Healthcare + Wellness

ARE YOU A COMPASSIONATE PERSON WITH STRONG PROBLEM-SOLVING AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS?

Consider utilizing this career community if:

  • You want a career that empowers you to help others overcome illness.
  • You have a passion for learning about the human body and the human
  • You enjoy courses related to human biology, psychology, and the medical sciences.
  • You have strong interpersonal and communications skills.
  • You have a desire to help individuals or communities improve their quality of life.

Explore the Healthcare and Wellness career community to gain valuable insights from working professionals, learn about internships and job opportunities, and keep up with current trends.

“Details are a major concern” in healthcare, says Covance intern Amrit Garcha

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In her internship as a program specialist at Covance, senior biotechnology major Amrit Garcha worked as a facilitator to ensure insurance companies were acting in patients’ best interests, and to make sure patients were receiving medications.

Amrit enjoyed meeting and …

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Q+A with junior Theodore Knowles, research intern at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

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Junior microbiology major Theodore Knowles completed a second summer in Dr. Jie Shen’s Alzheimers Research Lab. He was continuing his work on a project attempting to undercover certain genes that would positively or negatively affect Familial Alzheimer’s Disease (FAD) in …

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Biology Major Emily Zhang’s Internship Helped Her Become “A Much Better Student and Individual”

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As junior Biology major Emily Zhang says — laboratory work is cool. She interned in Dr. Melissa L. Fishel’s lab at the Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research at the IU School of Medicine as a research intern. 

She worked …

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Covance Intern Andrea Nowakowski Helped Formulate Drug Doses for Use in Studies

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Covance Inc.’s unique perspectives on healthcare are built from decades of scientific expertise and precision delivery of the largest volume of drug development data in the world. They’re dedicated to advancing healthcare and junior biotechnology major Andrea Nowakowski is dedicated …

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Start the New School Year Right by Visiting the Walter Center

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Hey there! 👋 We just want to drop a quick note about all the exciting things that are happening at the Walter Center this semester. If you didn’t already know, the Walter Center is the career office for the College of …

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