Career Exploration and Development

Medical, Global Health and STEM

The goal of the Medical, Global Health, and STEM Career Community is to connect students who have an interest in these fields with opportunities that will allow them to explore their interests and chart their own pathway to a career of their choice.

A in a white sweater adjusts an EEG cap on a student, who is seated in an office chair in front of a computer keyboard. The cap is off-white with pink and yellow nodes and wires coming out of it.
Electroencephalogram is used in a variety of ways in the cognitive sciences to examine the structures and processes that underlie a creature’s ability to think and reason. Here a student adjusts an EEG cap before conducting an assessment.
Photo credit: Jennifer Manna

The analytic skills and interdisciplinary understanding you’ve developed at Oberlin combined with the Obie passion for making a positive impact position you well to pursue medical, global health, and STEM careers.

    Summer Research Links

     

    Amgen Scholars

    https://amgenscholars.com/us-program/

    Amgen Scholars is hosted at thirteen premier educational institutions within the United States. Each host institution has its own application process. U.S. citizenship or permanent residency in the United States is required, and you can apply to participate at as many host institutions as you are interested in.

     

    WUSTL ENDURE Program

    https://endure.wustl.edu/

    The ENDURE research program prepares undergraduates from diverse backgrounds for neuroscience PhD programs.

     

    OHIO 5-OSU Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)

    https://u.osu.edu/ohio5sure/

    The SURE program offers up to 30 research internships at The Ohio State University's Columbus campus, available exclusively to Ohio Five students. 

     

     

    Fellowships

     

    Combined Dermatology and Clinical Research Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Fellowship

    https://dermcare.expert/premedical-fellowship/

    In conjunction with Beacon Clinical Research and Clinical Research IO, DermCare Experts offers its Combined Dermatology and Clinical Research Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Fellowship, an innovative two-year program.

     

     

    Coming soon!

    Connect with alumni through OberLink, Oberlin's student-alumni networking platform. Join the Career Community for Medical, Global Health, and STEM to engage with members from all over the world in various health- and STEM-related fields.

    The following list provides a variety of rescources related to medical, global health, and STEM, including professional organizations and job boards.

    Some of the many possible opportunities within this sector are:

     

    Medical

    • Physician
    • Nurse
    • Therapist
    • Pharmacist
    • Dentist 
    • Veterinarian
    • Midwife
    • Physician Assistant
    • Optometrist
    • Clinical psychologist
    • Licensed counselor

    Public Health

    • Health educator
    • Community health worker
    • Occupational health and safety specialist
    • Public health nurse
    • Public health analyst
    • Emergency management specialist 
    • Epidemiologist
    • Health researcher
    • Medical social worker

    Global Health

    • Field consultant
    • Program evaluator
    • Refugee health organizations
    • International, governmental or non-governmental health organizations
    • Organization development specialist 
    • Disaster relief specialist
    • Policy analyst
    • Aid worker
    • Pharmaceutical sales and marketing
    • Epidemiologist
    • Research design, administration, and grants management

    Medical, Global Health and STEM Jobs & Internships

    Below is a sampling of jobs and internships currently posted for Obies. Log in to Handshake to explore all of the available opportunities.

    Science Resources

    Below are some of the resources we recommend for funding medicine-related scientific projects and finding new opportunities, including technical laboratory positions.