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. The following lists provide an update on where some of our graduate students went after completion of their Ph.D. program at Baylor College of Medicine.
Name | Mentor | Graduation Year | Current Position |
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Robert Britton | James Lupski | 1996 | Professor of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine |
Ezequiel M. Fuentes Pananá | Paul D. Ling | 1999 | Head of Cancer and Virology Research Unit, Medical Science Researcher E (Associate Professor equivalent), Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez |
Britt Glaunsinger | Ron Javier | 2001 | Associate Professor, UC Berkeley and Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
Kelly Warfield | Margaret Conner | 2002 | Senior Director, Emergent Biosolutions -- Antiviral Research and Development |
Amy Arrington | Janet Butel | 2003 | Chief of Global Biologic Preparedness in Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine |
Shannon McKinney Freeman | Peggy Goodell | 2003 | Associate Member, St. Jude's Children's Hospital |
Seung-Hyo Lee | David Corry | 2005 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
Jin Han | Tse-hua Tan | 2005 | Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Illinois |
Wendong Yu | Andrew Rice | 2006 | Assistant Professor of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine |
Joseph Hyser | Mary Estes | 2007 | Assistant Professor of Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine |
Victor Keasler | Betty Slagle | 2007 | Director of Production Maximization & Microbiology, Nalco Champion |
Dongsu Park | David Spencer | 2007 | Assistant Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine |
Zachary Bornholdt | BVV Prasad | 2008 | Director, App Biopharmaceutical |
Sangeeta Goswami | Farrah Kheradmand | 2008 | Assistant Professor of Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Hector Sandoval | Jin Wang | 2008 | Medical Science Liaison, Janssen Pharmaceutical Company of Johnson & Johnson |
Yan Wang | Andrew Rice | 2008 | Attorney, Vinson & Elkins |
Tyler Sharp | Mary Estes | 2010 | Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Rafael Cubas | Cathy Yao | 2010 | Scientist, Genentech |
Ana Maria Cardenas | Tim Palzkill | 2012 | Clinical Microbiology Lab Director and Assistant Professor, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
Elicia Grace | Christophe Herman | 2013 | Scientific Applications Specialist, Integrated DNA Technologies |
Jaturong (Oab) Sewatanon | Paul D. Ling | 2013 | Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand |
Rajesh Thippeshappa | Jason Kimata | 2013 | Staff Scientist, Texas Biomedical Research Institute |
John Morgan Knight | David Corry | 2014 | Instructor, Baylor College of Medicine |
Christopher Nobles | Anthony Maresso | 2014 | Bioinformatician, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
Wen Lu | David Corry | 2016 | Postdoctoral Scientist, UC San Francisco |
Ran You | Farrah Kheradmand | 2016 | Postdoctoral Scientist, UC San Francisco |
Redwan Huq | Christine Beeton | 2017 | Lead Data Scientist, Nielsen |
Vivian (Dan) Liang | Will Decker | 2017 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University |
Wei-Chi Tsai | Richard Lloyd | 2017 | Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT |
Jason Kaelber | Wah Chiu | 2017 | Assistant Research Professor and Director of Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Rutgers State University of NJ |
Thomas Lee | Matthew Bettini | 2018 | Scientist, SQZ Biotechnologies |
Maran Sprouse | Maria Bettini | 2018 | Postdoctoral Scientist, University of Arizona |
Prior to graduating and going on to work at Nielsen, Redwan Huq spoke about his experience with the Team Launch program at BCM.
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.