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Tulane Biomedical Sciences Podcast

Tulane Biomedical Sciences Podcast

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 Tulane Biomedical Sciences Podcast discusses topics including graduate career development, student resources, and graduate life within the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program at Tulane University in historic New Orleans.© 2024 Tulane Biomedical Sciences Podcast Weiwei Xu
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    • Tulane Biomedical Sciences Podcast - Student Conversation with Sydney Nemphos and Hazel (He) Zhou

      Tulane Biomedical Sciences Podcast - Student Conversation with Sydney Nemphos and Hazel (He) Zhou
      Feb 7 2024
      Welcome to the Tulane Biomedical Sciences Podcast, where we discuss topics including graduate career development, student resources and graduate life within the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program at Tulane University in historic New Orleans. Your host for today’s episode is Weiwei Xu, Academic and Career Advisor for the Tulane Biomedical Sciences graduate program. She is joined by Sydney Nemphos, a 4th year Biomedical Sciences PhD student and Hazel (He) Zhou, a 6th year student in the Department of Medicine. Listen as they share their study and work experiences within the Tulane School of Medicine and how they like pursuing their PhD studies in New Orleans. Sydney came to Tulane straight after finishing her undergraduate degree. She chose Tulane not just because of the school and the strong research programs, but also because New Orleans is such an interesting and diverse place to live. Hazel earned her Bachelor of Medicine in China and decided to take the epidemiology route at the Tulane School of Public Health. Her favorite thing about New Orleans is that it is sunny and warm almost all year long. The biggest thing Sydney wishes she knew before coming into the program is that it is okay to change the way you study for classes. She also advises incoming students to work with a dissertation advisor to choose a curriculum that will help their dissertation work. When choosing electives, Hazel advises that students follow their interests. One of the most important aspects of PhD studies is having a dissertation advisor. For Hazel, being able to have good conversations with a professor on a wide range of topics is a good sign that they are a good match to be your advisor. Sydney's biggest piece of advice is for students to choose a lab from a place of interest, and the research will likely follow. She believes students also should not be afraid to ask potential advisors difficult questions to get a better understanding of what their work with them will look like. Next, our guests offer similar advice on finding a dissertation committee. Then they talk about the dreaded preliminary exams, which Sydney feels was a good introduction for how the world of academia works. Her advice is to not be afraid of failure during preliminaries. Hazel’s advice for preliminaries is also to not be scared. The exam isn’t set up to fail you, but rather to push you to learn critical thinking and new research topics. Finally, they share about what it is like to work at the Tulane School of Medicine and living in New Orleans during their studies. They have found “work hard, play hard” to be the most effective way to sum up the work life balance in New Orleans. Thanks for listening. Please like, share, and subscribe! Link: Learn more about the Tulane Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program at https://medicine.tulane.edu/education/biomedical-sciences-graduate-program
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      24 min
    • Tulane Biomedical Sciences Podcast - Alumni Conversation with Dr. Alan Goggins

      Tulane Biomedical Sciences Podcast - Alumni Conversation with Dr. Alan Goggins
      Oct 19 2023
      Welcome to the Tulane Biomedical Sciences Podcast, where we discuss topics including graduate career development, student resources and graduate life within the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program at Tulane University in historic New Orleans. Your host for today’s episode is Madelyn Kist, a second year PhD student in the Tulane Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program. She is joined by Dr. Alan Goggins, an alumnus of the program who graduated in 2017. After graduation, he served as a postdoctoral fellow at Merck in their Biologics and Vaccines Bioanalytics group. He is currently Associate Principal Scientist at Merck Research Laboratories in San Francisco, where he works on early drug discovery with the Pharmacokinetic, Pharmacodynamic and Drug Metabolism group. He also serves on the sub-committee for Minority Education for the American Society of Microbiology. To begin, Dr. Goggins shares that his favorite thing about his time at Tulane was all of the amazing people he met there. He appreciated being able to celebrate the highs and lows of earning a PhD with his cohort. He also shares what an industry postdoc is like and its potential pros and cons. At the end of his PhD, Dr. Goggins was curious about industry but didn’t have the firsthand experience required by many employers. He was attracted to the industry postdoc at Merck, which emphasizes publications, and was able to turn it into an entirely different position within the company. He points out that not all postdocs are created equally, and graduates should seek positions that allow them to be involved in shareable publications. A good postdoc program, he explains, has alumni who find employment throughout the industry, proving that the experience they gained has value outside of that company. Next, Dr. Goggins reflects on the collaborative nature of industry compared to academia. While industry is all about how well a team performs together, academia usually prioritizes individual performance. Then, he identifies the character traits that are helping him thrive in the drug development industry: communication, the ability to detach from ideas/projects and flexibility. Having been involved in the hiring and interview processes, Dr. Goggins explains that it is actually okay to admit to not knowing something in an interview. Interviewers are actually oftentimes trying to push applicants to admit when they don’t know something. Finally, he explains that every conversation you have throughout the day is part of the interview. It’s important to remember that you are interviewing the people on the other side of the table just as much as they are interviewing you. Finally, he offers his best advice for people actively searching for positions in the digital age. Thanks for listening. Please like, share, and subscribe! Link: Learn more about the Tulane Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program at https://medicine.tulane.edu/education/biomedical-sciences-graduate-program.
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      17 min
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