The System Medicine program aims to prepare our students for the opportunities that lie ahead. We are invested in providing the training, resources and personalized career strategies for our students to have a more direct path to their desired careers.
Graduates choose a variety of career paths including medical school, P.A. school, nursing, Ph.D.s, research assistants, data analysts, bioinformaticians, clinical coordinators, curators, software engineers, consultants, regulatory and policy experts, and data scientists. They play specific roles in personalized medicine, biomedical research, pharmaceutical companies, health care consulting, and academia.
Where Do Our Alumni Work and Study?
Top companies, agencies and institutions our alumni are working for:
- Kogod School of Business, American University
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Cornell University
- Capitol Hill
- FDA
- George Washington University
- Georgetown University
- Georgetown Innovation Center for Biomedical Informatics
- Johns Hopkins University
- Inova Health System
- L.E.K. Consulting
- Library of Congress
- MedStar Hospital
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- New York University
- Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago
- Private personalized medicine companies
- Uniformed services
- University of Michigan
Top advanced degree programs our alumni have attended:
- Columbia School of Nursing
- Georgetown University
- Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Harvard Medical School
- Midwestern University
- Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
- SUNY Buffalo
- University of Alabama
- University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus
- University of Mississippi School of Medicine
- University of Texas Medical Branch
- UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Alumni Testimonials
The Systems Medicine program recognized that many of the limitations of traditional healthcare require innovative, data-driven solutions. It has expanded my perspective on what medicine can become and has equipped me with the tools to contribute to that future. More than simply preparing me for medical school, this program has shaped the way I think about healthcare, research, and my role as a future physician.
Shanae Brown (M.S. ’26)
For me, Systems Medicine became a powerful response to a lifelong search for better questions within the gray and sometimes still unexplored areas of medical knowledge. As I return to my clinical and research activities, I am confident that this perspective will continue to shape the questions I ask and the solutions I pursue.
Shahin Gharahkhani (M.S. ’26)
The last 12 months have been the most impactful 12 months of my life. I have learned a lot through school and life so far, and I am incredibly grateful for many of the experiences I have had that have pushed me to be the best version of myself, even if it has been incredibly uncomfortable and challenging. I would not change or take away those experiences for anything.
Rachael Holp (M.S. ’23)
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Arezo Aziz (’18), DNP, M.S., MSN, RN
“Through coursework in epigenetics, health policy, and bioinformatics, I was able to hone my skills and focus my talents on a career that would allow me to help patients from underserved and immigrant communities, much like my own family.”
July 25, 2024
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Julia Cochran (’21), Rising 4th-Year Medical Student
“There are multiple of my classmates as well who are also in medical school and it’s been so fun to see them progress on their journey, and I would love to encounter many of them in a hospital somewhere one day!”
July 25, 2024
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Yeonjoo Hwang (’22), Rising 1st-Year Medical Student
“I have joined Emory as a bioinformatics analyst to study Crohn’s disease using innovative single-cell studies of patient biopsies.”
July 25, 2024