Our team is eager to offer guidance and resources to support your journey in preparing and applying to medical, dental, or a health profession school.
Director, Pre-Health Advising
Kat (she/her/hers) supports undergraduate students as they explore health professions and help them make well-informed career decisions through experiential learning. Her expertise is working with students who are traditionally marginalized and from backgrounds that are underrepresented in medicine...
Pre-Health Advisor
Cathreen (she/her/hers) provides academic and experiential guidance to undergraduates and alumni from diverse backgrounds as they pursue their career interests in a variety of health professions. With 25 years of experience in higher education, she has supported the growth and development of future...
Chair, Health Profession Advising Committee
Prof. Okumura (she/her/hers) is an Associate Professor in Biology and teaches Public Health Biology, Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology and Microbial Pathogenesis. Learn more about her at her faculty page.
Peer Pre-Health Advisor
Eliza (she/her/hers) is a Philosophy major with the Class of 2024 and plans to pursue a Master’s degree in public health and medical school after Oxy, with the goal of becoming a pediatrician. During the summer of 2023, Eliza plans to study abroad in Toulouse, France, where she will study how...