Vanderbilt Beyond The Lab Podcast

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 few years in academic administration, as well as her work teaching. Dr. Griggs also provides insight into her career discovery and interview process. 

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. 

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! 

Dr. Marr is a senior consultant with Deloitte and spends some time talking about her path since Vanderbilt including her current role in consulting. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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. 

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.

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!

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.