Public Health Career Options
Graduates of USM’s Public Health Program have many job opportunities. Our graduates work in various public health and health services roles in Maine and across the country. Here are some job titles held by our graduates, past and present:
- Access Project Director
- Account Manager
- Administrative Fellow
- Center Manager
- Chief Executive Officer
- Change Process Specialist
- Clinical Nurse Manager
- Clinical Research Coordinator
- Communications Manager
- Community Health Promotion Specialist
- Compensation and Benefits Analyst
- Comprehensive Health Planner
- Customer Success Manager
- Data Analyst
- Data and Quality Manager
- Director of Concept Development
- Director of Environmental Health
- Director of Marketing and Communications
- Director of Research
- Director, Health and Human Services
- Education Coordinator
- Elder Life Specialist
- Epidemiologist
- Equity and Access Coordinator
- Executive Administrator
- Executive Director
- Grant Project Manager
- Health Care Administrator
- Health Economics Specialist
- IT Project Manager
- Network Contract Manager
- Nurse Manager
- Nutrition Education Coordinator
- Nutrition Services Director
- Operations Coordinator
- PhD Candidate
- Process Analyst
- Program Coordinator
- Program Manager
- Project Director
- Project Manager
- Public Health Analyst
- Relationship Manager
- Research Analyst
- Research Associate
- Resource and Referral Specialist
- Senior Analyst
- Senior Compliance Specialist
- Senior Human Services Counselor
- Senior NeuroResource Facilitator
- Senior Project Coordinator
- Senior Quality Business Partner
- Systems Analyst
- Task Manager
- Technical Manager
- Vice President of Quality Assurance and Compliance
- Youth Substance Disorder Specialist
Here are some of the current employers of our graduates:
- Amherst College
- Brain Injury Association of America – Maine Chapter
- Catherine Cutler Institute, University of Southern Maine
- City of Portland Public Health – Harm Reduction Services
- City of Portland Public Health – Tobacco Prevention & Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs
- Corewell Health
- EcoMaine
- Harvard Medical School
- Healthy Androscoggin
- IDEXX Laboratories Inc.
- Jackson Laboratory
- Maine Center for Disease Control
- Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault
- Maine Department of Health and Human Services
- Maine Medical Association – Center for Quality Improvement
- Maine Permanent Coalition on the Status of Women
- MaineHealth – Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital
- MaineHealth – Institute for Research
- MaineHealth – Maine Medical Center
- Medical Care Development (MCD) Inc.
- MillionMarker
- New York State Department of Health
- Northern New England Poison Center
- Posit PBC
- PrimeCareHealth
- Public Consulting Group
- SeniorsPlus
- State of Maine
- Vermont Department of Public Health
Together, these positions and employers highlight the diverse career paths available to graduates of USM’s Public Health Program.