Jeff Oxendine, MPH, MBA
Founder, President, and CEO
Health Career Connection
Professor of Public Health
UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Saturday October 24, 2026
10am-11:30am PST
Workshop Description:
For community college and university premedical students looking to gain meaningful experience beyond the classroom, this workshop introduces a powerful opportunity to explore healthcare through paid summer internships, mentorship, and professional networking. Jeff Oxendine, MPH, MBA, Founder, President, and CEO of Health Career Connection and Professor of Public Health at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, will share how students can build practical skills, strengthen their professional confidence, and connect with people who can help shape their future in healthcare. Participants will learn how real-world experience can clarify career goals, strengthen future applications, and open doors to opportunities they may not have considered possible. Come, ask your questions, and get answers from someone with direct experience helping students enter healthcare careers. Hear directly from the source instead of relying on secondhand information, bad advice, or people who have no clue about the application process. No matter where you begin, one summer experience can expand your network, strengthen your purpose, and move you closer to a career in healthcare, medicine, and public health.
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: The Summer That Could Launch Your Healthcare Career: Paid Internships and Mentorship
When: Saturday, October 24, 2026, 10 AM (Pacific Standard Time)
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