"Beyond the Lab" With a Media and Communications Specialist

Nicole Garbarini is a media and communications specialist at NIH in the Office of the Director/Office of Extramural Research. Garbarini talks about the importance of her PhD in this role, and why she fit into this communication role.

Through the ASPIRE Program, which is funded by a BEST grant from the NIH, the Biomedical Research Education and Training office at Vanderbilt has produced a video series to show life "Beyond the Lab" with former PhD students and postdocs from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. The series highlights the varied jobs that PhDs in the biomedical sciences pursue after their training is complete. The series interviews Vanderbilt alumni about their career and their advice for others who want to pursue similar professional paths.