Health and Wellness

Are you interested in learning about and teaching others how the body works?  Do you want to help individuals and communities live healthier lives? Would you like to improve the patient experience and access to healthcare? Explore careers in areas such as medicine, allied health, public health, and healthcare administration through this community.

Career Coach:

Megan Anderson
Email: megan.anderson@alverno.edu
Phone: (414) 382-6178

Career Community Internship Resources

• Undergraduate Faculty-Student Research Projects, Alverno College
• Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR), Medical College of Wisconsin
• Program for Undergraduate Research (PURE), Medical College of Wisconsin
  
• Diversity Summer Health-related Research Education Program, Medical College of Wisconsin
• Student-Centered Pipeline to Advance Research in Cancer Careers (SPARCC), Medical College of Wisconsin
• Community Health Internship Program, Milwaukee Area Health Education Center
• Intern/Student Placement Program, City of Milwaukee Health Department
• Summer Research Internships, Aurora Health Care
• Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP), Aurora Health Care
• Center for Urban Population Health, UW School of Medicine and Public Health and UW-Milwaukee
• SIGNALS Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program, UW-Madison
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Internships
• Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) National Internship Program
• Ascension Nursing Internships (Search “Nurse Intern” and preferred location)
• Advocate Aurora Nursing Externships (Search “Nurse Extern”)
• Froedtert Nursing Externships (Search “Nurse Extern”)
• ProHealth Nursing Internships (Search "Nurse Intern")

Career Community Events

All Alverno career events are done for the 2021-22 school year, but you can check out employer-hosted events in Handshake (login and select Events), over the summer!

Career Community News

Keep an eye on your email for events, hot jobs and internships, and more! Not receiving e-mail alerts? Be sure you have the Health & Wellness Career Community selected in Handshake.