Health & Wellness
- Do you consider yourself to be nurturing, curious, or solution-focused?
- Are you interested in learning about how the body works and how to keep it healthy?
- Does it sound like fun to work at a hospital, clinic, laboratory, or recreation center?
- Could you see yourself working with specific populations, like athletes, children, senior citizens, or animals?
Careers in this community focus on decreasing illness and injury and supporting others to be healthy and wholesome.
Meet the Community Advisors
Sample Occupations & Industries
- Athletic Trainer
- Audiologist
- Child Life Specialist
- Chiropractor
- Dietitian Nutritionist
- Doctor
- Dentist
- Epidemiologist
- Exercise Physiologist
- Genetic Counselor
- Global Health Manager
- Health Administrator
- Health Coach
- Medical Lab Scientist
- Nuclear Medicine Technologist
- Nurse
- Nurse Practitioner
- Occupational Therapist
- Optometrist
- Perfusionist
- Personal Trainer
- Pharmacist
- Physical Therapist
- Physician Assistant
- Podiatrist
- Public Health Officer
- Radiologic Technologist
- Recreational Therapist
- Speech-Language Pathologist
- Veterinarian
Want to put your interests to good use? Join with other students who share them. Discover student organizations which relate to Health & Wellness at the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership. You can browse the database by letter or search by keyword or name for locating student organizations.
Some examples of organizations that may be of interest are:
- American Association of Nursing Students
- Colleges Against Cancer
- Dance Marathon
- Global Health Club
- Health and Wellness Society
- Medicus Pre-Medical Society
- MEDLIFE
- National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Society
- Pre-Dental Club
- Pre-Physical Therapy Club
- UI Special Olympics
If you don’t want to join a club or don’t have the time, you can find activities and events related to your interests via After Class