Pre-Health 101
Students on this academic track often complete rigorous science courses like biology and chemistry as preparation for professional schools such as medicine or nursing.
What is Pre-Health?
This pre-health professional's daily schedule might include performing physical exams, diagnosing conditions, and developing treatment plans.
What is a Doctor/Physician?
La Sierra University is located in this California city.
What is Riverside?
The 4-year pre-health advisor.
Who is Amanda Kaatz?
This organelle is commonly referred to as “the powerhouse of the cell.”
What is the mitochondria?
La Sierra University has this many pre-health programs.
What is 20 programs?
This career path involves daily tasks like assessing patient needs, administering medications, and collaborating with doctors to provide holistic care.
What is a Nurse?
La Sierra University is represented by this mascot.
Who is Eko Eagle?
The 2-year pre-health advisor.
Who is Lily Gutierrez?
The largest bone in the human body.
What is the femur?
Undergraduates preparing to focus on oral health, teeth, and gum care often choose this track.
What is the Pre-Dental program?
A day for this pre-health student might involve learning to take patient X-rays, applying preventive sealants, and performing teeth cleanings.
What is a Dental Hygienist?
La Sierra University identifies as this Christian denomination.
What is Seventh Day Adventist (SDA)?
The academic advisor for STEM majors (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Pre-Engineering).
Who is Mark Pamplona?
The largest organ of the human body.
What is the skin?
Students in this program learn to detect diseases by analyzing samples of blood, urine, and other tissues.
What is Clinical Laboratory Science?
A typical day might involve dispensing prescribed medications, counseling patients on drug interactions, and managing inventory.
What is a Pharmacist?
La Sierra University’s school motto.
What is “To seek, to know, to serve”?
The STEM Bridge Coordinator.
Who is Dr. Eric Vega?
This process maintains and stabilizes the internal environment inside the body.
What is homeostasis?
In this program, students combine medical technology and radiation to generate images that physicians interpret.
What is Medical Radiography?
This professional's day could include using high-frequency sound waves to create images of internal body structures, like a developing fetus or a patient's heart.
What is a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer?
La Sierra University is home to this amazing, spectacular, one of a kind division.
What is the Pre-Health Division?
The President of La Sierra University.
Who is Dr. Christon Arthur?
This process is the movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane from an area of higher water concentration to an area of low water concentration.
What is osmosis?