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What can you do with a degree from IPHG?

​Institute for Public Health Genetics Alumni have found positions at many employers, including:
 

1. Academic & Research Institutions

University of Washington Affiliations:

  • Post Doc at UW - Global Health
  • UW School of Pharmacy
  • UW Tacoma - Neuroeconomics
  • Seattle Children's Research Institute
  • UW School of Dentistry, National Forensic DNA Profiling Laboratory
  • Research Engineer at UW, Genetics Analysis Center
  • Senior Fellow at the UW School of Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics
  • Outreach manager at UW interdisciplinary Center for Exposures
  • Health Researcher, UW Surgical Outcomes Research Center, Seattle
  • Graduate Student, UW Virology Clinic
  • Research Scientist, UW, Seattle
  • Research Associate, Seattle Children's Hospital
  • Research Coordinator in Global Health, UW Seattle

Other Universities & Institutions:

  • Assistant Professor at University of Chicago
  • Assistant Professor at Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta Georgia
  • Post Doc at UCSF - Drug Abuse Treatment and Services Research- San Francisco CA
  • MD Student, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA
  • Institute for Genomic Medicine at Columbia University
  • Research Assistant, MD Student at Oregon Health and Sciences University
  • MD Student, UC Davis
  • Georgetown University, MD student

2. Public Health, Policy & Law

Public Health & Community Organizations:

  • Program Manager at BIO Ventures for Global Health, Seattle
  • Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UW
  • Kaiser Permanente, Research Division
  • Group Health Research Institute, Research Associate
  • Federal Way Public Schools
  • Program Assistant II, Fred Hutch, Seattle
  • Senior Project Coordinator at Seattle Children's
  • California Prenatal Screening Program, CA
  • Program and Administrative Manager at the Collaborative on Health and the Environment, Seattle
  • Public Engagement Manager at Northwest Association for Biomedical Research

Legal & Policy:

  • Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP, Law Firm
  • Epidemiologist at National Human Genome Research Institute, Washington D.C.
  • AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow

Independent & Consultancy Roles:

  • Independent Consultant at Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kirkland WA

3. Corporate & Private Sector Roles

Biotech & Pharmaceuticals:

  • Business Analyst and Info Senior Manager at Amgen, Los Angeles
  • Seattle Genetics
  • Clinical Specialist at Ambry Genetics
  • Variant Curation Specialist at Recombine, Greater New York City Area

Technology & Analytics:

  • User Experience Researcher at Google, Seattle
  • Systems Analyst Programmer at Fred Hutch, Seattle

Finance & Consulting:

  • Wealth Management Professional, Cary North Carolina - Previously, Merrill Lynch, UW Applied Physics Lab