And then what? A graduate degree from the Sackler School provides a strong foundation for a variety of careers. Sackler graduates often continue their training in academic or commercial laboratories; however, others supplement their biomedical education with training in an allied field.

Sackler graduates work in journalism, law, education, and other non-research fields. The strong foundation in analytic, communication, and administration skills provided by the Sackler School allows these graduates to pursue effectively a variety of goals.

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Susan Fisher, Mol Micro '78, professor, Boston University School of Medicine

Donald Oliver, Mol Micro '80, professor and chair, Wesleyan University

Kathleen Conklin, Mol Micro '81, associate professor, University of Minnesota

Sean Carroll, Immunology '83, professor, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin

Eileen M. Lafer, Biochemistry '83, professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Mark Montminy M.D./Ph.D., CMP '84, senior staff scientist, Salk Institute, San Diego

Michael O'Connor, Mol Micro '85, Howard Hughes Medical Institute professor, University of Minnesota

Robert Braun, Mol Micro '85, associate professor, University of Washington

Linda Burkly, Immunology '85, senior investigator for Biogen, Inc.

Jeff F. Miller, Mol Micro '86, professor, University of Calfornia, Los Angeles

Liza Pon, Biochemistry '86, associate professor of cell biology, Columbia University

Charles Hoffman, Mol Micro '87, professor, Boston College

Malcolm Low, Neuroscience '87, scientist, Vollum Institute; professor of cell and developmental biology, and biochemistry and molecular biology, Oregon Health Sciences University

Michele Marks, CM.D.B '87, intellectual property counsel, Foley and Gardner, Washington D.C.

Mary McCarthy, CM.D.B '88, associate science editor, Biotechniques

Chu-Chih Shih, Mol Micro '88, assistant professor, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA

Leslie Schiff-Maker, Immunology '89, associate professor of microbiology, University of Minnesota

Alan Engelman, Mol Micro '90, associate professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School

Anne Sperling, Immunology '90, assistant professor of medicine, University of Chicago

Laurie Read, CMP '90, associate professor of microbiology, State University of New York-Buffalo

Sol Langerman, Mol Micro '91, vice president & chief scientific officer, PharmAthene, Inc., Annapolis, MD

Marjory Levey, Neuroscience '91, associate professor of biological studies, Wellesley College

Dineli Wickramasinghe, CM.D.B '91, senior scientist, Genentech, Inc.

John Iacomini, Immunology '91, assistant professor of surgery, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital

Matt Vincent, Biochemistry '92, patent attorney, Foley, Hoag, & Eliot

Chitra Suri, Neuroscience '92, staff scientist, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Karen Puopolo M.D./Ph.D., CMP '93, instructor in pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston

Frank Slack, Mol Micro '93, associate professor, Yale University

Chi-chi Huang, Biochemistry '93, staff scientist, Pfizer Inc.

Stanley Terlecky, CMP '93, assistant professor of pharmacology, Wayne State University

Barbara LeDuc, Biochemistry '93, assistant professor, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy

Michael Polymenis, Biochemistry '94, assistant professor of biochemistry and biophysics, Texas A&M

Rosana Kapeller Libermann, CMP '94, staff scientist, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA

Paul Rose, Biochemistry '94, staff scientist, Kinetix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Shengfang Jin, Mol Micro '95, senior scientist, Gene Logic, Inc., Cambridge, MA

Chandra Mohan, Immunology '95, associate professor of medicine, University of Texas-Southwestern

Zhou Songyang, CMP 95, assistant professor of biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine

Ivan Correia, PET '95, chief scientific officer, GrenPharma LLC

Steve Howes, Biochemistry '95, staff scientist, Genetics Institute

Qin Yu, CM.D.B '96, assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania

Joanne Weidhaus, Mol Micro '97, assistant professor, Yale University

Raquell Holmes, CM.D.B '97, project manager, NSF Virtual Reality Program; research assistant professor, Boston University

Kathryn Underwood, CMP '98, principal scientist, Wyeth, Cambridge, MA

Ekaterina Torchilin, Biochemistry '99, technology transfer specialist, Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital

Hong Leng, CMP '99, assistant professor of medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

Bart Laurijssens, PET '00, clinical
pharmacokineticist, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Glaxo-Wellcome, UK

Peg Atkisson, Neuroscience '02, science writer