Jeff Oxendine, MPH, MBA
Founder, President, and CEO
Health Career Connection
Professor of Public Health
UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Friday November 14, 2025,
1pm-2:30pm PST
Workshop Description:
Want real clinical and public health experience this summer — and to get paid for it? This session is for you. Jeff Oxendine, MPH, MBA, Founder, President, and CEO of Health Career Connection and Professor of Public Health at UC Berkeley, will walk you through how to land a mission-driven, hands-on summer role in healthcare that actually counts for medical school. You’ll learn how these internships place you with hospitals, clinics, and community health organizations so you can work directly with professionals in patient care, public health, health equity, administration, and more while building hours, mentorship, and a network. We’ll talk about who gets selected, what a strong application looks like, and how community college, university, and post-bacc students can all be competitive. You’ll also hear how to frame this experience later in your personal statement, secondaries, and interviews. You can come, ask your questions and get answers about eligibility, pay, timeline, and fit. Most importantly, come hear directly from the source instead of second hand or bad information or people that have no clue about the admission process. This is the kind of opportunity that moves you from “interested in medicine” to “I’ve done the work.”
About the Speaker:
Mr. Oxendine is the President and co-founder of Health Career Connection www.healthcareers.org.
He has been a health executive, educator, and consultant for 28 years. Since his own undergraduate internship in 1982, in HCC’s predecessor program, he has held senior administrative positions in hospitals, medical groups, academic institutions, and his own consulting firm. He previously was an Associate Dean of Public Health Practice at UC Berkeley School of Public Health. He was also a leader in the California Health Workforce and Diversity efforts as Co-Director of the California Health Professions Consortium and the California Health Workforce Alliance. Jeff taught healthcare management at UC Berkeley School of Public Health and previously taught for 5 years at Harvard School of Public Health. Prior to coming to Berkeley, he held executive roles in leading organizations including Partners Healthcare System, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Bay Imaging Consultants Medical Group, and Alta Bates Medical Center. Jeff obtained his master’s degrees in Business Administration and Public Health from U.C. Berkeley, where he met HCC’s other Founders.
About Health Career Connection [www.healthcareers.org]
HCC empowers undergraduate students and recent graduates to choose and successfully pursue health careers that best suit their talents and goals. We accomplish this by providing paid real-world experience, mentoring, and networking.
We connect health organizations, employers, and graduate schools with talented and diverse future health professionals, thus supporting their workforce, diversity, community health, and organizational goals. We offer a proven turn-key, comprehensive program.
Our comprehensive Summer Internship Program provides undergraduates and recent college graduates with Practical Experience, Exposure, Mentoring, Professional Development, and Networking. During this time, HCC support interns professional development as they work on meaningful internship projects that address the priorities of the host organization.
Register for Free:
What: Summer in Healthcare: Get Experience, Get Paid, Get Ahead
When: Friday, November 14, 2025, 1 PM (Pacific Standard Time)
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