Career Resources

Explore Public Health Careers

- Do you have questions about public health careers? Check out or to learn more and have your questions answered.
- Are you interested in working for the federal government? Check out and learn about the top agencies and regions with employees in medical and public health.
- If you want to have a better understanding about diversity in health care professions, check out the and the section at Explore Health Careers to get information on health and health care disparities.
- Don't forget to check out the various to find out more about health career and education. Explore different to connect and network with your peers in other health care professions.
- In particular, if you are interested in working for the , there is a that provides an overview of the application processes.
SPH LinkedIn Career Group
Keeping a LinkedIn profile can be useful way to stay in touch with your classmates at SPH and colleagues from work as you progress in your career.
The School of Publich Health has a LinkedIn group where we post job opportunities as we become aware of them. Please click to join.
We also have a page where you can find updates about SPH events, research, and developments.
Employment Opportunities
- - Education jobs (some are health relevant)
- - Statistics jobs
- - Great for those seeking employment in health policy
- - Weekly job postings
- - Jobs and internships in New York office and field projects
- - Epidemiology jobs
- - Grant funded positions
- - Free that features all types of healthcare jobs, interviews with healthcare professionals, and articles
- - Pathway programs for Federal jobs. Please search "OPM Pathways" in Google to find available pathway programs.
- - Managed by Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)
- - Non-profit public health management organization; jobs and internships in NYC
- - Public policy jobs
- - A large research institute
- - Job listings for academicians. Most positions require a Ph.D. or professional degree. (search term: public health)
- - The Federal Government's official employment website
- - Non-profit public health management organization
Note: For the general career websites, input search terms such as public health, health policy, epidemiology, or a specific type of position to generate best search results.
Don't forget to check out other potential employers, such as NGOs, hospitals, the government (local, state, and federal), public health departments, pharmaceutical industry, contract research organizations, biotechnology firms, nonprofit organizations, colleges and universities, research institutions and foundations, and labor unions.
Internship and Volunteer Opportunities
- - Brookings Internship Program
- - Short-term and full-time internships
- - Minority Health Internships
- - Public Interest Internship Program
- - Weekly internship postings
- - Consists of links to organizations that offer volunteer opportunities
- - Internships and co-op programs
- - A network for Global Health Care
- - A Manhattan based research institute that focuses on poverty. It offers both internships and jobs.
- - Paid and unpaid internship programs
- - The Federal Government's official employment website (search term: health internship)
Fellowship and Training Opportunities
- - Opportunities for current masters and doctoral level students and recent graduates
- - Weekly fellowship postings
- - Postdoc training
- - Training, fellowship, and career development opportunities
- - Fellowship and recent graduate programs
- - Fellowship for individuals with a doctoral or master’s degree with significant policy experience
Global Resources

- - Epidemic Intelligence Service
- - Jobs and opportunities around the world
- - Global Health Policy