Internships

UC Davis Career Center

UC Internship Programs

• University of California Washington Program
• UC Davis Global Learning Hub
• University of California Center Sacramento
• UC Davis Undergraduate Research Center
• Quarter at Aggie Square

Volunteer Opportunities

Mercy Volunteer Corps

Mercy Volunteer Corps offers professional placements in cities across the United States and in Guyana, South America. Mercy Volunteers work in education, healthcare, and social services while growing spiritually and living simply in community."

Mercy Volunteer Corps offers year long placements in the U.S. or South America, and summer long opportunities in Vermont or the Rio Grande Valley. 

Healthcare Placements:

• Patient advocacy
• Medical Assistant
• Nurse
• Language Translation
• Pre-med gap year 

Social Services Placements:

• Food security
• Housing
• Community outreach
• Women's accompaniment
• Aging care

Volunteer Benefits:

• Education Award
  • Eligible to those that serve in one of the U.S. locations
  • Can be used to repay qualifying student loans or future educational expenses at eligible schools
  • Currently, award is $7395 for 1700 hours of service 
• Housing
  • Mercy Volunteer Corps (MVC) will cover rent and utilities during year of service and will provide housing in fully furnished house or apartment
• Transportation
  • MVC covers transportation to and from destination and to all retreats 
  • Will provide car and gas stipend or public transportation pass 
• Stipends
  • Volunteers receive a personal and community stipend (community stipend can be used for groceries and household items during year of service)
• Health Insurance 
  • Can be reimbursed if already covered
• Student Loan Deferment
• Professional Growth and Development
• Personal Growth
• Education Discounts
• Social Justice 
  • Specifically issues related to Earth, Immigration, Non-Violence, Racism, and Women

African Impact

Since 2004, African Impact has delivered life-changing and responsible volunteer and internship projects across Africa. We are award winning experts who live and breathe everything Africa. Our projects are developed and grown hand-in-hand with local communities."

African Impact has volunteer opportunities available in Kenya, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, and South Africa. They facilitate multiple routes of volunteer work, including: Medical & Healthcare, Wildlife Conservation, and Equality & Nonprofit. 

Some of their internships are listed below, find more on their website:

• Pre-Medical Internship in Zambia
  • 2-week project designed specifically for pre-med students
  • includes home-based care visits, clinic shadowing, HIV research workshops, exposure to global health challenges 
  • Only one date available for next year
• Gender Equality Internship in Zambia
• Public Health Internship in Zambia
• Medical and Nursing Internship in Kenya
• Medical Volunteering in Kenya
• Hospice and Medical Volunteering in Cape Town

Bwindi Community Hospital and Batwa Development Program 

The Bwindi Community Hospital and Batwa Development Program were founded by Dr. Scott and Carol Kellermann over twenty years ago. They were asked to perform a medical survey in Bwindi, Uganda
for the indigenous Batwa, who had been forcibly removed from their ancestral home in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park when it was turned into a gorilla conservation area. Dr. Scott and Carol spent ten years living in Bwindi to better serve the Batwa. Their mission was to address the root causes of poverty to help the Batwa become healthy and be able to meet their needs. Through this service came the establishment of the Bwindi Community Hospital and the Batwa Development Program. The hospital provides free healthcare to all Batwa patients, and has a health insurance program set up to make health care more affordable and accessible to the Bwindi Community. The Batwa Development program's mission is to 'help the Batwa help themselves' through programs that help them access education, healthcare, and teach them skills useful towards making the transition from living in the forest to living an agrarian lifestyle. 

If you're interested in volunteering with BCH or the BDP, contact the Kellermann Foundation by emailing volunteer@kellermannfoundation.org, or contact the hospital at bchvolunteering@gmail.com. 

Student-Run Clinics

UC Davis School of Medicine

Research Opportunities

UC Davis Global Learning Hub

Low or no-cost international research opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students in:

• Austria
• Canada
• Chile
• Cyprus
• Finland
• Germany
• Japan
• Panama
• Singapore
• Switzerland
• Taiwan

Graduate Programs

Public Health

Explore all MPH programs with SOPHAS. Visit UC Davis Health Professions Advising to learn about how to apply to these programs and to explore other options for graduate/professional degrees in healthcare fields. 

• Masters of Public Health
  • Top 10 Schools for MPH Degrees in the West
    • #1  University of California, Berkeley
    • #2  University of Washington, Seattle
    • #3  University of California, Los Angeles
    • #4  San Diego State University, San Diego
    • #5  University of Colorado, Denver
    • #6  University of Arizona, Tucson
    • #7  Oregon State University, Corvallis
    • #8  University of Utah, Salt Lake
    • #9  University of California, Davis
    • #10 University of Hawaii, Manoa
• DVM & MPH
• MD & MPH

Immunology

• Masters of Immunology
  • Study host-pathogen interactions, with a specific focus on how the immune system can detect and respond to pathogens
    • Offered at many schools in the U.S., including:
      • Standford
      • Johns Hopkins
      • Colorado State
      • Harvard
      • Washington University in St. Louis
      • MIT