Harvard Chan Class of 2016 Graduate Employment Report (includes November 2015, March 2016 and May 2016 graduates)
Harvard Chan Class of 2016
Graduate Employment Report (includes November 2015, March 2016 and May 2016 graduates)
Table of Contents*
Overall Graduate Outcomes – 3
MHCM, SM, & SD Programs – 7
MPH Programs – 34
Ph.D. Programs – 56
*Report is broken down by program and department and arranged in alphabetical order.
Degree Employed*
Continuing
Education/
Training***
Actively
Seeking
Employment
Not Seeking
Employment
By Choice
Undecided as
to Future
Plans
Unknown Total
Respondents
Total (Degrees
Awarded)
Employment
Rate of
Respondents
DrPH** N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
MPH 200 68 27 1 9 35 305 340 88%
SM 1 19 0 1 0 0 2 20 22 95%
SM 1.5 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 100%
SM 2 36 24 10 1 3 0 74 74 82%
MHCM 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 100%
PhD 14 11 1 0 0 1 26 27 96%
SD 47 0 7 0 0 6 54 60 87%
342 103 46 2 12 45 505 550 89%
• Employed = Return to same employer as prior/concurrent with Harvard Chan degree program or accepted a new position (includes fellowships and postdocs). **The first DrPH cohort will not graduate until 2017. ***Includes MPH graduates returning to medical school and PhD students who are working as postdoctoral fellows.
Graduate Outcomes by Degree As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
*Five or fewer respondents
Note: percentages may be more than 100% due to rounding.
Biotech/
Pharma Consulting Government
Hospital/
Other Health-
care Delivery
Non-
Profit/NGO
Other/For-
Profit
Private
Practice/ Self-
Employed
University/Res
earch Grand Total
MPH
1.1%* 5.5% 8.7% 55.2% 9.3% 3.8% 2.1%* 14.2% 183 SD
0.0% 4.5%* 11.4%* 11.4%* 4.5%* 2.3%* 0.0% 65.9% 44 SM1
0.0% 0.0% 5.4%* 59.5% 5.4%* 0.0% 5.4%* 24.3% 37 SM/SD
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%* 1 SM2
3.6%* 21.4% 3.6%* 17.9%* 7.1%* 17.9%* 0.0% 28.6% 28 SM60
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%* 0.0% 0.0% 1 Total
1.0% 6.1% 8.2% 45.2% 7.8% 4.8% 2.0% 24.8% 294
Employed Graduates by
Degree and Setting
Location by State
Location by Country
MHCM, SM, & SD PROGRAMS
Biostatistics* (N=18) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
*SM2 and SM60
0%
6%
6%
11%
33%
44%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Returned to prior employer
No Response
Undecided
Actively seeking
Returned to school
Accepted new position
Select Employers
Consulting
• GNS Healthcare Hospital
• Massachusetts General Hospital For-Profit
• Twitter • Clytec • Ping An Technology (Shenzhen Co.)
University/Research
• Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Job Titles
• Associate Biostatistician • Research Analyst • Biostatistician • Data Scientist
Biostatistics
Computational Biology &
Quantitative Genetics (N=9) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
0%
11%
11%
22%
22%
33%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
No response
Returned to prior employer
Returned to schoool
Undecided
Accepted new position
Actively seeking
Returned to school
Select Employers
Hospital
• Massachusetts General Hospital University/Research
• Broad Institute
Job Titles
• Biostatistician • Associate Computational Biologist
Computational Biology &
Quantitative Genetics
Environmental Health SM2 (N=8) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
0%
0%
13%
25%
25%
38%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
No response
Undecided
Returned to prior employer
Returned to schoool
Accepted new position
Actively seeking
Returned to school
Select Employers
Non-Profit/NGO
• Partners Healthcare For-Profit
• Unilever China University/Research
• Universidad de los Andes
Job Titles
• Professor • Healthcare Data Analyst • Management Trainee
Environmental Health SM2
Environmental Health SD (N=12) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
0%
0%
17%
25%
25%
33%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
Undecided
Returned to schoool
No response
Actively seeking
Returned to prior employer
Accepted new position
Returned to school
Select Employers
Government
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Hospital
• Metrowest Medical Center Non-Profit/NGO
• PATH For-Profit
• Microsoft University/Research
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Harvard John. A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• Columbia University
Job Titles
• Industrial Hygienist • Registered Nurse • User Experience Researcher II • Post-Doc
Environmental Health SD
Epidemiology SD (N=16) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
0%
0%
0%
0%
6%
94%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Undecided
No response
Actively seeking
Returned to schoool
Returned to prior employer
Accepted new position
Returned to school
Select Employers
Government
• Centers for Disease Control Hospital
• Brigham and Women's Hospital • Boston Children's Hospital
Non-Profit/NGO
• National Academy of Sciences Gulf Research Program
University/Research
• Harvard University • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public
Health • Stanford University • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care • University of California, San
Francisco
Job Titles
• Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer • Assistant Director of Epidemiologic
Research, Center for Infertility and Reproductive Surgery
• Post-doctoral Fellow • Science Policy Fellow • Research Fellow
Epidemiology SD
Epidemiology SM1 (N=19) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
0%
0%
5%
11%
32%
53%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Undecided
Returned to schoool
Actively seeking
No response
Accepted new position
Returned to prior employer
Returned to school
Select Employers
Hospital
• Krankenhaus Elisabethinen • Gynecologic Oncology, University of
Toronto • London Health Sciences Centre • Okinawa Southern Prefectural
Medical Center and Children's Hospital
• Children's Hospital Neurology Foundation
• Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region • Massachusetts General Hospital • BIDMC • Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical
University University/Research
• Lucille Packard Childrens Hospital Stanford
• Toronto General Hospital
Job Titles
• Resident, Research Fellow • Resident physician • Fellow • Chief Physician • Neurologist • Neurosurgeon • Instructor in Neurology • General Surgery, Resident • Associate professor • Clinical Assistant Professor • Cardiologist
Epidemiology SM1
Epidemiology SM2 (N=23) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
0%
0%
0%
4%
43%
48%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Undecided
No response
Actively seeking
Returned to prior employer
Accepted new position
Returned to schoool Returned to school
Select Employers
Consulting
• IMS Health • Evidera • Pricewaterhouse Coopers Public
Sector LLP • Aetion
Hospitals
• Frisbie Memorial Hospital • Massachusetts General Hospital
Non-Profit/NGO
• PATH
Job Titles
• Consultant • Research Associate • Research Assistant • Data Analyst • Director of Infection Prevention • Scientist
Epidemiology SM2
Global Health & Population
SM2 (N=12) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
0%
0%
7%
13%
13%
67%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Returned to prior employer
Undecided
No response
Actively seeking
Returned to schoool
Accepted new position
Returned to school
Select Employers
University
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Non-Profit
• Idinsight
Job Titles
• Senior Technical Advisor • Senior Manager
Global Health & Population – SD
Select Employers
Consulting
• Trinity Partners • Abt Associates
University/Research
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Food Policy, Tufts University
• Duke Global Health Institute
Job Titles
• Senior Associate Consultant • Visiting Scientist • Field Research Manager • Postdoctoral Associate • Analyst, Health Finance and
Governance Project
Global Health & Population
SM2
Master in Healthcare Management (N=26) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
0%
0%
0%
0%
15%
85%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Undecided
No response
Actively seeking
Returned to schoool
Accepted new position
Returned to prior employer
Returned to school
Select Employers
Government
• Lincoln VA, NWI HCS • University of Michigan School of
Dentistry
Hospital
• Tufts Medical Center • Cedar Medical Associates • Institute of Mental Health • University Hospitals St. John
Medical Center • Lawrence and Memorial • Department of Emergency
Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
• Ambassador Program, Schumacher Clinical Partners
• Inova Health System • Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Medical Center
• Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation
• ACO, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Non-Profit/NGO
• Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center
Private Practice/Self-Employed
• Greater Houston Anesthesiology • Delmarva Heary
University/Research
• University of South Carolina School of Medicine & PH-USC Medical Group
• Division of Cancer Medicine, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Boston Medical Center
Master in Healthcare Management
Job Titles
• Associate Chief of Medicine • Director of Clinical Education • Chair, Dpt. Anesthesiology • Physician • Associate Assistant Professor • Chief of Cardiology • Chair/Clinical Vice Chair • VP Clinical Affairs • SVP for Strategy. Growth and
Innovation, • Associate Division Director • Chief Medical Officer • Chief of Anesthesia
• Cardiologist • Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs • Chief Quality Officer • Professor and Chair • Assistant Professor
Master in Healthcare Management
Nutrition SD (N=11) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
0%
0%
9%
9%
18%
64%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Undecided
Returned to schoool
No response
Actively seeking
Returned to prior employer
Accepted new position
Returned to school
Select Employers
Consulting
• Quintiles Government
• Ministry of Agriculture
Hospital
• Center for Surgery and Public Health at Brigham and Women's Hospital
• St Joseph Mercy Hospital University/Research
• University of Hartford • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public
Health
Job Titles
• Biostatistician II • Deputy director • Senior Project Manager • Epidemiologist • Assistant Professor • Post-doc • Research Fellow
Nutrition SD
*Includes SM2 students who elected to graduate with an MPH
Social & Behavioral
Sciences SM2* (N=18) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
0%
0%
6%
11%
33%
50%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
No response
Undecided
Returned to same employer
Actively seeking
Accepted new position
Returned to school
Select Employers
Government
• San Mateo County Health Systems • City and County of San Francisco,
Office of the Controller Non-Profit/NGO
• American Red Cross For-Profit
• PatientPing University/Research
• Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Job Titles
• Community Health Planner • Senior Performance Analyst • National Headquarters Analyst • Project Coordinator • Operations Associate • Research Assistant
Social & Behavioral Sciences SM2*
*Includes SM2 students who elected to graduate with an MPH
Social & Behavioral
Sciences SD (N=14) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
0%
0%
14%
14%
14%
57%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Undecided
Returned to school
No response
Returned to same employer
Actively seeking
Accepted new position
Select Employers
Consulting
• Fletcher & Spaght
Hospital
• Boston Children's’ Hospital For-Profit
• Wellframe University/Research
• Harvard Medical School • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public
Health • Brigham & Women's Hospital • Hospital for Sick Children • Center for Clinical and Translational
Science, University of IL at Chicago
Select Job Titles
• Business Analyst • Physician • Product Manager • Research Fellow • Postdoctoral Fellow • Director of Social Science Research • Assistant Director of Evaluation and
Tracking
Social & Behavioral Sciences SD
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH
PROGRAMS
Master of Public Health (N=340) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
3%
8%
10%
20%
25%
34%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
Undecided
Actively seeking
No response
Returned to school
Returned to prior employer
Accepted new position
Returned to school
Clinical Effectiveness MPH* (N=93) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
1%
1%
1%
23%
34%
40%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Undecided
Actively seeking
Returned to schoool
No response
Accepted new position
Returned to prior employer
*Includes both academic year and summer-only
Returned to school
Select Employers
Consulting
• The Boston Consulting Group Government
• National Cancer Centre Singapore • Deputy Chief Medical Officer,
Northern Ireland Government Hospital
• Massachusetts General Hospital • Alberta Health Services • Children's Hospital, Los Angeles • Brigham and Women's Hospital • Med Student Clerkship Site
University of Washington School of Medicine
• Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates
• Brigham and Women’s Hospital • Lowell Community Health Center • Centro Hospitalar do Porto • Massachusetts General Hospital • The University of Tokyo Hospital • Harvard Medical School • The University of Ottawa • Cambridge Health Alliance • University of Ottawa • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center • UC – San Francisco • Boston Children's Hospital • Columbia University Medical Center • NIH/UJMT Fogarty • University of Pennsylvania
Clinical Effectiveness MPH
Select Employers (con’t)
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital • London Health Sciences Center • Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford • Cincinnati Children's Hospital • Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford University/Research
• University of North Carolina Medical Center
• University of Chicago • Seoul National University Bundang
Hospital • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public
Health
• University of Washington • Harvard Medical School
Clinical Effectiveness MPH
Job Titles
• Consultant • Medical Oncologist • Deputy Chief Medical Officer • Surgery Resident • Infectious Disease Physician • Research Nurse Scientist • Research Fellow • Associate Physician • Director • Physician • Hospitalist • Surgeon • Research Fellow • Instructor • Assistant Professor • Neonatologist • Director of Quality and Safety
• Staff Surgeon • Cardiology Fellow • Clinical Fellow – Hematology
Oncology • Post-Doctoral Fellow
Clinical Effectiveness MPH
Global Health MPH (N=46) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
2%
4%
11%
17%
33%
33%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
Undecided
No response
Returned to prior employer
Actively seeking
Returned to schoool
Accepted new position
Returned to school
Select Employers
Biotech/Pharma
• Takeda Consulting
• Malaysia Health System Reform Project
• Deloitte
Government
• U.S. Agency for International Development
Hospitals
• Mamprobi Polyclinic • UC – San Francisco • Beth Israel Deaconess • Western University & London
Health Sciences Center
• National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance • Mayo Clinic (Rochester) • Mt Auburn Hospital
Non-Profit/NGO
• UNICEF Iran Office • FLENI • UNICEF • APIN public health initiatives
For-Profit
• Seven Bridges Genomics
Global Health MPH
Select Employers (con’t) Private Practice/Self-Employed
• Bay College Medical • Lockwood Diagnostics
Job Titles
• Senior Statistician • Technical Officer • Senior Consultant • Health Development Officer • Public Health Physician • Physician • Emergency Medicine Physician • Surgical Resident
• Public Health Registrar • Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Consultant • Child Protection Specialist • Neurologist • Social Welfare Officer • Family Physician • Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Consultant • Scientific Program Manager
Global Health MPH
Health & Social Behavior MPH (N=21) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
0%
5%
10%
14%
19%
52%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Undecided
Actively seeking
No response
Accepted new position
Returned to prior employer
Returned to schoool Returned to school
Select Employers
Hospital
• University of Utah • Massachusetts General Hospital • Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Non-Profit/NGO
• PATH Private Practice/Self-Employed
• Needham Pediatrics University/Research
• San Diego State University • Brown University
Job Titles
• Resident in Family Medicine • Director of Community Health • Public Health Academic Clinical
Fellow • Intern • Physician • Associate Professor • Assistant Professor
Health & Social Behavior MPH
Health Management MPH* (N=64) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
0%
3%
11%
22%
28%
33%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
No response
Undecided
Actively seeking
Returned to prior employer
Returned to schoool
Accepted new position
*Includes SM2 Students who elected to receive an MPH
Returned to school
Select Employers
Consulting
• Analysis Group • Senior Consultant • Manatt Health • Strategy& • ECG Management Consultants
Government
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Hospital
• McGill University • Asian Health Services • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center
• Cambridge Health Alliance • National Health Service • DotHouse Health • University Hospital • MedStar Health • Partners Healthcare • University of Utah Hospitals and
Clinics • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
Center • Rhode Island Hospital/Brown Univ • MGH/Fenway Health
Non-Profit/NGO
• World Health Organization (South Africa)
• Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Health Management MPH*
*Includes and Policy and Health Policy and Management
Select Employers (con’t) For-Profit
• Iora Health • Adheris Health
University/Research
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• University of Toronto Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Job Titles
• Analyst • Senior Consultant • Senior Analyst • Senior Associate • Social Science Research Analyst • Deputy Director • Dental Public Health Resident • Pediatrician
• Resident Physician • Quality Project Improvement
Advisor • Clinical Fellow • Physician • Corporate Administrative Resident • Business Planning Consultant • Administrative Fellow • Post-doc • Psychiatrist • Process Improvement Consultant • National Professional Officer TB • Nutrition Director • Manager of Medicare Operations • Advanced Analytics Consultant
Health Management MPH
Health Policy MPH (N=45) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
0%
7%
9%
16%
33%
36%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
No response
Undecided
Returned to prior employer
Actively seeking
Accepted new position
Returned to schoool Returned to school
Select Employers
Consulting
• Deloitte
Government
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
• Health and Human Services
Hospital
• Northwestern Lurie Children's Hospital
• MD Anderson Cancer Center • BIDMC/ BCH • Tufts Medical Center
Non-Profit/NGO
• Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard medical School
• National Academy for State Health Policy
• ICHOM
For-Profit
• IBM Almaden
University/Research
• Harvard T.H. Chan/Harvard Kennedy School
• UC – San Francisco • Harvard University
Health Policy MPH
Job Titles
• Consultant • Health Insurance Specialist • Medical Officer • Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellow • Surgical Oncology Fellow • Infectious Disease Fellow • Fellow Physician • Senior Research Assistant • Policy Associate • Project leader • Research Scientist
• Research Associate • Postdoctoral Scholar • Sinclair Kennedy Fellow
Health Policy MPH
Occupational & Environmental Health MPH (N=7) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
0%
0%
14%
14%
14%
57%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Returned to schoool
No response
Undecided
Actively seeking
Accepted new position
Returned to prior employer
Returned to school
Select Employers
Government
• National Cancer Institute • US Air Force • Aerospace Medicine, US Air Force
Hospital
• Cambridge Health Alliance • Wilderness Medicine Fellowship,
Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Job Titles
• Post-doc • Physician • Resident • Assistant Fellowship Director
Occupational & Environmental Health
Quantitative Methods MPH (N=49) As of November 2016 (six months after graduation)
2%
6%
12%
12%
31%
37%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
Undecided
Actively seeking
Returned to schoool
No response
Accepted new position
Returned to prior employer
*Includes academic year and summer-only
Returned to school
Select Employers
Biotech/Pharma
• 3J Technologies Ltc. Government
• Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
• National Cancer Institute Hospital
• Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital
• Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires • Brigham & Women's Hospital • Hamilton Health Sciences • The Ottawa Hospital • University College London • Boston Medical Center • Morristown Medical Center
• Alberta Health Services • Oxford University Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust • Mayo Clinic • Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de
Montréal • Massachusetts General Hospital • New York Presbyterian Hospital,
Columbia U. Medical Center • Queen's University • Duke University Medical Center • University of Toronto • National Cheng Kung University
Hospital
Quantitative Methods MPH
Select Employers (con’t) For-Profit
• Environment and Health Group Private Practice/Self-Employed
• Matrix Sports Medicine Clinic
University/Research
• University of British Columbia • UC Berkeley
Job Titles
• Analyst • Medical Officer • Cancer Prevention Fellow • Assistant Attending Surgeon • Junior Attending Physician • Neurosurgery Resident Physician • Resident Physician • Pediatric Academic Physician
• Surgery Resident • Clinical Fellow • Research Fellow • Anesthesiologist • Core Medical Trainee • Physician • Instructor of Emergency Medicine • Research Associate • Medical Director • Post-doc
Quantitative Methods MPH
PHD PROGRAMS
Ph.D. in Biostatistics (N=9)
*Includes academic year and summer-only
0%
0%
0%
44%
56%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Further study
No response
Actively seeking
Postdoc
Employed
Postdoctoral Program
• Harvard University • UC Berkeley
Employed • Brigham and Women’s Hospital • Harvard University • KLAS Enterprises • New York Genome Center
Ph.D. in Biostatistics
Ph.D. Biological Sciences in
Public Health (N=6)
*Includes academic year and summer-only
0%
0%
17%
17%
67%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Further Study
No Repsonse
Employed
Unemployed, Looking
Postdoc
Postdoctoral Program
• Harvard University • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Employed • Gladstone Institute • McKinsey & Co
Ph.D. Biological Sciences in
Public Health
Ph.D. in Health Policy (N=12)
*Includes academic year and summer-only
0%
8%
8%
17%
67%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Unemployed, Looking
Further Study
No Repsonse
Postdoc
Employed
Postdoctoral Program
• Brown University • University College Dublin
Employed • Optum Analytics • University of Ottawa • UC San Francisco
Ph.D. in Health Policy