The UCSF Master in Global Health Sciences prepares graduates for careers that are as diverse as the field of global health. See how our program prepared alums for their future in global health.
Alumni Career Paths and Sectors
Our alums enter careers in teaching, research, program management and more. They pursue advanced training or professional education, such as medical school, residency, fellowship or a doctoral program. They work in health care, government, non-profits, academia and the private sector. Many graduates are hired by UCSF and our partners.
Job Sectors, 2009–2024
Job Functions, 2009–2024
Job Locations, 2009–2024
Most of our alums continue their careers in the San Francisco Bay Area, California or the United States. Others are in Europe, Asia, Canada, Africa and South America.
See more career outcomes compiled by the UCSF Graduate Division.
Networking and Community
Our alum network provides opportunities for mentorship, collaboration and professional growth. Join our alumni group on LinkedIn to connect with alums and the UCSF global health community and hear about upcoming events, webinars and other opportunities to stay connected and continue learning.
Global Health Graduates Today
Our graduates have diverse career paths across academia, for-profit, government, non-profit, and the private sector. Many are pursuing doctoral or clinical degrees. See where our master’s alums in Global Health Sciences are today.
Anika Kalra, MS ’20, program coordinator, Pandemic Initiative for Equity and Action, UCSF
Jorge Ramírez, MD, MS ’16, director, Global Health Program, School of Public Health, University of Chile; emergency medicine doctor
Laila Soudi, MS ’15, founder and director, Sana Relief, Stanford University School of Medicine
Jennifer Zech, MS ’15, project officer, OpCon, ICAP, Columbia University
John Weinstein, PhD, MS ’14, assistant professor, Boston University School of Medicine
Ingrid Chen, PhD, MS ’13, assistant professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Malaria Elimination Initiative, UCSF
Stephanie Klees, MD, MS ’13, pediatrics faculty, Rwanda Human Resources for Health, Yale University, Rwanda
Nicole Santos, PhD, MS ’13, discovery research manager, Preterm Birth Initiative-East Africa, UCSF
Megan Rose Curtis, MS ’12, fellow, Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General/Brigham and Women’s Hospitals
Kathy Burke, MM, MS ’12, DCI fellow, senior advisor, Stanford Global Health, Stanford University
Pei Hao, MS ’19, bilingual editor, China CDC Weekly, Beijing
Ola Alani, MS ’17, regional international service coordinator, AmeriCorps California Disaster Action Team; volunteer recruitment team, American Red Cross
Jay Garcia, MS ’17, project manager, COVID-19 US Technical Assistance, Partners in Health
Katie Lesyna-Mlaponi, MS ’16, co-founder, Thrive Afya Tanzania
Alysse Maglior, MS ’16, technical program officer, J.C. Flowers Foundation
Laura Pineda, MS ’16, National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (INVIMA), Colombia
Harinder Chahal, PharmD, MS ’14, senior public health advisor and researcher, Office of Public Health Strategy and Analysis, Office of the Commissioner, US Food and Drug Administration
Guzyal Gabitova, MS ’12, editorial research associate, Public Library of Science (PLOS)
Amethyst Gillis, MS ’11, senior laboratory advisor and capacity building expert, DAI, Cameroon
Teri Reynolds, MD, PhD, MS ’10, scientist, Department for Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention, World Health Organization, Geneva
Brittney Butler, MS ’19, research analyst, Milken Institute
Resego Bokete, MS ’18, clinical project associate, Gilead Sciences
Vikram Sridharan, MS ’18, data scientist, Metabiota
Emma Zorensky, MS ’17, head of operations, Sempre Health
Ashley Lucas, RN, MS ’15, clinical specialist, Labyrinth Global Health
Ariana Afshar, MS ’14, VP operations, Cricket Health
Thea Sutton, MS ’14, senior manager, Alliance & Advocacy Relations, Genentech
Katie Fox, MS ’13, solutions and delivery, Evidation Health
Nicholas Hu, MS ’13, head of global operations, Zipline International Inc.
Maggie Schultz, MS ’19, nursing student, Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Simmons University
Jeffery Ezennia, MS ’18, medical student, UC Riverside School of Medicine
Camila Hurtado, MS ’18, Tommaso Bulfone, MS ’17, and Anthony Nardone, MS ’16, MS/MD students, UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program
Pal Shah, MS ’17, medical student, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Emma Wilde Botta, MS ’16, nursing student, School of Nursing, Samuel Merritt University
Alex Chin, DDS, MS ’15, resident, VA Palo Alto; visiting resident, Stanford Health Care
Anton Avanceña, MS ’14, PhD candidate, Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Katherine McClendon, MS ’14, PhD student, UCSF School of Nursing
Harry Whittle, MBBS, MS ’14, academic clinical fellow, National Institute of Health Research, University College London
Maryam Zafer, MD, MS ’14, internal medicine resident, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
Jillian Armstrong, MS ’13, PhD student, Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health; fellow, Global Health Equity Scholars, Fogarty International Center
Frey Gugsa, MD, MS ’13, resident physician, Johns Hopkins Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Keely Jordan (Bisch), MS ’13, PhD candidate, School of Global Public Health, New York University
Renata Abrahão, MD, PhD, MS ’11, genetic epidemiology fellow, International Agency for Research on Cancer, France
Anton L.V. Avanceña, MS ’14, PhD
Assistant Professor of Health Outcomes at the College of Pharmacy at The University of Texas at Austin
“The master’s program helped my career in various ways! It prepared me for my first job after graduate school, which was a research analyst. Through this job, I realized that I wanted to become my own researcher and pursue questions that were interesting to me. My MS degree gave me a competitive edge and I was accepted into a PhD program. Finally, the MS program connected me with peers and mentors with whom I have stayed connected.”