Identifying a Practicum Site
How to find a practicum site
It is recommended to meet with the Practicum Director and/or Practicum Coordinator at least six months before the desired practicum start date. This will allow ample time for the student to identify and complete setup with a practicum site. The Practicum Coordinator is available to guide students through the process of finding a practicum site, however it is each student’s responsiblity to secure their own placement.
The practicum placement must be related to and serve to demonstrate the competencies indicated in the students’ MPH concentration.
Once a placement has been secured, students should complete the MPH Practicum Approval Form on the MPH Practicum Portal and send it to the Practicum Coordinator for approval.
Strategies for finding a practicum site:
It is recommended that students utilize the following strategies when searching for a site.
- Networking, including with faculty members, guest speakers from class, LinkedIn, etc.
- Responding to practicum opportunities sent out by the MPH Program.
Quick Links
Prior Practicum Sites
(contact for current practicum availability)
Health-Centered Organizations
Community Health Programs and Wellness Organizations
- AltaMed
- Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO)
- California Black Women’s Health Project
- Center for Black Women’s Wellness
- Community Response System of South Los Angeles
- Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
- Little Things Matter
- Los Beach Health & Human Services
- Loving Bottoms Diaper Bank
- myCOVIDMD by Shared Harvest Fund
- The O.M.A.R.E. Center, II Inc
- Reading and Beyond
- SimpliFed
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- The Wall las Memorias
- The Wellness Center at the Historic General Hospital
Public Health Departments and Institutes
- California Department of Public Health
- California State Assembly
- City of Pasadena
- City of Vernon
- County of Los Angeles Public Health
- County of Tulare HHSA
- Hawai’i Public Health Institute
- The Institute for Family Health
- Kern County Public Health Services Department
- North Carolina Institute of Medicine
- Public Health Alliance of Southern California
- Public Health Institute
- St. Joseph County Department of Health
Medical Schools and Research Centers
- Cancer Research and Biostatistics
- Evidence-Based Practice Centers
- Huntington Medical Research Institutes
- Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Center
- Irvine Clinical Research
- John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii Manoa
- Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan
- Rutgers School of Health Professions
- Southern California Center for Young Adult Cancer Survivorship Research
- Stanford Center for Clinical Research
- University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine
USC Research Centers
- SDP-Keck Human Rights Clinic
- Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SCCTSI)
- USC Center for Children’s Environmental Health
- USC Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Fellowship Program
- USC Health, Emotion & Addiction Laboratory (USC HEAL)
- USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health
- USC Maternal Cannabis Lab
- USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
- USC WorkWell Center