Internet Job Searches The Internet has become an excellent resource for public health professionals interested in jobs, fellowships, internships, and other career related information. Following are the most informative and best public health career websites that you may find useful.
Tulane SPHTM Career Services website has a link called “Public Health Career Resources on the Internet” which displays 900+ links for sites that list public health opportunities. These are categorized into 10 topics which include: Domestic organizations, International organizations, US Government agencies, UN agencies, Local Louisiana organizations, Consulting companies, Environmental organizations, Nutrition sites, Health-related job databases, Fellowships, Internships, Professional Associations, Employment listserves, and Additional general job sites. PublicHealthJobs.net was created by the ASPH (Association of Schools of Public Health) Career Services Council as the central site for posting public health opportunities on the web. Employers may post their jobs, internships, and fellowships here free of charge and public health professionals may search for those free of charge. APHA CareerMart is a year-round public health career resources service offering a full database of job listings, resume critiques, cover letter writing, and career coaching. Job applicants and employers can view the database online and submit their resumes and vacancy announcements, respectively. Public Health Employment Connection is a free job posting site from Emory School of Public Health, serving public health professionals and employers by providing a central place to post available public health jobs. You should be sure to check these sites regularly as new opportunities are constantly being added. It’s a great source of information for your job or career search!
Alumni Profile: Susan Hassig Our very own Epidemiology clinical faculty member, Dr. Susan Hassig, received both her MPH ('84) and DrPH ('87) at the SPHTM. Prior to coming to school at Tulane, Dr. Hassig was a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand, an experience that she credits as being what drew her to Tulane. In the Peace Corps, her attention was constantly being directed towards Tulane, the alumni who were doing work in the area, and the reputation surrounding the school’s work in the field of public health. During her studies, Dr. Hassig worked at the Louisiana State Department of Health in the early days of the AIDS epidemic. After graduating with a DrPH, Dr. Hassig took a job in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) working with the CDC’s AIDS research program and then later with the US government through Family Health International (FHI). However, even while working in Zaire, Dr. Hassig maintained her connections with Tulane via research projects with professors. After FHI, Dr. Hassig’s career path guided her back to Tulane and New Orleans. When asked “why Tulane”, Dr. Hassig explained that her attraction was due to the atmosphere, the exceptional nature of her colleagues, the relaxed feeling and human connections that attract diverse students and faculty, the fact that the school was just small enough to know the vast majority of students, and finally New Orleans itself. The advice that Dr. Hassig would offer students is to get out of the classroom, get with faculty, and work with people in the field to “see why course material is important and how it’s applied”. For those students who are interested, Dr. Hassig has some upcoming projects in the infectious disease arena that are in the funding stage and she pointed out that the epidemiology faculty always have opportunities available for interested students. Dr. Hassig’s final advice to students is that “it’s all what you make of it” and she encourages students to take full advantage of any opportunity they come across at Tulane and enjoy the city of New Orleans for all the marvels it has to offer. |
