Public Health Career Resources

by Sheryl Abrahams, T-11

Want to work in global health? Public health career resources for newly-returned PCVs and newly-minted MPHs.

Organizations to consider: the following non-profit organizations are global-health focused, or have large global health programs.

· CARE, Los Angeles, CA, Atlanta, GA, Washington, DC and international: www.care.org
· The Carter Center, Atlanta, GA: www.cartercenter.org
· Family Health International, Arlington, VA, Durham, NC and international offices: www.fhi.org
· EngenderHealth, New York, NY and international offices: www.engenderhealth.org
· Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, Washington, DC, and New Delhi, India: www.gatesfoundation.org
· Elisabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Washington, DC, Santa Monica, CA, and international offices: www.pedaids.org
· Global Health Council, Washington, DC and White River Junction, Vermont offices: www.globalhealth.org
· IntraHealth, Chapel Hill, NC and international: www.intrahealth.org
· IPAS, Chapel Hill, NC and international: www.ipas.org
· Project HOPE, Millwood, VA and international: www.projecthope.org

Public Health Jobs web sites:
Emory University School of Public Health Public Health Employment Connection: http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/phec.cfm

Association of Schools of Public Health Employment Resource:
www.publichealthjobs.net

American Public Health Association CareerMart:
http://www.apha.org/about/careers/careermart/