Master of Public Health

Careers

• Public Health Employment Connection (Rollins School of Public Health)
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
• Illinois Association of Public Health Administrators (IAPHA)
• Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
• Illinois Governor's Office of Work 4 Illinois (State Employment)
• Illinois Rural Assistance Center (Provides List of ALL Illinois Health Agencies)
• Public Health Jobs (Association of Schools of Public Health)
• Public Health Career Mart (American Public Health Association)
• Illinois Health Care Association
• Illinois Health Education Consortium (IHEC)
• Community Behavioral Healthcare Association of Illinois
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Job Listings
• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologist
• Jobs in Academia (Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Environmental Protection Agency Research and Development
• Idealist.org - Job and Volunteer Opportunities in the Nonprofit Sector
• Statistics Jobs
• The Scientist–Careers emphasizes Biomedical Jobs, but Public Health is also included
• National Institutes of Health
• Public Health Prevention Service–a 3-year program; to be eligible requires a minimum of 1 year paid work experience in the area of public health (which can include an internship or a thesis project in a community setting, as part of a master's degree)
• Drug Policy Alliance
• Postdoctoral opportunities and IGERT for more on post-docs
• NORC at the University of Chicago
• US Department of Health and Human Services
• US Department of Health and Human Services Emerging Leaders Program
• Presidential Management Fellows (US Federal Government)
• Nursing (and perhaps other) jobs in local public health departments

Be sure to check out state health department websites for employment opportunities. Also, you may find more entry level job opportunities at the local level, such as city or county health departments, local health care providers such as health maintenance organizations, hospitals, health insurers and industry.

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