Simran Madan and Mallori Burse, Life Sciences Consultants at Putnam, recently participated in the Annual Presidential Career Symposium at the Texas Medical Center. The symposium – aimed at helping postdoctoral researchers and graduate students better understand their career choices in academia, the biomedical field and beyond – included a panel discussion on pursuing a career in consulting, a case interview workshop, coffee chats with attendees and a networking reception in the evening.