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Public Health, BS

Internships

Complete an 80-hour internship at a public health agency and learn to improve the health of whole populations before you graduate.

Where Can I Intern?

You'll intern with public and private organizations such as:

  • Local and state health departments
  • Hospitals or clinics
  • Non-profit organizations

What Can I Do?

You'll intern at organizations that address public health and health equity-related issues such as:

  • Housing
  • Poverty
  • Social services
  • Social justice
  • Behavioral health
  • Youth development
  • Aging

Use Your Network to Land a Job

Monica De La Cruz MPH ’15 turned her internship at the Stanford School of Medicine into a full-time job. Now she teaches here at USF.

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Eileen Fry Bowers

Dean, School of Nursing and Health Professions

Eileen Fry-Bowers

Become an Agent of Change

We are changing the world’s health through our engagement with each student, each patient, each project, each internship, each capstone, each dissertation, and each research study. We are agents of change.”

Dean, School of Nursing and Health Professions

Eileen Fry-Bowers