Helping to prepare you for competitive health careers.
Interested in pursuing a prehealth career path?
If you are interested in learning more about the health professions featured on this page, you are considering a highly challenging and rewarding career path. We wish you every success as you explore your options and take the next steps toward your goals. To prepare for these highly competitive career fields, you must start early to build your record of academic, professional and personal accomplishments. Whether you are a prospective UB student, currently enrolled at UB or already hold a degree, you have come to the right place to find comprehensive information on preparing for the health careers noted.
A certain degree of soul-searching is required to ensure you have the personal characteristics that make a good fit for these professions. Many schools look for evidence of an applicant’s professionalism, maturity, sound reasoning, integrity and true commitment to helping others.
Next steps.
Explore this site to learn more about preparing for a health profession, and consider attending one of our prehealth workshops. New UB students are encouraged to complete Prehealth 101, an online workshop available through UB Learns.
Our full-time professional advisors provide individualized guidance throughout your prehealth journey. Students can meet with an advisor one-on-one, participate in specialized workshops, join our email list and connect with active prehealth student organizations.
We also host annual events, including a tour of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, DO Day and more!
Have questions? Contact us:
Amanda Sauter alp25@buffalo.edu
Coordinator, Pre-Professional Health Advising
Connie Hanel cchanel@buffalo.edu
Senior Prehealth Advisor
Kayla Goodman kdgoodma@buffalo.edu
Senior Prehealth Advisor
Learn about health professions.
Make an appointment with an advisor.
The Navigate app will help you manage your academic journey and connect effectively with a full range of resources at UB.
You can access the Navigate mobile app once you are enrolled in classes. Review your UB email for instructions on how to schedule an appointment with your advising unit or to review your UB course schedule.
Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC)
Fewer than 100 institutions across North America are members of the Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC).
UB is one of them.
UB is home to one of the most comprehensive academic health centers in the nation, comprising our Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the schools of Dental Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Public Health and Health Professions, Social Work, and Roswell Park Graduate Division. This gives our students opportunities to learn from one another, strengthening their preparation for future roles in a collaborative healthcare environment.