Undergraduate Student Representatives

Jennifer Mandelbaum, S'14
jbmandel@brandeis.edu

Naomi Shine, S'15
nshine@brandeis.edu

Flora(Yuan)Wang, S'15
feurekaw@brandeis.edu

nelson and turrigiano

The husband-wife team of neuroscientists Sacha Nelson and Gina Turrigiano are unlocking the secrets of the brain.


Program Objectives

The Health: Science, Society and Policy program, which draws on a considerable range and depth of expertise in the College of Arts and Sciences and The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, is designed to:

  • Expand students' understanding of the biological, behavioral, social and environmental factors that promote health or cause illness.
  • Introduce students to the political, economic, legal, public-health and organizational dimensions of health care systems in the United States and throughout the world.
  • Provide students with hands-on experience in either an internship (in a health-care delivery, public health or advocacy organization), a laboratory (studying the biological basis of health, behavior or disease), or a field-based research project (investigating aspects of health or illness in a social context).
  • Provide students with the opportunity to integrate their academic coursework and supervised fieldwork or laboratory experiences across a number of health-related disciplines through a team-taught, capstone seminar.

Download the Health:  Science, Society and Policy Program's Learning goals (PDF).