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CAREER SERVICES School of Public Health

CAREER SERVICES School of Public Health

Barb Laporte, Director blaporte@umn.edu

Darren Kaltved, Assistant Director dkaltved@umn.edu

Deanna Camell, Field Experience Assoc.

sphfield@umn.edu

Upon matriculation

Throughout grad school

When you are an alum – for life!

CAREER SERVICES School of Public Health

Begin establishing your P.H. network Public health related community involvement

Your resume

- We will review after you matriculate - Email to sphjobs@umn.edu as a Word doc - Please review example first!

Talk to current students who have assistantships Read faculty bios and research Introduce yourself to specific faculty now Network Review job postings - SPH - UMN/GoldPASS

Consider positions outside the SPH or that are not assistantships

Persevere!

Master’s of Public Health students

Each program has different requirements

Opportunity for a public health project with mentorship from an expert

Online database of previous experiences

Information sessions and events

Listserv and social media

One-on-one counseling

Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility

International Fundación Cardiovascular de

Colombia The Britain Nepal Medical Trust Starfish International World Health Organization – AFRO University of Sao Paulo Sri Ramachandra University Kenya Red Cross World Relief Honduras Outreach Uganda Village Project Infectious Disease Institute Africare/Tanzania Food & Agricultural Organization of

the United Nations

Domestic Minnesota Department of Health Department of Human Services Hennepin County Medical Center Mayo Clinic 3M Medtronic Inc. Saint Paul Public Schools USDA Health Partners Twin Cities in Motion Public Health Law Center WIC Program National Alliance on Mental Illness CDC

Ekland Abdiwahab (Community Health Promotion student) • Breast Care International in Kumasi, Ghana • Assisted the organization with the implementation and

evaluation of their global health program. • Conducted a needs assessment, for their Peer-Nurse

Navigation Training. • Assisted in community education and outreach.

Andrew Beron (Epidemiology) • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dengue

Branch in San Juan, Puerto Rico. • Researched the biology of Aedes aegypti and translated

his findings into applicable tools for the surveillance and control of dengue.

• Gained practice-based epidemiological experience and insight into international efforts for the surveillance and control of a tropical infectious disease.

State Health Planner

Child Health Specialist

Assistant Professor Nutritionist

WHAT JOB TITLES DO SPH GRADUATES HAVE?

Government Non-Profit Private Hospital/Clinic World Health Org. Am. Red Cross Medtronic Mayo Clinic Hennepin County United Way GE Healthcare Children’s Hospital & Clinics MN Dept. of Health Planned Parenthood Accenture Kaiser Permanente CDC Family Tree Clinic Deloitte Allina Hospitals & Clinics EPA Mill City Farmers Market ChemRisk Stanford University Hospital City of Minneapolis Am. Heart Assoc. General Mills Salem Hospital USAID Am. Cancer Society Proctor & Gamble Mercy Health System US Navy HeadStart Kellogg Intermountain Healthcare UNICEF Wilder Foundation St. Jude Medical HealthEast Care System FDA March of Dimes Health Fitness U of MN Physicians USDA MN Aids Project Abbott Sutter Health Ramsey Co. Blue Cross Blue Shield Genetech, Inc. Cleveland Clinic WI Dept. of Health Am. Refugee Committee 3M Sentara NIH Children’s Defense Fund Merck & Co. St. Cloud Hospital Dept. of Education Way to Grow United Health Group Fairview

Plus many more…all over the globe

CAREER SPOTLIGHTS BY PROGRAM

• Community Health Promotion (MPH) • Environmental Health (MPH) • Epidemiology (MPH) • Executive Program – Public Health Practice (MPH) • Maternal & Child Health (MPH) • Public Health Administration & Policy (MPH) • Public Health Medicine (MPH) • Public Health Nutrition (MPH) • Veterinary Public Health (MPH) • Healthcare Administration (MHA) • Biostatistics (MPH, MS, PhD) • Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration (MS) • Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration (PhD)

Faculty Career Services Program Spotlights List of Field Experiences

Resume review

Job Search guidance / correspondence critique

Interview Coaching – online and in person

Field Experience assistance

Connections with alumni all over the world

Moral support (and candy!)

sphjobs@umn.edu