Outcomes

What do you do with a biology degree after college?

On campus we have a fine resource in the Student Engagement Center. Check them out as they have lots of material and people to talk to.

Here are some other Web resources that may be of use.

Interested in pursuing a career in human genetics after college?
Here is a database of biotech jobs that provides many services necessary for finding work in the realm of science resume postings, employer databases, etc.
American Medical Student Association: Premeds at University of Pennsylvania. Check out the American Medical Student Association, University of Pennsylvania Premedical Chapter . Here you can find more information about The American Medical Student Association.
Have you considered Clinical Laboratory Science as a career path? This can be pursued usually at low cost in the fourth year of college, or in post-graduate work. Many industries and research facilities and hospitals need people in this area, and there is a shortage that is reaching a critical point. SEE these web sites:
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
If you are interested in dentistry check out the American Dental Association homepage.
How about an alternative to getting your M.D. Check out Osteopathic Medicine D.O. by visiting the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine or The School of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
How about physical therapy? Also, check out the Physical Therapy WWW Page.
Interested in being a nurse practitioner or a physician assistant?

Here is a selection from among recent Whitman graduates who majored in Biology.

Graduate School

Ray Andrell ’07 – Biology MS program hydrothermal vents physiology, WSU; Rose Kormanyos ’07 – Ecology PhD program, UC Davis; Dawn Holmes ’07--Neurobiology PhD program, UC Irvine; Zachary Conroy ’07 – Pharmacology, U. Washington; Max Kaiser ’06--Bioethics, Michigan State; Nancy Day ’05 – Neuroscience, Univ. Minnesota; Mike Peterson ’05 – Environmental Studies, Western Washington S.U.; Brian Emmenegger ’04--Cell/Molecular Biology, Duke University; Nathan Thomsen ’04 – Molecular/Cell Biology, UCBerkeley; Katie Wagner ’04 – Ecology/Evolution, Cornell Univ.; Jeanette Fiess ’02 – Uinv. Hawai’i Marine Zoology; Jennifer Hom ’02 – Univ. Rochester Physiology; Dan Gestaut ’02 – Univ. Rochester Molecular Biology

Medical School

David Shairer ’08-Albert Einstein; Vinita Gidvani ’08 – NY Medical Coll.; Juli Armstrong ’04 – Univ. of Washington; Robin Horak ’04 – Jefferson Univ.; Laura Matsen ’04 – OHSU; Tsering Lhewa, John Houghland ’03 – Univ. of Washington; Sarah Menashe ’02 – Jefferson Medical College; Eric Schmitt ’02 – Tulane Univ. Md/PhD

Veterinary School

Mackenzie Adams ’07--Colorado State; Marni Hamack ’06 – Washington State Univ.; Aspen Davidoff ’06 – Univ. of Edinburgh; Laura Lambruschi ’06 – Univ. Illinois. Mee-Ja Sula ’03 – Cornell Univ.;

Dental School

Other Health Care

Kristen Marshall ’08 – Medical Service, Mercy Ships, Sierra Leone; Allison Fairbanks ’07 – MS Public Health program, OHSU; Kyrsten Stoops ’03 – Nursing Asst., Yakima Providence Hospital; Mark Bouma ’03 – Physical Therapy program, Univ. Washington.

Research

Emily Davis ’08 – Ecological Research, OSU; Kristen Kirky ’07 – Lake and Coastal Studies, Olympic Nat’l Park; Ryan Choi ’05 – Research Asst., Northern Ariz. Univ.; Dan Cushing ’03 – Biology Technician, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska; Tsering Lhewa ’03 – N.I.H., Shannon Pierce ’02 – Environmental Scientist, Windward Environmental, Seattle

Other Biology

Anna Stephenson, Zack Steel ’06 – Naturalists, San Juan Safaris; Vitas Wagner ’05 – North Pacific Fisheries Observer, Alaska/Seattle; Sara Hardee ’05 – Whale Watch Naturalist, San Juan Is., Washington

Peace Corps

Rebecca Como ’08, Mozambique; Elizabeth Roberson ’08 – Honduras; Mo Fitz-Maurice ’05, South Africa

Teaching

Joanne Ishikawa ’08 – English in Japan; Erin Cole ’05 – English in Japan; Rick Smith ’02 – Teaching Asst., Tropical Ecology, CIEE, Costa Rica

Law School

Policy

Fulbright Fellowship