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

Possible Paths
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
Career Development Center CLEAR Drop-In Hours
Drop by to chat with Amani Green, Assistant Director for Career Readiness in the Science Center!
- Where: Science Center, K100
- Time: 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
- Dates: Every Tuesday through May 24, 2022
The following resources provide a variety of job search databases related to medical, public, and global health careers.
- PREDOC - Pathways to Research and Doctoral Careers
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Careers
- JAMA Career Center — The Journal of American Medical Association Career Center
- Health eCareers: Healthcare Jobs & Medical Jobs
- MedJobCafe
- MomMD — Connecting Women in Medicine
- Health Jobs Nationwide
- Hospital Careers
- Health Career Center
- All50Medical.com — Allied Health Jobs
- Biotech Jobs
- Biohealthmatics — Career Portal for Biotechnology and Healthcare IT
- Travel Nursing Jobs
- iHireDental: Dental Jobs — Hiring for Dentists, Dental Hygienists, and Assistants
- DentalPost — Dental Jobs, Careers and Employment
- APTA's Career Center: Physical Therapy Jobs — American Physical Therapy Association
- NurseJungle Physical Therapy Jobs
- PTJobs.com — Physical Therapist Job Openings
- NutritionJobs — Dietitian Jobs
- Psychology Jobs
- Careers in Psychology
- USAJOBS — The Federal Government's Official Employment Site
- Health Education Jobs
- Academic Careers — College and University Jobs
- HigherEdJobs — Jobs in Higher Education
- Public Health Jobs
- Relief Web Jobs — Humanitarian Job Portal
- Jobs in Global Health & Poverty
- Global Health Jobs
- Addiction Counselor Jobs
- Abt Associates - Research-based Health Solutions Jobs
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- NORC at the University of Chicago - Research Jobs
- Biospace - Life Sciences Industry Job Postings
- The Commonwealth Fund - Health Policy Jobs
- Gap Year in Dermatology
- Northwell Health - Health Careers
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
- Applying to Medical School with AMCAS
- How to Build a Strong Medical Resume
- EduMed
- Medical Jobs — Explore Healthcare Careers
- What is Public Health?
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
- How to Find a Psychology Internship — Psychology.org
Connect with alumni through Wisr, Oberlin's student-alumni networking platform. Join the Career Community for Medical, Public, and Global Health Professions to engage with members from all over the world in various medicine-related fields.
Medical, Public, and Global Health 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.