Health, Wellness & Medicine

This Career Community is focused on the many different areas students can pursue in the fields of health, wellness and medicine. Browse blogs for career advice, look at resources for job and internship leads and watch videos profiling unique roles and occupations.

  • + CONSIDER CAREER PATHS
    View a sample of professional titles related to this major

    Visit My Next Move to browse for wellness-related occupations by keyword or industry.

    • Actors, musicians and singers
    • Audiologists
    • Community Health Workers
    • Clinical Research Coordinator
    • Dentists
    • Dietitians and Nutritionists
    • Fitness & Wellness Coordinators
    • Health Educators
    • Medical Laboratory Technicians
    • Occupational Therapists
    • Optometrists
    • Pharmacist
    • Physicians and Surgeons
    • Physical Therapist
    • Registered Nurses
    • Respiratory Therapists
    • Radiologic Technologist
    • Social Workers

    Need help exploring your career options? Take the Focus 2 assessment to search for occupations that fit with your interests, values, skills, and personality. Then speak with a Career Specialist about the results.

  • + EXPLORE MU MAJORS
    Check out wellness-related MU majors, minors and certificates!

    Please visit Majors@Mizzou and browse this site by career interests, occupation and by School or College. Remember, these are just a few examples of degree programs. A wide variety of MU majors can lead to a successful and satisfying career in health, wellness and medicine.

    • Anthropology
    • Biochemistry
    • Biological Sciences
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Chemistry
    • Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences
    • Food Science and Nutrition
    • Health Science
    • Human Development and Family Science
    • Microbiology
    • Nursing
    • Nutrition and Exercise Physiology
    • Occupational Therapy Assistant
    • Public Health
    • Social Work
    • Speech, Language and Hearing Science

    Another helpful tool is the What Can I Do With This Major site where you can connect academic majors to common career paths and see typical employers that hire those majors.

  • + MAKE CAREER CONNECTIONS
    Learn how to have career conversations to find possible career paths 
    • Arrange an informational interview, learning about the real-life experience of someone working in a field or company that interests you.
    • Seek out mentors by making meaningful connections with upperclassmen, faculty, staff and alumni. 
  • + RESEARCH ALUMNI CAREER PATHS
    Discover the unique career paths of fellow Tigers
    • Use LinkedIn to see what thousands of Mizzou alumni are doing with their degrees.
    • Explore the Career Outcomes web page to see what recent MU graduates are doing and where they are living.

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Rooting around for solutions

At a young age, Lara Stefani was diagnosed with chronic asthma — a condition that affects approximately 300 million people worldwide. Growing up in São Paulo, Brazil, easily one of the most populous cities in the world, Stefani knew she was …

By Amanda Nell
Amanda Nell
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Medical School Letter of Recommendation: The Ultimate Guide

Before we answer some basic questions you likely have about medical school letters of recommendation, let’s review the history and purpose of letters in medical school admissions.

Like everything about the med school admissions process, the letter of recommendation (LOR) …

By JESSICA FREEDMAN, M.D.
JESSICA FREEDMAN, M.D.
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Types of Internships for Health and Medicine Majors

Pursuing a health and medicine major is a great way to develop your knowledge of the healthcare industry and learn the skills you’ll need to succeed in the field. The best way to put those skills and knowledge to use …

By Editor
Editor
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Kickstarting bright ideas

Entrepreneur Quest recently awarded a $30,000 prize pool to three student ventures. Since 2018, the program has supplied more than $175,000 in funding to help students translate their ideas into scalable businesses.

A University of Missouri student’s venture that involved …

By Laura Roloff
Laura Roloff
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From childhood inspiration to professional aspiration

If you find yourself in the surgical intensive care unit, chances are you aren’t having the best day. For patients at University Hospital, though, they can look forward to receiving care from soon-to-be graduate Evan Shearer.

Shearer transferred to Mizzou …

By Deidra Ashley
Deidra Ashley
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Resources

The MedOpp Advising Office provides programs and supplemental advising for students interested in careers as physicians, dentists, optometrists, PAs, physical therapists, and …

Current job and employment trends based on a NACE (national Association of Colleges and Employers) survey of recruiters who hire …

Focus 2 Am I Career Ready?

Career readiness is a foundation of eight core competencies that broadly prepare college students for lifelong success in their careers …

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