BESA Hosts Virtual Alumni Career and Industry Panel

This spring BESA hosted our annual Biomedical Engineering Alumni Career Panel, bringing together a group of BMEGG alumni in various industry roles to share their professional journeys with current students. The event, held virtually via Zoom, provided a unique platform for students to gain insights into diverse career paths after graduate school.

The panel included an interactive breakout room session, allowing students to engage directly with our alumni guests, ask targeted questions, and build valuable professional connections in an informal, small-group setting.

We are incredibly grateful to our panelists for generously donating their time and for their ongoing commitment to the success of current BMEGG students. Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to such a productive conversation.

This year’s panel featured the following experts: 

Riley Allen - Biomedical Science at Lyell Immunopharma

Divya Kernik - Medical Writer/Associate Scientific Director at BOLDSCIENCE 

Anita Rajamani - Associate Director/ Lead New Product Assessment at Astellas Pharma

Allison Hsia - Clinical Scientist at Genentech  

Anita Nosratieh - Director of Global New Product Introductions and US Regulatory Affairs at Abbott 

CJ Mileti - R&D Engineer at Alessa Therapeutics

Rafael Shimkunas - Principal Scientist at Kardigan

Jason White - Director of Partnerships, EMD Digital

Paul Yuyang - Senior Director, Tech Ops, Aralez Bio