Post-MPH: What kind of job experiences?

[2BeDentist]

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Hi All,

Just to give you some background of myself: Although I am a pre-dental student, I am very interestested in public health. In fact, a considerable number of dental students with DDS degree end up doing an MPH (think its called a dPH degree) after dental schools instead of focusing on dental practice.

I am not applying to dental schools until May of 2007 for the Fall '08 admission... so that means from June 2007 to August 2008, I am all free. So I am considering doing a year-long MPH program.

Now about this topic......

Well, as I said I am interested in Public Health, but I am very curious to learn about the job experiences of people who ALREADY have an MPH degree.

What sort of work experiences have you had?

How much did your MPH education directly came into your work?

How well do these jobs pay? Renumeration? Job benefits?

Could you guys list some specific-public health companies/agencies that hire MPH graduates?

Specifically I am interested in International Public Health and/or community health.

 

[2BeDentist]

Anyone???

 

[jasmine2018]

I believe this has been addressed in a number of other threads, but if those are not readily available, the job options post-MPH are actually quite varied.

On the one hand, one can opt to work for a pharmaceutical company or other corporate entity (insurance co's, consulting firms, etc) and earn lots of $$$, while on the other hand, one can work for various non-profits and earn less (still valuable work though). Then there's everything in between with respect to salary from working for the federal government (CDC, NIH, etc), to working at a city's health dept, or working at a university. I am an epidemiologist working for government (internationally) and have definitely used much of what I learned in my MPH program - I often even refer to old school notes in some of the analyses I conduct and I know that I could not have done the job I do now without my degree. I can't speak of what it's like in other concentrations, but perhaps others can chime in.

 

[shraf]

I believe this has been addressed in a number of other threads, but if those are not readily available, the job options post-MPH are actually quite varied.

On the one hand, one can opt to work for a pharmaceutical company or other corporate entity (insurance co's, consulting firms, etc) and earn lots of $$$, while on the other hand, one can work for various non-profits and earn less (still valuable work though). Then there's everything in between with respect to salary from working for the federal government (CDC, NIH, etc), to working at a city's health dept, or working at a university. I am an epidemiologist working for government (internationally) and have definitely used much of what I learned in my MPH program - I often even refer to old school notes in some of the analyses I conduct and I know that I could not have done the job I do now without my degree. I can't speak of what it's like in other concentrations, but perhaps others can chime in.

do you know of anyone in epi who went into consulting? do you know what they look for?

 

[AndrewJ42]

consulting is usually reserved for those who have training in either management or the inner workings of a certain field...most consulting companies would rather see that you have an understanding of healthcare management over epidemiology...it's not to say that it is not a possibility for an Epid centered student to go into consulting...but you'll be competing with those who have either an MHA or MBA.