Career Opportunities

Group ComputerGraduates of the Department of Population and Family Health are uniquely positioned to become leaders in their fields, as clinicians, researchers, evaluators, practitioners, and advocates.

Job Examples

Examples of positions held by recent graduates of the Department may be found below:

Reproductive Health

  • Consultant, UNFPA Technical Assistance Dept.
  • Consultant, UNFPA Campaign to End Fistula
  • Deputy Director, Physical Activity and Nutrition Program, NYC DOH
  • Director of Policy and Advocacy, Latino Commission on AIDS
  • DrPH Candidate, City University of New York
  • Education and Clinical Operations Specialist, Mass Dept of Health
  • Evaluation Coordinator, International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region
  • Evaluation Coordinator/Consultant, The Children’s Aid Society
  • Family Planning Initiative Coordinator, NYC DOH
  • International Development Fellow, Catholic Relief Services
  • Lead Strategic Information Officer, ASPH/CDC/USAID Namibia
  • Program Coordinator, Boston Public Health Commission, AIDS Program
  • Program Coordinator, Christian Children’s Fund, Liberia
  • Program Officer, Pathfinder International, Vietnam
  • Poverty, Gender and Youth Program, Population Council
  • Regional Team Leader, International Center for AIDS care and Treatment Program, Nigeria
  • Research Consultant, Center for Community Health and Education
  • Research Consultant, Northwest Reproductive Justice Needs Assessment (Northwest Women’s Law Center)
  • Staff Associate, Population Council
  • Youth Sexual Health Promotion Specialist, Oregon Public Health Division

Sexuality and Health

  • Health Policy Analyst, Center for Health Equality
  • Legal Researcher, Brooklyn Family Defense Project
  • Medical Education Associate, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health
  • Program Associate, Engender Health
  • Sexual Health Educator, University of Texas, Austin

Global Health

  • Program Manager, USAID Global Health Technical Assistance Project
  • Research Associate, Rockefeller Foundation

Forced Migration

  • Acting Program Manager, International Rescue Committee
  • Anti-Trafficking and Exploitation Specialist, Protection Unit, Children in Emergencies and Crises, Save the Children
  • Assistant Head of Sub-Office, World Food Program, Cambodia
  • Associate Program Office, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Emergency Planner, New York City Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Management
  • GBV Consultant, UNFPA Humanitarian Response Unit
  • Gender Based violence Program Manager, International Rescue Committee
  • HIV/AIDS Program Manager, Catholic Relief Services, Angola
  • Monitoring, Evaluation and Information Manager, Mercy Corps, Sudan
  • Nutrition Team Leader, Save the Children, West Darfur, Sudan
  • Program Assistant, Mercy Corps
  • Program Manager, Forced Migration
  • Public Health Epidemiologist, NYC DOH Bureau of Vital Statistics
  • Research Associate, Pfizer, Inc.
  • Reproductive Health Manager, International Rescue Committee, East Africa
  • Special Assistant to the President, International Center for Research on Women
  • Training Consultant, UNFPA Humanitarian Response Unit
  • Youth Health Specialist, Save the Children