Health Sciences Research: Careers & Networking

Formerly known as the American Dietetic Association. Best-known U.S. organization for dietitians. Site has members-only features.

Main U.S. professional organization for Family & Consumer Sciences. What are Family & Consumer Sciences? What careers are available to me?

Largest national United States organization representing the professional interests of more than 185,000 dental hygienists across the country. Get a job, learn about careers, network with other professiionals. Publishes Journal of Dental Hygiene, most important dental hygiene journal in U.S.

Network with other professionals and receive job postings.

Represents the interests of the nation's 4 million registered nurses.

Oldest (since 1872) organization of public health professionals in the world.

"(U.S.) national professional, scientific, and credentialing association. 223,000 members/ affiliates. Audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel; and students." Tells what speech pathologists do, how to become one, and reliable information about speech, language, and hearing.

Principal U.S. organization for social workers. Network with other social workers. Learn about social work careers.

Nonprofit site. Is a career in health care right for me? What are the entrance requirements? How will I pay for college?

U.S. Dept. of Labor Statistics. What is the job outook? What do people in health occupations do? How much do they earn?

This open-access career resource will help prepared you to work in health sciences fields.