Academic Year 2013-2022 career outcomes (82 alumni)
- Industry: 23 percent
- Postdoc: 20 percent
- Academic: 12 percent
- Biotech/Pharma: 12 percent
- Medicine: 9 percent
- Other: 9 percent
- Consultant: 6 percent
- Clinical: 5 percent
- Teaching: 2 percent
- Govt.: 2 percent
Career Paths
Wherever your ambitions lie, you will receive the support you need to follow a path well worn by BCM alumni who have built successful careers across diverse endeavors. A few of our alumni who have gone on to successful careers are featured here.
Shelly Buffington, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Center for Precision Environmental Health, Department of Neuroscience, Ïã¸Û6ºÏ¿ª½±½á¹û
Principal Investigator and Project Assistant Professor at the International Research Center for Neurointelligence at the University of Tokyo
Research Scientist, Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
Data Scientist, CAPE Analytics
Hsiao-Tuan Chao, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular and Human Genetics at Ïã¸Û6ºÏ¿ª½±½á¹û.
Investigator at Institutes for BioMedical Research
Clinician Researcher at the Center for Bionic Medicine of the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab
Senior Researcher at the Institute for Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel, Switzerland
Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston with a specialization as a Graduate Academic Success Coach in the School of Nursing
Assistant Professor at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at the Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas in Greece
Patent Agent at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Washington, DC
Chief in the Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Branch in the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Xavier University in Louisiana
Lead Machine Learning Engineer, Capital One, as well as an Adjunct Professor at California State University.
Consultant for SAI MedPartners, LLC.
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, St. Joseph’s University
Medical Science Liaison with Azurity Pharmaceuticals.
Application Support Scientist at Inscopix, Inc.
Weill Neurohub Assistant Professor of Physiology & Biophysics at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
CEO at DataJoint.
Sr. Manager Research and Development, Foundation Medicine
Alumni Profile
Dr. Mingshan Xue, BCM alumnus and assistant professor of neuroscience at Ïã¸Û6ºÏ¿ª½±½á¹û and a researcher with the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital, was awarded the prestigious 2018 McKnight Scholar Award.
Credit
Career Development
Workshops, seminars and courses offered through the Career Development Center help students explore the many career paths open to individuals with a Ph.D. The Center’s experienced staff helps students find opportunities to gain experience and build connections that match their career interests. They also work one-on-one with students to help them define and reach their goals.
