Healthcare & Life Sciences

This career circle is for any student who is interested in pursuing a career in the fields of Healthcare and/or the Life Sciences.

Join as many Career Circles as you want by updating your career interests on Handshake. Updating your career interests will allow you to receive the latest Circle updates. Check out more information about the Circles here.

Check out job and internship listings by major/career interests on the School of Nursing and Health Studies Careers website to view currently open listings for UM students and alumni. For thousands more opportunities, log in to Handshake.

Do you have questions about internships, graduate school, or your future career? Or are you unsure what your first step should be? Speak with a coach via Zoom or stop by Toppel for in-person coaching, Monday – Friday from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. Feel free to email us at toppel@miami.edu if you need assistance outside of our drop-in coaching hours.

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Featured Resources

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MMI Interview: The Ultimate Guide (150 Sample Questions Included)

MMI Interview: The Ultimate Guide (150 Sample Questions Included)

Learn how to answer different types of MMI interview questions. Plus, access a list of medical schools that use MMI.

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Visible Body: Interactive 3D Anatomy

Visible Body: Interactive 3D Anatomy

Visible Body offers interactive 3D anatomy solutions with fully dissectible models, animations, and simulations, alongside flashcards, quizzes, and biology/anatomy videos.

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Healthcare eCareers Hub

Healthcare eCareers Hub

Health eCareers connects healthcare professionals with career opportunities and resources like job boards, news, and salary insights, exclusively for recruiters, …

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The Student Doctor Network

The Student Doctor Network

Student Doctor Network is helping build a diverse doctor workforce by providing a wide range of free resources to help …

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BioSpace: Your Gateway to the Life Sciences Industry

BioSpace: Your Gateway to the Life Sciences Industry

BioSpace is the go-to digital platform for life science news and job opportunities, connecting innovative organizations with skilled professionals worldwide.

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Job Market DataIn partnership withLightcast logo

Are you looking to use real-time job market data to make informed decisions about your future career path, explore relevant salary data, or identify the skills you need to build or market to get your next role? Use the following tool to explore your options.

There are two ways to navigate this tool:

  1. Keyword Search: Search for the title of the job you’re looking to pursue, or skills you may have that could be relevant for a particular career path.
  2. Narrow Down by Industry + Occupation: If you have a general sense of the industry you’d like to pursue, you can narrow down the occupations within a given industry to help you decide.

First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)

Type in a keyword to select a relevant occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)

Featured Jobs & Internships

Thousands of internship and job opportunities are posted on Handshake by employers specifically looking to hire students. The following job and internship opportunities were pulled from Handshake for your career circle.

For thousands more opportunities, log in to Handshake. All UM students have a Handshake account that is automatically created for them when they enroll at the U. All you have to do is log in to Handshake to activate your account.

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Skill Building with LinkedIn Learning

Access and explore on-demand LinkedIn Learning content (courses and videos) that can help you identify and build skills needed to be successful in your future career. Here, you can find relevant LinkedIn Learning content featured for your career circle.

Consulting Foundations: Client Management and Relationships

Taught by Elizabeth Lotardo
Client relationships are the foundation of your consulting business. Whether you work for a big firm or are going solo…

Engage with Your Customers Using Podcasts

Taught by Alex Chisnall
Podcasts are a powerful tool for building deeper connections with your customers, but creating a podcast that truly engages takes…

Mastering the Business of Consultancy: Strategy, Marketing, and Client Success

Taught by Tiffany St James
Running a consultancy business is about more than just expertise—it’s about creating systems that drive profitability while delivering maximum value…

Effective Communication: Speaking Your Customers’ Language

Taught by Sam Dey
In this course, Sam Dey—an entrepreneur, consultant, and instructor specializing in digital marketing—guides you through effective communication techniques tailored for…

Talking to Customers

Taught by Noah Fleming
For customer service reps, having conversational skills and knowing how to talk to customers (and how not to talk to…

Customer Service Leadership

Taught by Brad Cleveland
Fast-evolving customer expectations, emerging service channels, hybrid work arrangements, and the multifaceted nature of delivering service are just a few…

Advanced SQL: Solving Interpolation Challenges

Taught by Ami Levin
Interpolation challenges are quite common, especially for time series and sequence analyses. In this course, data educator Ami Levin offers…

Coding Exercises: R Data Science

Taught by Mark Niemann-Ross
Want to test—and develop—your R data-engineering skills? Join instructor Mark Niemann-Ross in this Code Challenges course as he presents short,…

Coding Exercises: SQL Data Science

Taught by Harshit Tyagi
Want to test—and develop—your SQL data-engineering skills? Do you fancy yourself pretty skilled at SQL and want to see just…

Finding New Career Paths with SQL

Taught by Nikiya Simpson
The SQL language is widely used and can be applied to a variety of technical fields such as data warehousing,…

The 10 Pillars of Customer Experience

Taught by Brad Cleveland
Customer experience is a team sport! When everyone understands customer experience and the key pillars that support it, powerful enthusiasm,…

SQL Weekly Tips

Taught by Mark Niemann-Ross
Structured Query Language (SQL) is a vital tool in a data professional’s toolkit. You can use it to manage data…

Data Visualization in R with ggplot2

Taught by Mike Chapple
Discover how to create informative and visually appealing data visualizations using ggplot2, the leading visualization package for R. In this…

Customer Service: Creating Customer Value

Taught by Noah Fleming
If you are a customer service manager or a sales manager, you know how important it is to identify a…

Creating Maps with R

Taught by Charlie Joey Hadley
If you need to learn more about creating maps with R, this beginner-friendly course introduces an end-to-end mapping workflow and…

Eddie Davila’s Everyday Statistics: Abridged Edition [TEXT]

Taught by Eddie Davila
Ever wondered why the house always wins? Or the odds of reaching the Super Bowl? What about how many beans…

SQL Server Intelligence: Cracking the Code of Enterprise Data

Taught by Walter Shields
Now, more than ever, businesses need people who know data—how to warehouse, access, and analyze it quickly and efficiently. Getting…

Crisis Communication Planning After a Ransomware or Other Cybersecurity Attack

Taught by David Oates
Cyberattacks are a huge problem, but you can prepare your organization with a multi-faceted communications program to inform and reassure…

Introduction to Couchbase

Taught by Michelle Burns
The course provides an overview of the fundamentals of Couchbase, a leading NoSQL database that’s been emerging in popularity, offering…

Statistics Foundations 4: Advanced Topics

Taught by Eddie Davila
Statistics are everywhere, in every industry, but they’re a must for anyone working in data science, business, or business analytics.…

LinkedIn Learning is free for currently enrolled University of Miami students. You must have a CaneID to access LinkedIn Learning. Click on “View All LinkedIn Learning Courses” to browse through all the content featured for your career circle.

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Skill Building Through Virtual Company Projects

Build valuable career skills and get a taste of industry experience via short virtual projects created by top companies across the globe on the Forage platform. Click on "View All Projects" to view all experiences for this career community. To check out projects across all the career communities and relevant practice interview questions, here.

Life Sciences: Biology Research Experience with LifeArc

Patent Strategy & Prosecution Experience with Morrison Foerster

Digital Intelligence Experience with PwC Switzerland

Commercial Law Experience with Orrick USA

Life Sciences & Healthcare Experience with Hogan Lovells US

Public Health Policy & Management Experience with Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine

Wondering how to list a completed project on your resume/CV or LinkedIn profile? Review the Forage referencing policy.

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Featured Industry & Career Guides

Vault offers comprehensive industry and career guides that provide insights into industry work life and advice for students and alumni on kickstarting their careers. You can access 170+ guides on our Custom Career Content site to help you explore career paths and gain valuable information that will help you make informed career decisions.

Vault Guide to Nursing Jobs, Second Edition

Vault Guide to Nursing Jobs, Second Edition

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

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Vault Career Guide to Consulting, Fourth Edition

Vault Career Guide to Consulting, Fourth Edition

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Vault Guide to Information Technology Consulting Jobs, Second Edition

Vault Guide to Information Technology Consulting Jobs, Second Edition

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

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Cane2Cane Mentors

Explore careers, prepare for your future, and connect with industry professionals. Exclusive to our University of Miami community, Cane2Cane is a social network where 'Canes receive help navigating from college to career. No matter who you know, or don't know, connect and learn from professionals across 60+ industries who are eager to help you prepare for your career journey.

Carly Winokur

Alumni Mentor
  • United States
  • Solutions Consultant Carrum Health
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Margaret Gotthold

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Community Based parenting specialist University of Miami
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Magaly Park

Community Mentor
  • Miami, Florida
  • Board Member GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER MIAMI INC
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Léi Y. Sun, M.S.Ed

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Doctoral Practicum Student Alliance for Psychological Services
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Brad Martin

Alumni Mentor
  • Bozeman, Montana
  • Software Engineer Advanced Electronic Designs
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Keegan Gibson

Alumni Mentor
  • New York, NY
  • Senior, Consulting EY
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Kathleen Kean

Alumni Mentor
  • New York, NY
  • Project Coordinator NextEra Energy
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Ana Leal Doreste

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Lab Assistant MediPath Pathology Services
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Nicole Packin (Brown)

Alumni Mentor
  • Coral Gables, FL
  • Assistant to Senior Vice President of Development Buena Vista Productions
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Kristopher Decossard

Alumni Mentor
  • Coral Gables, FL
  • Marketing Director Deco Marketing LLC
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Marisol Echeverría Gedeón

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Unemployed ACTUAR POR BOLIVAR
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Fernanda Kuchkarian, MPH

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Director of Programs Health Foundation of South Florida
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Join your peers on Cane2Cane to connect with a 'Cane who can help you achieve your career goals! You can search for connections in the Cane2Cane community by applying various filters, such as industry, location, degree, and more!  

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JOBSCAN

The more effectively you can tailor your resume for a specific job, the better your chances are. Easily optimize your resume by completing a scan below. By scanning and comparing your resume versus any job description Jobscan will give you an instant analysis of how well your resume is tailored for a particular job and how it can be even better optimized for an applicant tracking system (ATS). To start, paste in the text of your resume then paste the text of the job posting you’re interested in, and press Scan.