Cut your tuition, enhance your training and launch your health sciences career with one of Merrimack’s unique fellowships.
Kara Lavertu’s health sciences fellowship had an extremely positive effect on her career.
“The job market is so competitive,” says Lavertu, who got a job in neurological wellness immediately after completing her Master’s in Exercise and Sport Science in 2019. “You need a master’s degree for almost any health science career, and the fellowship helped me stand out even more when I went in to interview. They saw me as serious, and they could tell I knew what I was talking about.”
“The students come out of the fellowship really well prepared,” notes Kate-Marie Roycroft, director of government affairs and social responsibility for the Massachusetts Alliance of YMCAs. Roycroft has supervised about half a dozen health sciences fellows from Merrimack, and she gets them involved in significant projects.
“We challenge our graduate fellows,” Roycroft says. “They work with local officials. They talk to state legislators. They interact with YMCA branches all over the state. They work on grants. They come away from the fellowship with a lot of health policy knowledge, a wide network of contacts, and the skills they need for many different careers in the health sciences.”
Roycroft says all of her health science fellows have gone on to government and nonprofit jobs in public health, health policy and other health science niches. She served as a professional reference for most of them, and they’ve kept in touch with her after joining the workforce.
“If you really commit to the fellowship—if you treat it like a job—it’s a tremendous opportunity,” says Roycroft.
Health science graduate fellows work in many different types of venues, including hospitals, schools, nonprofit, and government agencies. Merrimack’s fellowship partners include well-known organizations such as the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Lawrence General Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition, health science graduate students can opt for research fellowships under the supervision of Merrimack faculty.
Here’s a brief list of Merrimack College’s recent health science fellows, with descriptions of the type of experience each fellow received:
“[Students] come away from the fellowship with a lot of health policy knowledge, a wide network of contacts and the skills they need for many different careers in the health sciences.”
To talk to someone about the Health Sciences Provost Fellowships, contact the Merrimack College Office of Graduate Admission.
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