Careers

Public Health Studies is a great foundation for many traditional health care careers, including medical practice, social service, education and research. There are also thousands of specialized jobs out there; with the right course of study, you’re sure to find one that perfectly matches your skills and interests.

These are just few of the many career opportunities available to you when you study Public Health. Some are available to those with a Bachelors’ degree; some may require a Masters’ or Doctorate.

1. Bioterrorism Researcher: Defend your country from terrorist attacks by assessing biological threats, their source and how to defuse them.
2. Consumer Safety Officer: Protect the public by monitoring the safety of food, beverages, medicines and other consumable items.
3. Disaster Preparedness Researcher: Make us more disaster ready by researching the potential impact of events such as wildfires, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and tornadoes on public health.
4. Disease Ecologist: Mitigate the effect of diseases by studying patterns of how they affect different populations and conditions.
5. Environmental Health Engineer: Stop environmentalhazards from harming people by studying changes in the environment and recommending solutions to redress them.
6. Global Disease Analyst: Contain potential pandemics by collecting and analyzing epidemiological data on outbreak sources around the world.
7. Health Journalist: Build a better public health system by investigating health care delivery and identifying problems and potential areas for improvement.
8. Hospital Administrator: Provide top-notch patient treatment through effective management of medical and health care services in a hospital. 
9. Hydrologist: Assure a supply of clean, safe water by analyze data on the environmental impacts of pollution, erosion, drought on public water sources.
10. Industrial Hygienist: Improve workers’ health by identifying and measuring workplace hazards that can cause sickness or significant discomfort through chemical, physical, ergonomic or biological exposures.
11. Infection Control Officer: Limit the spread of infections in health care facilities by identifying sources of disease and recommending ways to isolate and contain them.
12. Informatics Specialist: Guarantee medical providers have the best patient data possible by managing data collection, data systems and dissemination.
13. International Aid Worker: Save lives by bringing food, water, medical supplies, temporary housing and emotional support to people ravaged by war, disasters and poverty.
14. Legislative Assistant: Develop new health care policies by researching problems and solutions, helping to write new laws and lobbying legislators.
15. Medical Illustrator: Turn abstract medical concepts into something medical professionals can visualize, by drawing/painting parts of the human body, cells, ailments and pathogens.
16. Mental Health Researcher: Advance mental health treatment by researching how demographic, environmental and social factorscan affect psychological 
17. Nutritionist: Help people lead healthier lives by teaching them about nutrition, how to plan meals and make better food choices.
18. Occupational Health and Safety Specialist: Ensure local water, food and air are safe by educating government officials and assuring state and federal regulations are upheld.
19. Pharmacoepimediologist: Reduce the threat of diseases by investigating issues like risk factors and behavior to determine how medicine and health care can treat and eliminate them. 
20. Public Health Attorney: Improve the health and wellbeing of the public by creating laws and regulations that address health issues. 
21. Public Health Engineer: Safeguard the public by assessing buildings, roads, bridges, dams and other manmade structures to ensure they don’t pose a threat to human life and health.
22. Refugee Coordinator: Bring care and comfort to refugees, asylum seekers and other displaced people by providing relief, protection and resettlement services. 
23. Sanitarian: Create healthier living environments by assessing local sanitary risk factors and enforcing health and safety regulations.
24. Social Marketer: Motivate people to make better life choices through programs and promotions that change public perception on health issues.
25. Toxicologist: Alleviate the effect of manmade and naturally occurring poisons (such toxic plants and animals) by researching the impact of toxins on the body and finding and testing antidotes to them.