Health Professions Advising at Mason

Exploring Career Options

Summer Opportunities

Students may opt to seek summer programs that give them additional focus and experience in a health professions program. Here are a handful of known programs.

Explore Health Careers Pre-health Opportunities Search Page

Medicine or Allied Health

Minority Health International Research Training Program (closest host is Hampton University)

Research Associates at St. Vincent's Medical Center (Bridgeport, Connecticut)

Optometry

Focus on Your Future (Illinois College of Optometry)

Improving Diversity of Optometric Learners (Ohio State)

Summer Enrichment Program at Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Summer Research Program at Indiana University College of Optometry

University of California at Berkeley

University of Houston (TX)

Podiatry

Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine

Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine

Veterinary Medicine

Adventures in Veterinary Medicine (Tufts)

Veterinary Explorations Summer College (Cornell)

Exploring Career Options
Myth: The Admissions Pipeline

Starting Here, Starting Now

Advice by Profession

List of Programs by Profession

Summer Opportunities

Volunteering and Shadowing

External Links
University Career Services

Exploring Grad/Prof (University Career Services)

Premedical Students Guide to Preparing for Medical Programs (University Career Services)

Medical Programs Internet Resources (University Career Services)

Nursing and Health Careers Resources (University Career Services)

Careers in Biology (American Institute of Biological Sciences)

Sloan Career Cornerstone Center (Sloan Foundation)

New Century College Life Science Track Information

Explore Health Careers
and its Pre-Health Enrichment programs search page

Office of Science Education at NIH

Science Careers

Student Doctor Network