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This community is geared towards students interested in entering health fields such as medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, physician assistant, and more. This page helps students 1) explore health fields, 2) gain relevant experience, and 3) prepare application materials.

In addition to this page, students interested in health careers should be aware of 3 essential resources:

  • Pre-Health @ UW is the most comprehensive resource and includes information about academic preparation.
  • Academic advisers can help you select majors and courses and explore ways to combine major and pre-health requirements.
  • Career coaches can help you with questions about which health profession would be a good fit for you, how to get clinical, research, and leadership experience, and when/how to apply to health professional programs. You can connect with a coach by scheduling an appointment or attending a webinar. You can also email questions about career resources or services to prehlth@uw.edu.

Empower Through Health’s 2026 Global Health Experiential Fellowship (GHEF)

The Empower Through Health’s 2026 Global Health Experiential Fellowship (GHEF), running May 25 – August 5, 2026, in Uganda.

This in-person global health fellowship brings together students from American and Ugandan universities to work directly under the research mentorship of Dr. Robert …

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Volunteer in Ghana – Summer 2026 *info session Dec 16th*

The Ghana Health and Education Initiative (GHEI) has received strong interest from the University of Washington students about our summer 2026 volunteer programs — so they are hosting an information session just for University of Washington on December 16th at 7pm via …

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Stanford University Research Program Opportunity for Students

The Stanford Center for Asian Health Research and Education (CARE), a research training program in Asian and global health for emerging leaders, is excited to announce that applications for the Stanford CARE Scholars Program are now open! The Stanford CARE Scholars …

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Lily Burnstein (She/Her) Career Coach
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Harvard/MIT summer research program for undergrads *application open*

Applications are now open for the Harvard/MIT Early Access to Research Training (HEART) MD-PhD Summer Program, a fully funded summer program for undergraduate students interested in MD-PhD training to become physician-scientists. 

The HEART program offers 10 weeks of full-time research, …

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Lily Burnstein (She/Her) Career Coach
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Thinking about grad school? Take GRDSCH 200!

Winter 2026: GRDSCH 200 – Preparing for Graduate Education

Credits: 2 CR/NC

In person, Fridays, 12:30 – 2:20 p.m.

EXED 110 (Bank of America Executive Education Center), UW Seattle

SLN: 15317

Instructor: Maxine K. Wright

Send questions to: mkw1208@uw.edu

GRDSCH …

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Meaghan Wood (She/Her) Career Coach
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Maggie O’Brien

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Carlos Morales

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Alaska Airlines is a steadfast partner in the University of Washington’s mission to serve Washington — and the world. Together, we share values around education, leadership, inclusion and philanthropy for the greater good. As a generous supporter of the Career & Internship Center since 2016, we thank Alaska Airlines for their work in enhancing student career programming and helping to prepare students to build successful careers.

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