Health and Human Services
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Quicklinks: Job and Internship Resources | Student Organizations and Departmental Resources | Alumni to Know
Job and Internship Resources
Postgraduate Health Professions, Fellowships, & Programs
Pre-Med Summer Programs
Social Work & Counseling
- American Psychology Association
- Coalition on Human Needs - Jobs and internships in social fields
- Jobs in Therapy - Jobs in therapy by discipline
- Miracle Workers - A division of CareerBuilder which connects employers to the top talent in the healthcare profession.
- National Association of School Psychologists - Jobs and internships in school psychology
- Social Service - Jobs and internships in social services
- Social Work Job Bank - Jobs in social work
Bioinformatics/BioStatistics
- Harvard Summer Institute in Biomedical Informatics
- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
Human Resources
Healthcare & Public Health
- American Public Health Association
- Advocates for Public Health Education - Public health fellowships and career resources
- Carilion Clinic
- CDC - Jobs and internships with the Center for Disease Control
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Global Health Corps
- Healthcare IT Central - Jobs in Healthcare IT; go to job search and type in analytics
- Health Careers
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- Miracle Workers
- MPH - Public health fellowships
- National Institute of Health
- Pharmiweb - Brings news and job openings in the pharmaceutical industry
- Public Health Partners - Internships and fellowships from a collaboration of government agencies, public health organizations and science libraries
- World Health Organization
Medical Scribe and Certified Nursing Assistant Resources
- ScribeKick Overview of scribe career and job platform
- Pro Scribe Scribe job opportunities nationwide
- Scribe America Scribe job opportunities nationwide
- MedicalScribes.org - medical scribe programs, virtual scribe companies, and scribe interview questions
- Red Cross CNA resources
Student Organizations & Departmental Resources
- Peer Counseling - The Peer Counseling Program is a team of student volunteers dedicated to helping other students experiencing any kind of emotional problems. Recognizing that students often feel most comfortable talking with friends about life issues, the Peer Counselors receive extensive training on how to help other students.