Potential careers

Public Health

From a career 'on the ground' to a role within national government, you could impact the future health of the whole population.

Discover more about careers in public health:

• The Faculty of Public Health is a members organisation for those working in public health and provides guidance on career options.
• The Civil Service Fast Stream has a Government Statistical Service and a Government Social Research Service
• NHS Public Health Training
• NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme: there are specialist areas including Health Analysis, and Policy and Strategy that may be particularly suitable.
• NHS Scientist Training Programme
• NHS Digital
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
• National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
• Public Health Consultant

Global Health

Governmental and non-governmental international organisations are placing increasing importance on employing individuals who have ability to analyse data and translate date to a non-technical audience

Discover more about careers in Global Health

• WHO
• United Nations
• European Commission
• Examples of international NGO's include Médecins Sans Frontières, Oxfam and Save the Children 

Health Consultancy

The size of the private health analytics sector has increased substantially and there is a need for health data scientists to work with the onset of big data. There are numerous private companies and recruitment consultants where these roles can be found.

Pharmaceuticals

The pharmaceutical industry requires population health scientists who can leverage data analytical and advise on compliance on the regulations in international health systems

Discover more about careers in Pharamceuticals:

• The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Finance and Professional Services

Discover more about a career in Finance and Professional Services

• Pricewaterhouse Coopers
• Ernst and Young
• Deloitte 

Postgraduate Study

There is a wealth of speciality a Population Health Sciences graduate could explore for postgraduate study. 

UCL provides MSc programmes in Population Health, Social Epidemiology, Child Health, Clinical Trial, Health Psychology, Applied Infectious Disease, Global Health, Health Economic, Health Data Science, Women’s Health and more.

Discover more about Postgraduate study:

• UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences degree programmes 
• UCL Graduate degree programmes
• FindAMasters.com
• Jobs.ac.uk