r/publichealth • u/SadBreath PhD/MPH • Aug 28 '19

ADVICE School and Jobs Advice Megathread Part III

All job and school-related advice should be asked in here. Below is the r/publichealth MPH guide which may answer general questions.

See the below guides for more information:

  1. MPH Guide
  2. Job Guide
  3. Choosing a public health field
  4. Choosing a public health concentration
  5. Choosing a public health industry

Past Threads:

  1. Megathread Part I
  2. Megathread Part II
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u/extraspicyavocado Aug 28 '19

I'm a senior finishing up my BS in Community Health. I want to apply for MPH programs after a few years of work experience. I currently am doing an internship with my school's extension office on a social/behavioral health issue (opioid misuse) and really love the work I've been doing there.

My question: what are skills that would make me competitive for a job in a public health related field outside of school/internship/current job? Certifications/courses/etc? I have toyed around with taking a data visualization class but not sure if that would be helpful for a non-epi track.

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u/SadBreath PhD/MPH Aug 30 '19

Check out the MPH guide posted in this subreddit. tl;dr if you want a high ROI focus on hard skills, especially statistical programming and quantitative analysis. This comes into play in all fields, not just epi.