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.

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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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Review this article for tips and tricks on how to answer “tell me about a time when…”, also known as behavioral, types of interviewing questions.

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The Future of Healthcare May Lie in These 5 Jobs

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Healthcare Careers That Don’t Need Medical Training

Are you interested in working in the healthcare industry but do not want to go through rigorous medical training? This article reviews 3 different types of growing careers in the healthcare sector and how to succeed in becoming one without …

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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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Education and career training opportunities and fully funded programs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) nationwide.

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Are you looking to use real-time labor 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.)

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
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Patent Strategy & Prosecution
Morrison Foerster


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Molecule to Market
Pfizer UK


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Engineering: Energy, Healthcare & Aviation Systems
General Electric


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Digital Intelligence in Business Transformation
PwC Switzerland


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Commercial Law – Energy and Infrastructure, IP, M&A, Antitrust, and Finance sectors
Orrick USA


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Jared Awner

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  • Arlington, VA
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