From inventing biomedical devices to working with athletes to enhance their performance goals, careers in health are diverse.
But how much do you actually know about health careers? Take our fun quiz to see where you’re at. Why not challenge a friend to take it too? The person with the lowest score owes the winner a fruit smoothie!
Health careers – CV inspo
Is this the STEM path for you? Hooray! Here are some health pros who are doing incredible things in their fields. Read through their profiles to get their advice and see what steps they took to land their dream jobs.
- Dr Clara Chow, cardiologist and digital health expert – she’s using smart technology to keep patients heart-healthy.
- Mary Poniard, biomedical engineer – Mary is making sure 2000 new ventilators for Australian intensive care wards are ready to care for COVID-19 patients.
- Kris Rallah-Baker, ophthalmologist – he’s Australia’s first Indigenous ophthalmologist and is breaking new ground for Aboriginal health thanks to an inherited ‘dream the impossible’ attitude.
- Jane Shrapnel, principal data scientist – hospitals are employing experts like Jane Shrapnel to help them save lives by digging into the data.
- Tim Cassettari, accredited dietician – ever picked the brain of a nutrition scientist? We have!
- Dr Alisa Glukhova, structural biologist – she’s investigating the molecular behaviour that’s responsible for causing disease, such as cancer.
- Tuguy Esgin, sport scientist – he’s using his sport science smarts to improve Indigenous health.
For more health heroes, check out our role models section.
Extra health-y reads
We’ve got so many STEM + health careers stories over at our health section! There’s five awesome jobs you could get with a health science degree, as well as features on food science gigs, the fastest growing jobs in healthcare and how virtual reality is revolutionising remote mental health care.
Want to try you hand at more careers trivia? Check out the Careers with STEM quiz hub.
