Public Health Career Guide
Past Internship Sites:
- Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
- Kent County Health Department
- Spectrum Health
- Priority Health
- American Red Cross
- Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
- Salvation Army Social Services
- Cherry Health
- Michigan Public Health Association
- Bronson Healthcare
- West Michigan Environmental Action Council
Where Alumni Have Landed
- Program Coordinator- National Kidney Foundation of Michigan
- Epidemiologist- Spectrum Health
- Clinical Application Analyst- Holland Hospital
- Healthcare Data Analyst- MPRO Hospital and Health Care
- Site Facility Manager- Cherry Health
- Response Coordinator- R3 Continuum
- Community Outreach Coordinator- Center for Vein Restoration
- Health and Wellness Coach- Lowell Elementary Schools
- Development Specialist- Kid’s Food Basket
- Sexuality and Peer Education Coordinator- University of Illinois Urbana- Champagne
- Health Educator- Calhoun County Public Health
- Career and Wellness Educator- Roosevelt Park Ministries
- Self- Sufficiently Advisor- True North Community Services
- Project Manager- MSU Institute for Health Policy
- Toxicologist- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Medical Librarian- Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
- Solutions Analyst- Michigan Health Information Network
- Senior Community Care Coordination Team Lead- Meridian Health
- Infection Prevention Manager- Michigan Health and Hospital Association
- Quality Improvement Specialist- HealthWest
Student Organizations to Consider
- Graduate Public Health Society
- Healthcare Professionals Graduate Student Alliance
- Doctors without Borders Student Corp.
Study Abroad Programs
The MPH curriculum requires students to complete a minimum of 200 hours of practical fieldwork experience in a public health practice setting. The practicum is intended to be a mutually beneficial experience for both the student and the organization. Students may choose to complete the practicum in another country. This can be a very rewarding and life-changing experience but will require more planning and effort.
Develop some of these technical and professional competencies to be successful:
- Research
- Assessment
- Analysis
- Public Speaking
- Teaching and Education
- Health Advocacy
- Empathy
- Health Promotion
- Communication
- Community Outreach
- Cultural Awareness
- Disease Prevention