Health Sciences
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Health Sciences
Explore potential careers and develop industry-specific skills for success in the College of Health Sciences. Below is a quick snapshot of relevant industries, professional associations, community-specific resources and related Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) to help direct students along their career path in health sciences and related industries.
Occupations and Broad Industries
- Allied Health Professions
- Alternative Healthcare
- Chiropractic Medicine
- Dentistry
- Fitness and Athletic Training
- Health Care Administration and Management
- Health Assessment and Insurance
- Health-Based Community and Advocacy Orgs.
- Health Coaching
- Health Informatics and Information
- Health Policy
- Health Promotion/Wellness
- Medical Equipment Manufacturing
- Medical Research and Development
- Medicine
- Mental Health
- Nursing
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Occupational Therapy
- Optometry
- Osteopathic Medicine
- Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
- Pharmacy
- Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
- Physician Assistant
- Podiatry
- Public Health
- Speech, Language and Hearing
- Sports Medicine
Example Employers
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Christiana Care Health Systems
- David Michael and Company
- DuPont
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Johns Hopkins
- Kennedy Krieger Institute
- Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
- Penn Medicine
- Perdue Farms
- Siemens Healthineers
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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