Rice: Wiess School of Natural Sciences

Professional Master's Program: An Unconventional Career Track

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RICE University
Prof. Master's Program
6100 Main Street, MS-103
Houston, TX 77005
713.348.3188 (phone)
713.348.3121 (fax)
profms@rice.edu

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Initial Funding by the
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Bioscience Info


Rice Departments
Wiess School of Natural Sciences
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Department of Chemistry
Department of Physics and Astronomy
George R. Brown School of Engineering


Organizations, Centers, and Institutes

  • Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
  • Clinical Trials Network of Texas (CTNeT)
  • The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI)
  • The Center for Space Medicine (CSM)
  • Houston Area Translational Research Consortium (HATRC)
  • Santé Ventures
  • BioHouston

In The News
Rice to offer new program track for bioscience research and health policy 

Outside Institutes and Centers

Bioscience and Health Policy
Commercial Applications 

Internship positions are available across the health policy spectrum in both the public and private sectors. Program graduates in similar programs have pursued careers as health policy analysts, legislative affairs specialists, lobbyists, public affairs experts and health policy consultants. Many careers of graduates can lead into senior management and executive positions in the health policy arena. Internship and full-time position providers could be:

Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Digisonics, Inc
MD Anderson Cancer Center  
Science and Technology Policy Institute in Washington,D.C.
AHRQ Training Program in Patient Safety and Quality
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
American Public Health Association
Kaiser Family Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Lewin Consulting
American Medical Association

Food and Water Watch

Center for Medical Technology Policy

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Missouri Foundation for Health
National Institutes of Health
Avalere Consulting
Families

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Centers for Disease Control 

New York Academy of Medicine

National Business Group on Health
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

American Cancer Society

New York City Mayor's Office

The Urban Institute

Texas Medical Center

 

updated 06/2012 DBeck