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OU Health Campus Graduate College

Career & Professional Development

In addition to supporting academic and scientific success for students, the Graduate College promotes the development of a comprehensive set of professional skills and offers a wide range of career services. Our career and professional development programming includes monthly seminars, the Preparing Future Faculty program, the GREAT Symposium, and the "Beyond the Proffessoriate" career training platform. Additionally, trainees can connect with OK Catalyst and OU's Tom Love Innovation Hub which support discovery and innovation, tech development, and business start-ups.

We also encourage trainees to actively engage with the campus, the community and with each other. Students can get involved in campus leadership and volunteer opportunities as well as STEM promotion and outreach. The Graduate College participates in numerous events to showcase research in biomedical and health sciences, and, to promote opportunities in these fields and career paths.

Finally, keep an eye on this page for online career resources from OU and other institutions that are available to students.

Seminar Series & Workshops  GREAT Symposium

Career Exploration

Students with an advanced degree in biomedical or health sciences can pursue a multitude of career paths. Our trainees go on to become scientists, teachers, care providers, administrators, grant and funding specialists, scientific or medical writers, policy advocates, and entrepreneurs. 

To showcase different career opportunities, we feature alumni panels and industry professionals as part of our Seminar Series and annual GREAT Symposium. Additionally, we collaborate with Price Business College Entrepreneurship Faculty and the Tom Love Innovation Hub to provide programming geared towards innovation, commercialization, and business development while also providing important networking opportunities that allow trainees to engage with Oklahoma's entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The Graduate College also provides access to Beyond the Professoriate for PhD students and postdocs across all disciplines. Through two programs of study, users are empowered to make informed decisions about their career path and learn successful job search strategies from other PhDs. This eLearning platform also includes on-demand, self-paced learning modules dedicated to writing and communication, productivity and time management, networking, and interview preparation, among others. A certificate of completion is issued for select modules. Users can also access an extensive video library to hear from PhDs working in diverse job sectors, as well as monthly webinars and career fairs.  

Designed and built by PhDs, Beyond the Professoriate benefits students and postdocs by:

  • supporting career exploration
  • providing accessible , well-curated resources
  • promoting engaged learning through reflective activities
  • complementing existing professional development
  • offering recorded seminars, reflective prompts, and assessments that guide the user experience and foster user engagement

Events

12 Weeks of Grant Writing: K, F, and R Applications

Event date: 10/10/2025 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

You are invited to register for a 12-week series to build effective grant writing habits. Participants will learn the fundamentals of preparing an NIH-style grant, identify key features and resources for major sections of the grant, and begin writing a grant application. This series is designed for researchers who are currently developing a grant application and who have not had independent NIH funding. Each session will include a brief lesson plus approximately an hour devoted to writing. To achieve these objectives, we ask that you commit to participating in the entire series.

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How to Build a LinkedIn Profile for an Industry Job Search

Event date: 10/15/2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Beyond the Professoriate Webinar Event

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional networking platform—and an essential tool for PhDs exploring careers beyond academia. If you’re new to LinkedIn or unsure how to use it effectively in an industry job search, this webinar is for you.

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Becoming a Resilient Scientist (BRS) series (NIH OITE)

Event date: 10/20/2025 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Unit 2 - Exploring Self-Talk: Imposter Fears and Other Cognitive Distortions

We tell ourselves stories about what is happening to us and around us. In this webinar we will explore how our self-talk is generated and look at ways our self-talk can either help us be more resilient or how it can hurt us and hold us back. We will look at two important elements of our self-talk, cognitive distortions and imposter fears and explore ways to recognize internal messages and input from others that distorts our views of our abilities and accomplishments.

This is a 90-minute lecture followed by 30 minutes of Q&A.

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Additional Career Resources

Career Services at OUHSC

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has a variety of career resources:

Transitioning to industry:

 Karen Kelsky offers webinars and resources on academic and non-academic careers:

 Non-academic careers: