Life Sciences & Health

Welcome to the Life Sciences and Health Community. Learn more about career paths in the industries in this pathway including Biotechnology, and Pharmaceuticals, Global and Public Health and the Health Professions (i.e. Medicine and more).

Cassandra Pasadyn, A.B., Integrative Biology

Published on May 13, 2022

Where are you located now?
Cleveland, OH

What are you doing?
I will be going to medical school to serve my home state (likely at The Ohio State University College of Medicine).

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How Healthcare Employers are Implementing Wellness Principles into the Workplace

Published on April 11, 2022

To say the Covid-19 pandemic has changed everyday life and work culture would be an understatement. For physicians of any specialty, this ongoing modern-day plague has challenged us beyond comprehension. While the fallout from this pandemic will not be entirely …

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How a Medical Scribe Position Prepares You for Medical School

Published on April 4, 2022

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The decision to apply to medical school is not easy. Before students can even apply, they must complete rigorous coursework, volunteer or work in a clinical setting, score …

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GRADUATE SPOTLIGHTS

Kevin F. Jura ’23, ALM, International Relations

  • Doctor of Public Health Candidate Tulane University's School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
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Jenny Hong ’23, Chemical and Physical Biology

  • Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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Esmé Wheeler ’23, Chemistry

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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Marilyn Rodriguez ’23, History of Science and Anthropology

  • Columbia University
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Christine Lee ’23, Neuroscience

  • AmeriCorps Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
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Edward Novikov ’23, PhD, Applied Mathematics

  • Academic Harvard Medical School
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Katharina Theresa Kroll ’23, PhD, Bioengineering

  • Academic Harvard University
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Harim Won ’23, PhD, Biological Sciences in Public Health

  • Associate Osage University Partners
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Madalyn Won ’23, PhD, Biological Sciences in Public Health

  • Associate McKinsey & Company
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Jemar Bather ’23, PhD, Biostatistics

  • Senior Scientist Biostatistics at Merck
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Joshua Cox ’23, PhD, Chemistry and Chemical Biology

  • Harvard University
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Malia Wenny ’23, PhD, Chemistry and Chemical Biology

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology
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Chelsea Boccagno ’23, PhD, Clinical Science

  • Research & Clinical Fellow Research & Clinical Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital & The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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James Travis Donahoe ’23, PhD, Health Policy

  • Assistant Professor University of Pittsburgh
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Noémie Sportiche ’23, PhD, Health Policy

  • Researcher Mathematica
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Michaela Marie Ennis ’23, PhD, Neuroscience

  • Quant Trader Jane Street Capital
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Sruthi Annapoorny Narayanan ’23, PhD, Physics

  • Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
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Kyle Colonna ’23, PhD, Population Health Sciences

  • Associate Gradient
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Futu Chen ’23, PhD, Population Health Sciences

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Daniel Alejandro Arias ’23, PhD, Population Health Sciences

  • Short Term Consultant, World Bank McKinsey & Co., Associate
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