Graduate Program in Health Management
Career Options
Students of the Graduate Program in Health Management (GHPM) are recruited by a wide variety of organizations: healthcare consulting firms, health plans, physician group practices, hospital systems, e-health firms, medical device makers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and healthcare banking and international development organizations. The majority of opportunities pursued by our students are in
Students may also pursue international opportunities.
Organizations that have recruited students with a healthcare focus
Biotech/Pharma/Medical Devices/Diagnostics
- Affymetrix
- Amgen
- Applied Scientific/Celera
- Boston Scientific
- Genentech
- Gilead
- Guidant
- Roche Molecular Diagnostics
Consulting
- Accenture
- Bain Consulting
- Boston Consulting Group
- Deloitte
- L.E.K. Consulting
- McKinsey and Company
- Navigant
- Tiber Group
- ZS Associates
Banking and Venture Capital
- Burrill and Company
- China Health Venture Capital, Beijing
- IFC/World Bank
- Fog City Capital
- Lehman Brothers
- Mitsui Venture Capital
Health Plans, Providers and Services
- Aravind Eye Care System, India
- Blue Shield of California
- Catholic Healthcare West
- Epocrates
- Georgetown University
- HealthNet
- IMS Health
- Kaiser Permanente
- McKesson
- MD Anderson
- Oracle Healthcare
- San Francisco General Hospital
- Sutter Health
- Theptarin Hospital, Bangkok
Career Advising for GPHM Students
Students pursue their career interests within the broader health industry by working with Account Managers from the Haas School the School of Public Health's career centers. These managers develop and manage relationships with the health industry and assist students in preparing for interviews and identifying career opportunities. The Haas School career center provides both students and employers with the resources and opportunities needed to successfully match student skills and interests with employer needs.
Students in the MBA/MPH program also receive career and professional advise from GPHM alumni through our mentoring program.
Students can discuss their current classes, their summer internship choices and potential career opportunities with an experienced professional. They can learn about current, real-world issues in health management. This one-on-one mentoring can be a valuable tool for students to help them in the career choices.
Networking Opportunities for GPHM Students
Students have many opportunities to network with industry professionals throughout the course of the program. Students are encouraged to create opportunities via organized networking events, industry panels, career treks and more. Some GPHM banner events:
- Business of Healthcare Conference:brings together students and professionals from across the country to discuss the opportunities and challenges faced by organizations from the multiple facets of healthcare.
- Firm Night: a forum for students to explore careers and speak with recruiters at top consulting, biobusiness and healthcare firms.
- BioEntrepreneurship Roundtable and VC Forum (BERT): a bio-specific forum that promotes innovation and entrepreneurship by bringing together venture capitalists, IP attorneys, entrepreneurs/scientists, alumni and students to discuss the latest ideas and trends in the industry.
- BioBusiness Speaker Series: a class that brings in industry professionals to provide students with a broad range of perspectives and experiences about being a leader in biobusiness.
- Consulting Speaker Series: Similar to the BioBusiness Speaker Series, this class provides students with an understanding of healthcare consulting. Historically, this class has included at least three partners from prestigious healthcare consulting firms.
- UC BioFellowship: in an effort to connect talented students at UC Berkeley and UCSF with the venture capital and startup community, this fellowship program places students in a VC-backed medical company for a summer internship.
- Career Treks: Healthcare-focused students visit with senior executives at prominent Bay Area companies such as Genentech, Kaiser Permanente, McKesson and Deloitte Consulting.
- Small group visits with Corporate Advisory Board members: facilitating interaction between students and senior executives in the companies represented in the Corporate Advisory Board. These companies include Blue Shield of California, Catholic Healthcare West, Genentech, Sutter Health, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, John Muir/Mt. Diablo Health Network and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals.
- Speed Mentoring: each fall program alumni and students participate in a "speed mentoring" event (think speed dating), where students have an opportunity to network with alumni from many healthcare fields.
