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Best Resources

•Agriculture, Biotech and Chemical Jobs
•American Assn. for the Advancement of Science: has a career section along with •Entry Point!, a section on internships for students with disabilities in science, engineering, mathematics, computer science and some fields of business.
•Bio Online: comprehensive site for life sciences including job and career info.
•Bio Space: biotech jobs and pharmaceutical news.
•Biological Science: from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Biology/Biotechnology Paid Internships: outstanding resource from RIT.
•Biology Jobs.com: targeted to people interested in the life sciences.
•Biology Links: extensive list of job search sites from Harvard University.
•Biomedical Career Resources: from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
•BioRole: staffing and recruiting firm for the biopharmaceutical industry.
•Biotechnology Industry Association: represents 1,000 biotech-related firms.
•BioView: job search engine for scientists.
•CanBiotech: job listings from the central hub for the bio-medical industry in the North American, European and Asian biopharmaceutical sectors.
•Careers in Biology
•Careers in Life Science
•Centers for Disease Control: internships/training for students at all levels.
•Chase Group: executive search firm for pharmaceutical and biotechnology jobs.
•Colorado Alliance for Bioengineering Internship Program: places Bioengineering and Business students in temporary assignments at Colorado bio-businesses.
•Colorado BioScience Association: provides services and support for Colorado’s growing biosciences industry. It has a Career Resources section.
•Executive Search & Recruitment: Fritz Theyer is one example of a firm serving the bio- and medical technology industry.
•Health Career Web: job listings, resumes, career advice.
•Healthcare Career Information
•Healthcare & Medical Employment Links
•Health Care Jobs Online
•Health Care Job Store: links to 300+ healthcare job sites.
•Healthcare Jobs
•Healthcare Management Career Information
•Health Care Recruitment Online
•Healthcare Recruiters
•Healthcare Resources
•HireHealth.com: positions spanning the entire drug discovery continuum.
•Hospital Directory: find hospitals by state and city.
•Med Hunters.com: large healthcare recruiting site for a wide variety of jobs.
•Medzilla: jobs in biotech and medicine.
•NationJob Network-Medical & Health Care Jobs
•National Institutes of Health NIH: research positions including summer internships.
National Science Foundation: summer biology research experiences for undergraduates.
•National Society for Genetic Counselors
•Nursing Careers: from WetFeet.
•SciWeb: for biotechnology professionals.
•Science Jobs.com
•Science Job Ads
Top Biotechnology Firms
•University of Denver Biological Sciences Department

Medical School Also see the Graduate School site.
•American Medical College Application Service: centralized application process for applicants to the first-year entering classes at participating U.S. medical schools.
•Applying to Medical School: What to do if your application isn't accepted.
•How to Prepare for the MCAT
•Medical College Admission Test (MCAT®) Web Site
•Medical School Discussion Forums: from Student Doctor Network.
•Medical School Interview Preparation
•Medical School Interview Feedback: hundreds of brief comments from applicants. Medical School Rankings: top 50 medical schools as rated by U.S. News Online.
Medicine and Health Careers: from WetFeet.

Dental School
•American Dental Association: career information and dental school locater.
•American Dental Education Association: information on applying to dental school.
•Dental School Interview Feedback: info about dental school interviews.
•Pre-dental.com: includes a discussion group for taking the DAT.

Bioethics/Biomedical Ethics
•Bioethics.Net: online version of the American Journal of Bioethics.
•Bioethics Resources on the Web:
from the National Institute of Health.
•National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature: extensive resources.

Cognitive Neuroscience
•Cognitive and Neurosciences on the Internet:
from the Institute of Cognitive Science (ICS) at the U of Colorado at Boulder.
•Cognitive Neuroscience Society
•Society for Neuroscience

Marine Science
•Marine Mammal Science Career Information
•Ocean Links: marine biology/science career links.
•Strategies for Pursuing a Career in Marine Mammal Sciences
•Mote Marine Laboratory

Pharmaceutical
•American Pharmaceutical Sales Association
•Biotech and Pharmaceuticals Articles: career-related articles from Wetfeet.
•Drug Industry Jobs
•HireRX: pharmaceutical jobs.
•National Association of Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives: offers training.
•Pharmaceutical Company Links
•Pharmaceutical Sales--Breaking Into This Industry: advertises a book for purchase, which is also available free from many libraries.
•PharmaOpportunities Science Jobs: pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device.
•Pharmacists: from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
•3 Days to a Pharmaceutical Sales Job Interview: advertises a book for purchase, which is also available free from many libraries. See the links to more web pages

Physical Therapy
•American Physical Therapy Association: main professional organization for the field and has a job bank as well as information for students.
•Physical Therapists: from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
•Physical Therapy-The Web Space: lists of PT schools and career advice.

Public Health
•American Public Health Association: has a job and internship section.
•Assn. of Schools of Public Health: employment information plus a list of schools.
•Public Health Jobs
•Public Health Jobs.net
•Public Health Links
•Public Health Resources
•Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine: offers numerous links to public health career information.

Wellness
•Wellness Connection Internship Service
•WellnessJobs.com
•National Wellness Institute: job, internship and conference information.

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