Public Health & Medicine Career Pathway

The Public Health & Medicine Pathway helps students prepare for careers as doctors, nurses, epidemiologists, public health educators, environmental health specialists, health policy analysts, health researchers and analysts, global health specialists, and more. Because the St. John’s science curriculum trains Johnnies to have open minds and a strong practice of inquiry, Johnnies in health excel at listening to patients, embracing complexity, and finding answers that often elude others.
Public Health & Medicine
Curricular Pathways
At St. John’s, you will study over 30 health and medicine-related texts from across 3000 years that span the development of mathematics and of the natural, physical, and metaphysical sciences. Explore a sampling here.

On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals

Cellular Pathology Lectures

Sex-Linked Inheritance

Embryonic Development and Induction

The Science and Philosophy of the Organism

The Course of Pure Mathematics

Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy

Evolution and Genetics

On Certain Aspects of the Evolutionary Process from the Standpoint of Modern Genetics

Biological Foundations of Individuality

Mendeleev on the Periodic Table: Selected Writings, 1869-1905

New Perspectives on Eye Development and the Evolution of Eyes and Photoreceptors

Principia Mathematica

Essays on Determining the Relative Masses of Elementary Molecules of Bodies

Treatise on the Equilibrium of Liquids

Novum Organum

Essay on the Theory of Numbers

Rules for the Direction of the Mind

Studies in Animal and Human Behavior

Matter Waves

Essays

Elements of Euclid

Mendelian Proportions in a Mixed Population

On the Origin of Species

Biological Order

Introduction to the Analytical Art

The Expansion of Gases by Heat

Metamorphosis of Plants
Choose Your Public Health & Medicine Pathway
Professional Pathways
Every student at St. John’s is guaranteed a college-funded internship or research fellowship if they work with our career offices. Discover institutions at which we often place our students and where our alumni are currently employed.

National Institutes of Health

National Institutes of Health

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Magee Women's Research Institute

Magee Women's Research Institute

City of Hope Cancer Center

City of Hope Cancer Center

Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

Carnegie Institution for Science

Carnegie Institution for Science

Maryland Department of Health

Maryland Department of Health

Oregon Health Sciences University

Oregon Health Sciences University

Nepal Mediciti Hospital

Nepal Mediciti Hospital

Christus St. Vincent Hospital

Christus St. Vincent Hospital

New Mexico Department of Health

New Mexico Department of Health

UNM Hospital

UNM Hospital

Santa Fe Institute

Santa Fe Institute

National Institutes of Health

National Institutes of Health

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Magee Women's Research Institute

Magee Women's Research Institute

City of Hope Cancer Center

City of Hope Cancer Center

Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

Carnegie Institution for Science

Carnegie Institution for Science

Maryland Department of Health

Maryland Department of Health

Oregon Health Sciences University

Oregon Health Sciences University

Nepal Mediciti Hospital

Nepal Mediciti Hospital

Christus St. Vincent Hospital

Christus St. Vincent Hospital

New Mexico Department of Health

New Mexico Department of Health

UNM Hospital

UNM Hospital

Santa Fe Institute

Santa Fe Institute
Alumni in the Public Health & Medicine Field

Dr. Martin Gaudinski
Medical Director, Clinical Trials Program; National Institutes of Health
“The reason I go to work in the morning is to create vaccines to keep people doing what they do best—living, and living well.”

A.B. Singh
Nurse Practitioner, COVID-19 Response Team; Boston Hope Medical Center
“Half of the Boston Hope Medical Center is dedicated to providing care for people who are facing homelessness and are COVID positive. My job was to be their nurse, which means providing ongoing assessment and recommending treatment as appropriate.”

Dr. Omar S. Manejwala
Chief Medical Officer, DarioHealth
“I’ve always viewed work as how we solve problems in the world, and from that lens, I can’t imagine better preparation than St. John’s.”

Justin Cetas
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery; University of Arizona College of Medicine
“St. John’s plays a prominent role in my work life, as it taught me to think deeply across disciplines and across multiple levels of analysis.”
Leverage Our Graduate Partnerships
Graduate Pathways
Our graduate school partnerships connect Johnnies to multiple career pathways. Discover special fast-track admissions opportunities, discounted tuition, expedited degrees, and more for Johnnies only.

Boston University

Boston University
Includes a graduate degree in public health.

John Hopkins University

John Hopkins University
Includes a graduate degree in healthcare management.

University of Chicago

University of Chicago
Includes graduate degrees in applied data science, computational and applied mathematics, computer science, and computational social science.

Boston University

Boston University
Includes a graduate degree in public health.

John Hopkins University

John Hopkins University
Includes a graduate degree in healthcare management.

University of Chicago

University of Chicago
Includes graduate degrees in applied data science, computational and applied mathematics, computer science, and computational social science.
Study Abroad & Gain Cross-Cultural Skills
Global Pathways
St. John’s funds and facilitates study-abroad experiences at institutions including Rome Institute for the Liberal Arts, Marchutz School of Art in France, Incheon National University in South Korea, Boya College of Sun Yat-sen University in China, Dharma Realm Buddhist University in Taiwan, and Richmond American University London in England.
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Italy
Rome Institute of Liberal Arts
The Rome Institute of Liberal Arts offers a rare opportunity to explore the art and architecture of Rome in order to articulate fundamental questions across disciplines. Discussion-based classes on philosophy, literature, and history are designed together with excursions led by art historians and classicists throughout Italy’s artistic heritage.
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France
Marchutz School of Art
The Marchutz School of Art in France strengthens students’ awareness of the relationship between perception and artistic expression. The Marchutz program welcomes people at all levels of art experience who want to look deeply into nature, the artistic tradition, and themselves.
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South Korea
Incheon National University
St. John’s special relationship with South Korea offers multiple opportunities for study and research in South Korea. Incheon National University is foremost among them, with its Great Books Center providing study programs, internships, and exchange opportunities between our colleges. Opportunities also exist at Kangwon National University, Hallym University, and Yonsei University.

Italy
Rome Institute of Liberal Arts
The Rome Institute of Liberal Arts offers a rare opportunity to explore the art and architecture of Rome in order to articulate fundamental questions across disciplines. Discussion-based classes on philosophy, literature, and history are designed together with excursions led by art historians and classicists throughout Italy’s artistic heritage.

France
Marchutz School of Art
The Marchutz School of Art in France strengthens students’ awareness of the relationship between perception and artistic expression. The Marchutz program welcomes people at all levels of art experience who want to look deeply into nature, the artistic tradition, and themselves.

South Korea
Incheon National University
St. John’s special relationship with South Korea offers multiple opportunities for study and research in South Korea. Incheon National University is foremost among them, with its Great Books Center providing study programs, internships, and exchange opportunities between our colleges. Opportunities also exist at Kangwon National University, Hallym University, and Yonsei University.
Earn Career-Enhancing Credentials
Credentialing Pathways

eCornell offers Johnnie discounts and is our preferred credentialing partner.
Meet Our Network of Alumni Mentors
Mentoring Pathways
St. John’s College alumni are employed at high levels across all career pathways. Benefit from their mentorship in your field of interest through the Odyssey Program.
