Careers
Graduates from this programme enter a diverse range of positions in public health, research, NGOs, health programmes, health services, government, policy and planning.
Employability
On average, 90% of our master's graduates from the 2019/20-2022/23 cohorts were in employment or undertaking further studies 15 months after graduation (Graduate Outcomes Surveys, 2020-2023).
Careers at LSHTM
In this video, LSHTM students share why they chose public health and reflect on their studies, student experience and future career goals.
Graduates go into public health and reproductive health programmes, evaluation of family planning programmes, research for governmental and non-governmental agencies and university teaching.
Below you will find just a few of the positions and organisations that our graduates from this course have entered:
- Example job titles:
- Policy Analyst
- Public Health Manager
- Assistant Director Health Promotion
- Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
- Evidence and Impact Advisor
- Maternal and Neonatal Research Coordinator
- Program Manager - Adolescent Health Initiatives
- Project Officer - Gender-Based Violence
- Registered Midwife and Maternal Health Researcher
- Sexual Health Advisor
- Women's Health Advisor
- Psychosexual Therapist
- Humanitarian Director
- Communication Consultant - Digital Media
- Clinical Trials Coordinator
- Academic Researcher
- Example organisations:
- World Health Organization
- United Nations Development Programme
- U.S Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
- Médecins Sans Frontières
- Ibis Reproductive Health
- MSI Reproductive Choices
- International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
- Oxfam
- Terrence Higgins Trust
- NHS England
- UK Health Security Agency
- Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
- BBC Media Action
- JP Morgan
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
LSHTM Alumni
LSHTM’s alumni community includes over 35,000 graduates across more than 190 countries. It offers a lifelong connection to LSHTM and to each other.
We are proud of our global alumni network, which includes many notable members, such as:
- Tedros Adhanom, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), who completed his MSc in Immunology of Infectious Diseases
- Karina Rando, the Minister of Public Health in Uruguay, studied MSc Public Health – Health Economics stream
- Christopher Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Adviser to UK Government, studied MSc Epidemiology.
- Vanessa Bradford Kerry, founder of the non-profit Seed Global Health, director of the Program in Global Public Policy and Social Change at Harvard Medical School, and Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health for the World Health Organization (WHO), studied the MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing
- Career support - the LSHTM Careers Service provide a range of services from 1-1 appointments to events and workshops.
- Alumni blogs - did you know LSHTM has over 35,500 alumni in more than 190 countries.
- International alumni chapters - find an LSHTM network of alumni near you from our over 30 chapters.