The BME Grad Podcast

Jazmin McCorkle is an Associate Drug Product Investigator at Pfizer. She graduated from the UNC/NCSU BME program in 2017, and graduated with her Masters in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in 2019. Jazmin joins Allie and Grace to talk about what it means and what it takes to be a Drug Product Investigator. For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak

Grace and Allie discuss finding, practicing, preparing for, and succeeding at engineering career fairs. A how-to on planning, networking, and following up.  For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak

Jacquelyn Davi is a Senior Strategy Analyst at Triangle Insights Group, LLC, a strategy consulting group for life sciences organizations. Seh Jacquelyn joins Grace and Allie to talk about her career progression and provide context for what consulting is like with a BME background.  For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak

Alyssa Burke is a Validation Engineer at Barry-Wehmiller Design Group and was previously a Bioprocess Engineer at Novartis Gene Therapies. She is also a 2019 grad of the Joint Program of Biomedical Engineering at UNC and NC State. Alyssa joins Allie and Grace to talk about industry vs. research internships and key takeaways.  For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak

Heidi Scott Giusto is the founder and owner of Career Path Writing Solutions, which provides businesses, institutions, professionals, and job-seeking individuals with consulting, coaching, writing, and editorial support. She holds multiple career certifications for interview coaching, resume writing and empowerment coaching. Heidi is also a frequent guest on podcasts and maintains a blog on these topics - all of which can be found on her website. In part 2 of this interview with Heidi, the group talks about keywords and language in resumes, file formats and applicant tracking systems. Career Path Writing Solutions website: https://careerpathwritingsolutions.com/ For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak

Heidi Scott Giusto is the founder and owner of Career Path Writing Solutions, which provides businesses, institutions, professionals, and job-seeking individuals with consulting, coaching, writing, and editorial support. She holds multiple career certifications for interview coaching, resume writing and empowerment coaching. Heidi is also a frequent guest on podcasts and maintains a blog on these topics - all of which can be found on her website below. On this episode, Heidi joins Allie and Grace to talk about resume strategy and structure for BMEs. See our next episode for part 2 of this interview with Heidi! Career Path Writing Solutions website: https://careerpathwritingsolutions.com/ For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak

Grace and Allie share their experience with the job search process, mistakes, and advice for job-seeking BME grads. For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak

Brooke Gurnari is a 2019 grad of the Joint Program of BME at UNC and NC state. Brooke joins Allie and Grace to talk about her role at Biosense Webster and her exciting day-to-day schedule, interacting with doctors, nurses, and patients.  For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak

Sydney Cheek is a 2019 grad of the Joint Program of BME at UNC and NC State, and is currently working for Edwards Lifesciences in their Clinical & Regulatory Development rotational program. Sydney talks about her experiences in the program and what clinical and regulatory roles are like at a large, class III medical device company. For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak

Corey Szumski is the Director of Strategic Marketing at SunTech Medical, a blood pressure technology company located in RTP, North Carolina. She graduated from Case Western Reserve with her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering in 2013 and M.S. in Engineering and Management in 2014. Corey talks about what technical marketing is like at a medical device SMB, what different role titles in marketing mean, and how she got her start in the Halma Future Leaders program.  For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak