Vanderbilt Beyond The Lab Podcast

Alumna Dr. Katie Vowell, PhD, shares about her role in industry with GSK, including the interview process and what it is like to work day-to-day with the company.

Dr. Sue Lee, PhD, shares about her role consulting and conducting business development with Alkermes as well as the switch to industry from academia. 

Dr. Marquicia Pierce, PhD, shares about her role in technology start-ups and her unique advice on what current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows should pursue with their interest in business.

Join us as we chat with Lehanna Sanders, PhD, Business Development Manager, Advanced Solutions Life Sciences. Dr. Sanders focuses on national and international sales of bioprinting technology and tissue engineering solutions. 

Dr. Shruti Sharma, PhD, is a postdoctoral alumna of Vanderbilt University and currently a data scientist with Ingram Content Group. Dr. Sharma's encouraging episode tells us about her path and what to pursue with an interest in data science.

Dr. Allie Greenplate, PhD, is the Associate Director of Science and Operations at the Immune Health Project at the University of Pennsylvania. 

Dr. Matthew Varga is currently a Research Scientist with local company Oncocyte. With his love of scientific research, Dr. Varga talks about his path after Vanderbilt and how his interests and networking led him to a current role that he enjoys.

Dr. Amanda Hansen is currently the Territory Manager for STEMCELL Technologies. Dr. Hansen is a graduate student and postdoctoral fellow alumna of Vanderbilt, and she shares her path to her current career as well as her daily activities in her role.

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.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.

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

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. 

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.

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

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. 

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. 

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