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Digging into a Career in the Biological Sciences

At the most recent College Alumni Mentoring Series Roundtable, students connected with Gabrielle Gosciniak C’13, Brielle Gehringer, C’18, GR’23, and Tyler Ling, C’18.

What does a career in the biological sciences look like? At a College Alumni Mentoring Series (CAMS) Roundtable last week, undergraduates got to learn just that from alums Gabrielle Gosciniak C’13, clinical operations manager at Merck; Brielle Gehringer, C’18, GR’23, genetic counselor at Penn Medicine; and Tyler Ling, C’18, clinical business systems analyst at Allucent.

CAMS brings together students and alums in informal mentoring settings, the aim of which is to help students determine how their current academic path coincides with their career aspirations. 
 

CAMS Fall 2024 Event

Some 40 undergraduates came out to the CAMS event, which took place on September 25 in Houston Hall’s Hall of Flags. They connected with mentors whose careers spanned from genetic consulting to operations and managing clinical business systems.

Gabrielle Gosciniak C’13
CAMS Fall 2024 Event
Left: Gabrielle Gosciniak C’13 (center), earned her bachelor’s degree in biology, then went to law school, eventually combining her paths at Merck, where she has worked since 2021. Right: Brielle Gehringer, C’18, GR’23 (middle right), earned her bachelor's degree in biology and a master’s degree in genetic counseling before eventually taking a role as a genetic counselor for the Armellino Center of Excellence at Penn Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
CAMS Fall 2024 Event

Tyler Ling, C’18 (left), joined clinical research organization Allucent this past December. At Penn, he majored in neuroscience and minored in fine arts and chemistry.

Brooke Sietinsons

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