Video: Careers for Science and Pre-Medicine Majors outside of attending Medical School
Many students at Northwestern who are studying sciences or pre-med go on to careers in medicine, but not all students majoring in these subjects will choose to go on to medical school. This panel featured NU alumni working in biotechnology, healthcare sales, aeronautics, and the legal side of emerging technologies. They spoke about their time at Northwestern, their career journeys since graduation, and how they leveraged a science or pre-med background into careers outside the traditional med school path.
Topics Covered:
- The experiences these alumni had in college that helped them figure out what they wanted to do post-graduation.
- How they landed their first job or internship and how that impacted their path.
- The variety of careers available to science & pre-med majors
Alumni Speakers:
- Jill Prince '99 (Physics): Deputy Director, Research at NASA Langley Research Center
- Rita Balice-Gordon ’82 (Biological Sciences): Chief Scientific Officer at Muna Therapeutic
- Karen Dacres ’89 (French, Chemistry): Chief Legal Officer at Saildrone Inc.
- Robert Paredes ’87 (Political Science): Vice President at Strategic Accounts at Jackson Healthcare