The Ph.D. graduate program in Biomedical Science at UConn Health is dedicated to quality education tailored to the needs of the individual student. Vanessa Scanlon, assistant professor in the Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Biology, is a product of that successful program. She is on the faculty of UConn Health after receiving her undergraduate degree from UConn and her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from UConn Health. She also credits the outstanding resources UConn has to offer and the extremely supportive alumni network for setting her up for success and “achieving powerful things.”