deloitte and spends some time talking about her path since Vanderbilt including her current role in consulting. 

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Industry Research Leadership with JP Johnson, Jr., PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - November 29, 2022 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Beyond the Lab goes to Canada with alumnus Dr. JP Johnson, Jr, PhD, Vice President of Biology at Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. A native to Tennessee, Dr. Johnson shares his journey in industry to the Pacific Northwest and onward to Vancouver. 

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Faculty at a Private University with Nicole Schramm-Sapyta

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - November 22, 2022 06:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Dr. Nicole Schramm-Sapyta, PhD, tells us about her role as a faculty member with Duke University and the Duke Institute for Brain Science. Dr. Schramm-Sapyta's love for science keeps popping up in her career story, and this episode focuses on this path.

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Forensic Science with Eric Warren

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - November 15, 2022 12:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Double 'Dore Dr. Eric Warren, PhD, owns his own forensic science business and tells us about his time with the TBI as well as the ways he began his business. 

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Clinical Trial Management with Sudipta Chakraborty, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - March 22, 2022 05:32 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
In this last episode of Season 5, Dr. Sudipta Chakraborty shares about her unique training experience, her remote work, and her role in clinical trial management. 

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Government Research with Dr. Li Yang, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - March 17, 2022 18:56 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Dr. Li Yang tells us about her work at the National Cancer Institute as well as how her training at Vanderbilt helped her prepare for the next step.

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Medical Science Liaison with Tiffany Farmer, PhD

Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast - February 02, 2022 20:19 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Dr. Tiffany Farmer, PhD, has used her skills and interest in science communication to create her career path, now has a manager of a team of Medical Science Liaisons. Learn more about her role as well as what she looks for in candidates!

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