Career opportunities in global health: A snapshot of the current employment landscape

Quentin Eichbaum; Adam Hoverman; William Cherniak; Jessica Evert; Elahe Nezami; Thomas Hall

doi:10.7189/jogh.05.010302

Journal of Global Health (Jun 2015)

Career opportunities in global health: A snapshot of the current employment landscape

Quentin Eichbaum,
Adam Hoverman,
William Cherniak,
Jessica Evert ,
Elahe Nezami,
Thomas Hall

Affiliations

Quentin Eichbaum: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
Adam Hoverman: Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, Yakima, WA, USA
William Cherniak: University of Toronto, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Bridge to Health Medical and Dental, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jessica Evert: Child Family Health International and University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Elahe Nezami: Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California at Los Angeles, CA, USA
Thomas Hall: University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.05.010302
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1

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The demand for global health opportunities over the past decade has fueled a brisk increase in the number of global health training programs, yet the employment opportunities for graduates of such programs remain poorly understood. This pilot survey presents the characteristics of 178 global health employment opportunities available during two specific periods in 2014.

Published in Journal of Global Health

ISSN: 2047-2978 (Print); 2047-2986 (Online)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Global Health Society
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: http://jogh.org

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