Beyond The Lab: Meghana Rao
1,198 views · Published 16 September 2015 · 7:12 · Indexed 26 October 2026
Channel: Vanderbilt University · 2015 · Education
Curious about what biomedical PhDs do for their career? In the “Beyond the Lab” video series, the BRET Office of Career Development interviews Vanderbilt PhD and postdoctoral alumni from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine about their career path. Click on the links below to move forward to specific questions in the interview. Meghana Rao, PhD, Consultant, Campbell Alliance 0:29 Time at Vanderbilt 0:51 Path after Vanderbilt 1:06 Current role description 1:34 Typical day 2:00 Personal fit in job 2:17 Skills from PhD training that helped with career 3:04 Skills needed to gain in job after PhD 3:50 What current trainees can do now with interest in consulting 4:30 Networking 5:04 Strategies to land current role 5:36 What did you wish you knew as a PhD student that you know now? 6:15 Work/Life Balance 6:47 Final words of wisdom Supported by a BEST award from the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health* (DP7OD018423) Follow Vanderbilt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vanderbiltu, on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vanderbiltu and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vanderbilt. See all Vanderbilt social media at http://social.vanderbilt.edu.
