Careers
Be prepared to enter a technical position in a research or industrial laboratory, or continue to medical school or a PhD program.
My experience as a graduate student at USF challenged me intellectually, expanded my interest in biology, and prepared me for a career in the biotech industry. As an added bonus, I am the first author on three publications. I still keep in touch with professors and friends I have met along the way.”
Jordan Boeck Research Assistant, Tizona Therapeutics, Inc.
Employers
A partial list of where who recent graduates were hired by:
- AbbVie, Inc.
- Atreca, Inc.
- California Botanic Garden
- Codex DNA
- The Marine Mammal Center
- Memphis Zoo
- Oakland Children’s Hospital & Research Center
- Pacific Biosciences
- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
- Steep Hill Labs, Berkeley
- Tizona Therapeutics, Inc.
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, San Francisco
- University of Peru
My training at USF was a rewarding experience that has given me the critical thinking and time management skills to succeed during the next steps of my career. The experimental protocols and extensive laboratory experience have easily translated to my doctoral studies in molecular biology."
Michael Heskett PhD Candidate, Oregon Health & Sciences University
Where do students go after USF?
A partial list of where graduates have pursued PhD, medical, dental, or veterinary school studies:
- Auburn University Veterinary School
- College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
- Creighton University Medical School
- Duke University
- Georgetown University Medical School
- Texas A&M University
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- University of California at Berkeley
- University of California at Irvine
- University of the Pacific Dental School
- University of Hawaii
- University of Washington Medical School
- Vanderbilt University
- Yale University Medical School