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Career Development

The Office of Career Development is here to serve all current GSBS students and alumni! We take an educated, individualized approach to serving our stakeholders and strategically developing and implementing new programs and resources that support the training of our students and prepare them for the next steps in their career.

For general inquiries please contact [email protected]

Welcome to the Office of Career Development!

The Office of Career Development at the GSBS is devoted to student success with dedicated staff members to guide you to the best career path based on your individual interests and goals. Services include:

Individual career advising
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Career planning using the individual development plan (IDP)
Internship navigation and integration into student’s educational experience
Career exploration seminars/programming for GSBS students
Assistance with job readiness tools: CV/resume, LinkedIn profiles
Promotion of job, postdoc, internship, and fellowship opportunities
External fellowship and biosketch advising

Upcoming Events

Deadline: NCI's Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program

Friday, September 12, 2025 from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM CDT

Deadline: Society of Fellows at the University of Michigan

Monday, September 15, 2025 from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM CDT

Career Exploration: Careers in AI and Machine Learning

Friday, September 19, 2025 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM CDT

Career Exploration: Exploring Careers in Life Science Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Friday, October 10, 2025 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM CDT

NIH Career Symposium

Monday, November 03, 2025 from 8:45 AM to 5:00 PM CST

Texas Life Science Forum

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST

Career Exploration: Tenure Track Faculty

Friday, November 21, 2025 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM CST

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News

Mekenzie Peshoff explores brain tumor immunology through prestigious NIH fellowship

Mekenzie Peshoff explores brain tumor immunology through prestigious NIH fellowship

PhD student Mekenzie Peshoff was awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) F31 fellowship to investigate how TREM2 expression in brain-resident immune cells contributes to the development and progression...

August 25, 2025

Kendra Carmon, PhD, and 3 students working in a lab

From monsters to medicine: Graduate turns childhood fantasies into cancer-fighting reality

Growing up in a log cabin in the forests of upstate New York, Kendra Carmon, PhD ‘08, was captivated by black-and-white horror movies of mad scientists mixing chemicals and creating monsters in their...

Notice-Sarpaning standing at commencement 2025.

Microbiology & Infectious Diseases graduate Lee-Ann Notice-Sarpaning explores new horizons

Recent graduate Lee-Ann Notice-Sarpaning looks back on her PhD journey as she prepares for the next phase of her career. From falling in love with the Graduate School’s supportive environment during...

Bray addressing students at the podium at 2025 commencement.

2025 Distinguished Alumna: Molly S. Bray on science, mentorship, and change

2025 Distinguished Alumna Molly S. Bray, PhD ’98, returned to the MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences to reflect on a career shaped by curiosity, change, and mentorship...

NIH grant helps support Genetics & Epigenetics student Heather Tsong’s brain research

NIH grant helps support Genetics & Epigenetics student Heather Tsong’s brain research

Genetics & Epigenetics student Heather Tsong, who is advised by Andrea Stavoe, PhD, received a National Institutes of Health grant earlier this year to help support her research on brain aging and ...

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