Career Development

TPG trainees have access to world-class career development resources to help prepare them for careers in a myriad of industries, and TPG graduates go on to impact the world in academia, government, industry, and nonprofit sectors. 

Within academia, most of these graduates are postdocs, and others are faculty, research scientists, teachers, or administrators. TPG graduates are employed at academic institutions around the world!

Within government, all are postdocs at NIH institutes.

Within industry, most are research scientists or consultants, but others are postdocs, managers, finance analysts, or administrators.

Within the nonprofit sector, all are postdocs, research scientists, or managers.

Find more information about admissions, time-to-degree, and career outcomes of Yale graduate students at the Graduate School of Arts and Science’s public Tableau


Career Development Resources at Yale: 

Office of Career Strategy - get career advising, learn about employment and internship opportunities, or access career development resources. 

Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning - take classes on teaching and mentoring skills or get your teaching evaluated by a teaching expert. 

Graduate Writing Lab - have a one-on-one consultation with a Writing Fellow to improve your academic writing, or attend workshops on writing and communication strategies.

Yale Center for Research Computing - take classes on bioinformatics and high performance computing, or get one-on-one help with your computational work. 

Bioinformatics Support Hub - access bioinformatics resources, tools, and training sessions. 

StatLab - deepen your statistics knowledge through workshops, or get support on specific statistics questions through walk-in consultations.

Graduate Student Consulting Club - find resources and participate in events about consulting careers.

Yale Biotech Club - develop your network within the biotechnology space at Yale and beyond.  


Other Career Development Resources We Recommend:

Genetics Society of America (GSA) Early Career Leadership Program

GSA Policy Fellowship Database

Johns Hopkins Graduate Student Fellowship Database

AAAS Career Trends & Step-by-Steps