Health Sciences

Youvanna Jimenez says a career in public health aligns with her interests and her desire to improve health outcomes in underserved communities. As a student in the Public Health Certificate, she’s applying what she’s learning to her current work, while also becoming a more competitive candidate for an MPH program.

Ellaine Arroyo applied to the Public Health Certificate Program to gain a professional foundation in public health and exposure to graduate-level coursework before applying to an MPH. Hear how her journey is going so far.

According to Gabby Rich, the UC Davis Health Professions Post-Bac Program served as the backbone for her applications to med school. She is now in her first year at AT Still University's Physician Assistant Program.

Now Available! Online Public Health Certificate from UC Davis is designed to help public health professionals advance their careers and serves as a post-baccalaureate for MPH programs.

Lucero Cordero spent most of their formative years prioritizing their brother's needs over their own and subsequently struggled to get into medical school. The UC Davis Health Professions Post-Bac, helped Cordero gain the confidence and support to succeed at getting accepted to numerous medical schools, ultimately helping them achieve the next step in their dream toward becoming a pediatrician.

Public Health instructor, Marcella Gonsalves, believes that learning social and behavioral determinants of health can help students make better-informed decisions in their professional roles.

Epidemiology instructor, Jake Pry, hopes to inspire his students to continue pushing public health forward.

When Francisco Cordero began thinking about applying to medical school, he knew he needed to increase his GPA to be a more competitive applicant. He completed the UC Davis Health Professions Post-Baccalaureate Program with a GPA of 3.87 and has received his first acceptance letter with more decisions to come.

Victoria Nze received her first acceptance letter to her top-choice nursing school after graduating from the UC Davis Health Professions Post-Baccalaureate Program. She says the program not only helped her raise her GPA, it also boosted her confidence.

After struggling to get into medical school, Rachel Becker applied to the UC Davis Health Professions Post-Bac for guidance and structure to help her pinpoint what she needed to improve upon and how to position herself strategically as an applicant.

After receiving rejection letters from vet schools, Vickie applied to the UC Davis Health Professions Post-Bac program to make her a more competitive applicant. Since completing the program, she says she's become a better version of herself and thus a better healthcare professional for those she will help in the future.

After taking six years off following her undergrad degree, Gabby Lee pursued the UC Davis Health Professions Post-Bac to help her fulfill her dreams of becoming a physician. See how the program helped her take the next steps toward achieving her goal.

Leslie Freeman, MT(ASCP)SH, is a clinical laboratory scientist in hematology at UC Davis Health System with more than 25 years of experience. She is the hematology educational coordinator for the Clinical Lab Science Training Program at the UC Davis Medical Center and is the instructor of the online course Introduction to Clinical Hematology.