Health advocates are agents of positive change in a field that has extraordinary breadth and opportunity. Health advocacy careers span from patient advocacy in case-based direct service, to community advocacy initiatives on behalf of geographic or disease-specific populations, to system-level policy-based advocacy activities.
Graduates function in direct care as patient advocates, health advisers, and navigators, facilitating access to health care services, and helping individuals negotiate an increasingly complex and fragmented health care infrastructure.
As health policy advocates, graduates work in legislative and organizational areas. They advocate for patients and populations from positions in government agencies, nonprofit organizations, grassroots and national health policy organizations, and the media.
Health advocacy encompasses careers not directly associated with the provision of clinical health care services, including initiatives to dismantle structural barriers to health that are caused by poverty, racism, environmental destruction, and violence.
Our Alumni
K. Jennifer Johal MA '15
Deborah L. Jones MA '15
Chloe Politis MA '15
"The Health Advocacy program has been most influential on my professional career. One of my fieldwork opportunities turned into a full-time position. After a few months, I received a promotion. I am now the Digital Communications Manager at the Mount Sinai Health System."
Brielle Weber MA '15
