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Health Sciences Cluster

If you like helping people stay healthy, there are lots of careers where you can get paid to do just that! In fact, there are more than 12 million jobs in the health sciences. Nursing is a popular profession. But there are dozens of other healthcare careers, too. Medicine is fascinating, and there are lots of directions you can take. Which one might interest you?

Health Sciences Careers

Anesthesiology Careers

Anesthesiologist

Female athletic trainer works with a woman athlete carrying a blue ball across a field with green grass and trees in background

Athletic Trainer

Female audiologist in white coat adjusts a hearing aid on a girl's ear while inside of a bright doctors office room

Biomedical Engineer Career Image Laboratory Test Tube Experiments

Biomedical Engineer

Dentist career - female dentist examines patient in dental chair

Female dietician in a white coat stands next to a table with a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables including a pineapple

Dietitians & Nutritionists

Epidemiologist studies disease under magnifying glass

Female athletic trainer holds a notepad inside of a gym and is writing notes about progress of athletes she trains

Fitness Trainer

Gastroenterologist diagram illustration of the intestines and gut highlighted in yellow and red over a human body

Gastroenterologist

Woman doctor with a white coat and stethoscope around her collar stands smiling at the camera in a hospital with other physicians

Woman medical manager at a physician's office wearing a bright blue sweater and holding a laptop and smiling towards the camera

Medical Manager

Medical Physicist

Medical Physicist

Medical Scientists

Medical Scientist

Neuroscience Careers

Nurse checking medical records

Obstetrician & Gynecologist (OB/GYN)

Oncology Careers

woman ophthalmologist inside a doctor's office a white coat adjusts a vision testing machine in front of a patient's eyes

Ophthalmologist

Woman optometrist in a light blue shirt and white doctor's coat places new glasses onto a young smiling girls face next to her father

Woman orthotist prosthetist in light blue doctors shirt works with a patient in an exercise room to adjust his artificial leg

Orthotist & Prosthetist

woman pharmacist in light blue shirt and white pharmacy coat stands in front of shelves with colorful medicines while she fills a prescription

Female physical therapist in a blue uniform smiles at the camera and holds a green exercise ball in a treatment room with large window

Physical Therapist

Woman physicians assistant (PA) measures the blood pressure of a patient at a doctor's office wearing a purple sweater

Physician Assistant

Woman podiatrist in bright blue shirt and white lab coat examines and compares two x-ray images of an injured foot

Woman psychiatrist in light blue medical scrubs and white coat smiles at a patient and shows a recommended prescription

Pulmonologist looking at lung x-ray

Sonography Career - Female sonographer in blue uniform performs ultrasound on woman's neck

Sonographers & Cardiovascular Technologists

Surgery Careers

Veterinary Careers

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Biomedical Engineer

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Epidemiologist

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Fitness Trainer

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Gastroenterologist

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Internist

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Veterinarian

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