Abstract
The Vanderbilt School of Medicine's ASPIRE program expanded the reach, vision, and staff dedicated to comprehensively preparing our biomedical Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows for a wide variety of possible careers in the biomedical enterprise. Multiple mechanisms were designed to achieve this goal, and the range of ASPIRE activities fall into six interlinked categories: career exploration and decision-making, professional skill development, enhancing employer relations, enhancing alumni relations and performing outcomes research, establishing partnerships with faculty and other campus resources, and participating in national career development and best practice research. Initial feedback from trainees served by ASPIRE suggests that the program has succeeded in its core mission, and ASPIRE has earned name-brand recognition among our faculty, staff, and trainees. The ASPIRE program offers a new paradigm for biomedical Ph.D. and postdoctoral training at Vanderbilt University and integrates career and professional development into the training experience.
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