Academic Year 2015-2024
- Industry: 25 percent
- Postdoc: 22 percent
- Academic: 16 percent
- Biotech/Pharma: 11 percent
- Other: 9 percent
- Medicine: 7 percent
- Consultant: 6 percent
- Clinical: 2 percent
- Teaching: 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.
Assistant Professor, Center for Precision Environmental Health, Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Miami
Research Scientist, Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
Data Scientist, CAPE Analytics
Assistant Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine.
Chien-Ju Chen, Ph.D.
Investigator at Novartis 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
Vani Pariyadath, Ph.D.
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.
Medical Science Liaison for EMD Serono, Inc.
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, St. Joseph’s University
Medical Science Liaison for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies
Application Support Scientist at Inscopix, Inc.
Weill Neurohub Assistant Professor of Physiology & Biophysics at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
CEO at DataJoint.
Staff Scientist and Manager at ONI
Alumni Profile
Dr. Mingshan Xue, BCM alumnus and assistant professor of neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine 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.
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.