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Health Professions Advising

Health Professions Advising

There is more than one path to a health career. Find yours.

Our team of Health Professions Advisors is integral to your pre-health preparation. OSU's Pre-Medical Committee meet with students and help with all aspects of the planning, preparation and application for professional graduate programs.

As a pre-health major, you will be encouraged to meet with your assigned advisor, who will help you stay on track with prerequisite and elective courses, help you understand professional school admission requirements and write letters of recommendation for professional school.

In addition to your primary advisor, pre-health professions advisors will guide you on every step of your journey — from first-year orientation to graduation — to help you reach your academic goals and develop and succeed as future health professionals. No matter your major, every College of Science student with an interest in medical, dentistry, pharmacy and other health graduate programs can seek guidance from a pre-health advisor.

Our health professions advisors also can help you:

  • Plan course selection each year
  • Identify and apply for transformative learning opportunities in the summer that include job shadowing in a health career, clinical volunteering experiences, medical internships, undergraduate research scholarships as well as study abroad programs.
  • Evaluate and explore career options in health and wellness.
  • Review your academic success and discuss careers in the field of health
  • Help you broaden your university life by exploring ways to get involved in extracurricular activities during your freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior years (e.g., student clubs, leadership, undergraduate research opportunities, volunteering).

Impressive outcomes

Our exceptional pre-health advising program ensures an impressive admission rate to medical school. Generally, about 67% of OSU applicants are admitted compared to 40% nationally. OSU students have been admitted to medical schools all across the United States, including Harvard, Yale, Oregon Health & Sciences University, University of Chicago, UCLA, Western University, Michigan State University and others.

A row of seven portrait photos featuring the advisors for Pre Health.

Pre-Health Advisors (from left to right): Kari Van Zee, Alex Beck, Cody Duncan, Maureen Leong-Kee, Daniel Myles, Neal Sleszynski, Lauren Dalton

Make an appointment with pre-health advisors

If you are majoring in biochemistry and biophysics or biochemistry and molecular biology, please contact Kari Van Zee or Lauren Dalton for pre-med specific questions.

Kari Van Zee

Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2141
kari.van.zee@oregonstate.edu

541-737-1773

Lauren Dalton

Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2039
lauren.dalton@oregonstate.edu

541-737-8482

For detailed instructions for making an advising appointment, please visit the advising page at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.

If you are majoring in biochemistry and biophysics or biochemistry and molecular biology, please contact Kari Van Zee or Lauren Dalton for pre-med specific questions.

Kari Van Zee

Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2141
kari.van.zee@oregonstate.edu
541-737-1773

Lauren Dalton

Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2039
lauren.dalton@oregonstate.edu

541-737-8482

For detailed instructions for making an advising appointment, please visit the advising page at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.

BioHealth Science (BHS) pre-med majors are encouraged to meet with their assigned advisors from the first year onwards in order to make sound academic decisions consistent with their abilities and career goals. For detailed information about BHS advising, please visit the biohealth sciences advising page.

Biology students interested in human health, wellness or health profession careers:

Maureen Leong-Kee

Medicine, health/wellness professions

Last name: A-L
3029 Cordley Hall
Maureen.Leong-Kee@oregonstate.edu
541-737-2993

Cody Duncan

Dentistry, Medicine, health/wellness professions

Last name: M-Z
3029 Cordley Hall
cody.duncan@oregonstate.edu
541-737-2993

For detailed instructions for making an advising appointment, please visit the advising page at the Department of Integrative Biology.

Chemistry majors interested in medicine and health professions, please contact:

Daniel Myles

Gilbert 145
daniel.myles@oregonstate.edu
541-737-6756

Neal Sleszynski

Gilbert 231
neal.sleszynski@oregonstate.edu
541-737-6761

For detailed instructions for making an advising appointment, please visit the advising page at the Department of Chemistry.

Microbiology majors interested in medicine and health professions, please visit the advising page at the Department of Microbiology.

If you are majoring in physics or mathematics, please contact Maureen for pre-med and pre-health specific questions.

Maureen Leong-Kee

3029 Cordley Hall
Maureen.Leong-Kee@oregonstate.edu
541-737-2993