Career Development Activities

The Graduate Student Education Committee hosts yearly career development seminars to provide students with information about non-traditional career choices in academia, industry, and entrepreneurial ventures.

Past Speakers

March 28, 2012

Kalyani Narasimhan, Ph.D.
Chief Editor, Nature Neuroscience

Bruce Butler, Ph.D.
Vice President, Research and Technology, UTHealth

January 14, 2011

Katrina Kellner, Ph.D.
Editor, Translational Medicine

Science

Peter Seferian, Ph.D.
Patent Manager

UTHealth Medical School

March 17, 2010

Amy Cheng Vollmer, Ph.D.
Professor

Swarthmore College

October 15, 2009

Aurora Seminara, Ph.D.
Sr. Scientific Director, FCB Healthcare
and
Karen Uray, M.D.
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

April 7, 2009

Alex Hoffmaster, Ph.D.
Chief, Zoonoses and Select Agent Laboratory
Bacterial Zoonose Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and
Meredith Moore, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

March 3, 2008

Alicia Dombroski, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Division of Extramural Activities
National Insitute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
and
Jun Liu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

November 29, 2007

Joye Purser, Ph.D.
Senior Legislative Assistant to Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson
Representative 30th Congressional District, Texas
and
Kirsten Matthews, Ph.D.
Progam Manager, Science and Technology, The Baker Institute, Rice University

April 17, 2007

Julie Harless, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, Montgomery College
and
Jason Moore, MS, MBA
Director, Industry Programs, BioHouston Organization

March 22, 2006

C. Thomas Caskey, M.D.
Scientific Director, Institute for Molecular Medicine
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

If you have topic suggestions for career development activities, please email Kimberly Campbell at kimberly.j.campbell@uth.tmc.edu or call her at (713) 500-5605.