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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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.

Personal Statement for MPH Programs: Examples & Expert Advice

Why Does a Personal Statement Matter for MPH Programs?

In the competitive world of public health admissions, your personal statement is a critical component of your application. It’s your opportunity to showcase your passion for public health, highlight relevant experiences, …

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How Hard Is It (Actually) to Become a Dentist? | Leland

Dentistry often shows up in lists of top-paying, high-satisfaction careers. But behind the prestige and paycheck lies a journey that tests more than intelligence. It tests endurance, precision, emotional resilience, and debt tolerance. Yes, the numbers are enticing: six-figure salaries, …

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20 most popular jobs upon graduation for students majoring in public health

Here’s a practical guide to the 20 most popular jobs for graduates with public health degrees. Public health is a field that blends healthcare, policy, data, and community impact. Employers value public health grads because you’re trained to see the …

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Featured Resources

The following resources were selected for your career circle. 

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.

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.

Healthcare eCareers Hub

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

The Student Doctor Network

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

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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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.

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.

Statistics Foundations 1: The Basics

Taught by Eddie Davila
Statistics is not just the realm of data scientists. All types of jobs use statistics. Statistics are important for making…

Effective Care Coordination and Discharge: Improving Patient Handoffs and Transitions in Care

Taught by HomeTown Health University
Patients navigating complex healthcare systems are reliant on the ability of care coordination staff, discharge planners, nurse leaders, and other…

How AI Is Transforming Pharma: From R&D to Care Delivery

Taught by Emily Lewis
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the pharmaceutical industry, from accelerating drug discovery to enhancing patient care. In this comprehensive course, healthcare…

SAS Essential Training: 1 Descriptive Analysis for Healthcare Research

Taught by Monika Wahi
After literally decades on the scene, SAS is still an industry leader in the world of big data. If healthcare…

Customer Advocacy

Taught by Brad Cleveland
Learn why customer advocacy is important, how to develop employees who are customer advocates, and how to use the voice…

Healthcare Leadership Foundations: Components of Successful Team Facilitation

Taught by HomeTown Health University
In this course, Lisa Carhuff, RN, MSN, covers methods for engaging healthcare teams and the key components needed to achieve…

R for Data Science: Analysis and Visualization

Taught by Barton Poulson
If you want to participate in the data revolution, you need the right tools and skills. R is a free,…

AI Applications in Healthcare: A Conversation with Dr. Matthew Lungren

Taught by Ashley Kennedy
Healthcare providers and patients alike will find tremendous value in this interview-based course on AI-driven healthcare, featuring a conversation with…

De-escalation in Healthcare

Taught by HomeTown Health University
We often consider the healthcare experience to be solely focused on medical care and clinical outcomes. In reality, the patient…

Exploring the Top Entry-Level Jobs in Healthcare

Taught by Christine Alexander
Are you interested in pivoting into a career in healthcare? Instructor Christine Alexander introduces ten high-demand, entry-level jobs in healthcare…

A Master Class in United States Health Insurance Benefits

Taught by Pete Mockaitis | How to Be Awesome at Your Job
Health insurance in the United States can feel overwhelming to navigate. In this audio-only course, Dr. Noor Ali breaks down…

Descriptive Healthcare Analytics in R

Taught by Monika Wahi
Analyze behavior and risk using R, the open-source statistical computing software. R provides an environment and a language you can…

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…

Cleaning Bad Data in R

Taught by Mike Chapple
Data integrity is the new focal point of the data science revolution. Now that everybody is onboard with the role…

Empathy at Work

Taught by Carolyn Goerner
In this course, Dr. Carolyn Goerner—a professor at Kelley School of Business and the founder of Practical Paradigms—dives into empathy…

How to Have Compassionate Presence

Taught by Kelly McGonigal
While you may feel compassion toward others, you yourself are always the first recipient of your own loving kindness and…

Deep Learning Fundamentals for Healthcare

Taught by Wuraola Oyewusi
Description What is this course about? Explore the exciting world of deep learning applications in healthcare through this in-depth course.…

Healthcare Worker Resilience: Patient Safety

Taught by HomeTown Health University
Despite efforts to provide the best care possible to patients, healthcare providers can still face the aftermath of adverse events…

Effective Care Coordination and Discharge: Achieving Continuity of Care

Taught by HomeTown Health University
The main objective for healthcare systems and primary care settings is to provide quality patient care. Patient outcomes are directly…

How to Become a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Taught by Cinematic Health Education
Certified nursing assistants (CNAs) play a critical role in helping nursing homes and hospitals function effectively and efficiently. These health…

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.

Robotics and Controls Experience with Johnson and Johnson

Pharmacy Technician Experience with Walmart USA

Technology Transfer Experience with LifeArc

Intellectual Property Experience with LifeArc

Surgical Tech Experience with Forage Academy

GenAI for Proposal Generation Experience with EAB

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

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

Vault Career Guide to Health Care Management, Fifth Edition

Vault Career Guide to Consulting, Fourth Edition

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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.

Arielle Swilley

Alumni Mentor
  • Washington, DC
  • Public Health Analyst Global Health and Education Projects, Inc.
Meet Arielle

Ana Leal Doreste

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Lab Assistant MediPath Pathology Services
Meet Ana

Carly Winokur

Alumni Mentor
  • United States
  • Solutions Consultant Carrum Health
Meet Carly

Sabrina Taldone

Alumni Mentor
  • Physician University of Miami
Meet Sabrina

DANIEL SAMANO

Faculty & Staff Mentors
  • Miami, FL
  • Mentor University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Meet DANIEL

Laura Mannering

Alumni Mentor
  • Washington, District
  • Owner, Doctor of Physical Therapy Laura Mannering Physical Therapy
Meet Laura

Xavier Scott

Alumni Mentor
  • Hollywood, FL
  • Ph.D. student Miller School of Medicine
Meet Xavier

Kathleen Stoner

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, Florida
  • Manager of Employee Wellbeing | Employee Safety Liaison Nicklaus Children's Health System
Meet Kathleen

Danielle Schlazer

Alumni Mentor
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Registered Nurse UCLA Health
Meet Danielle

Bhumi Patel

Alumni Mentor
  • Winter Garden, Florida
  • Clinical Research Coordinator AdventHealth
Meet Bhumi

Arthur Merla

Alumni Mentor
  • Aventura, FL
  • Pharmacy Manager CVS Pharmacy
Meet Arthur

Raymond Augustin

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Regional VPof Healthcare Sales AeroScout
Meet Raymond

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.

         

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