Besides the well known medical professions such as physician, medical specialist or researcher, there are a lot more interesting career possibilities in (global) health care. With these short interviews we would like to introduce other interesting, sometimes unknown, professions.

	Teaching fellow in international health and development	Web publication
	Mike Rowson studied Philosophy and English Literature followed by a degree in development studies. He worked for Medact, a global health charity based in London and nowadays he devotes his time to teach students about global health at University College London.
	HIV/AIDS ambassador	published in Global Medicine 10
	Marijke Wijnroks is HIV/AIDS ambassador for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She represent the Dutch policy and priorities on HIV/AIDS, both in the Netherlands and international. After working as a doctor for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) she moved her career from being a practising doctor to a policy maker.
	A diverse career in public health	published in Global Medicine 8
	Ferko Öry is a medical doctor specialized in pediatrics but also in public health. His special interests brought him all over the world, where he worked at different levels of health care systems. Currently he is working at TNO in Leiden. His large contribution to the initiative PaceMaker, an organization that fights for the rights on health care of ethnic minorities, deserves special attention.
	Public health consultant	published in Global Medicine 7
	Jaap Koot lives in the Netherlands and is a medical doctor specialized in international public health. He is currently working as a public health consultant for the company Public Health Consultants in Action. He is specialized in health care management and works in the field of ‘evidence-based health care’ and quality assurance.
	Chairman of the executive board of the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam	published in Global Medicine 6
	Prof Louise Gunning PhD, is chairman of the executive board of the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam and the dean of medicine of the University of Amsterdam.
	Coordinator of Parasitology research at the Royal Tropical Institute	published in Global Medicine 6
	Dr. Henk Schallig, coordinator of Parasitology research at the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam. He leads a research group currently comprising 15 people, who are working on parasitic diseases, mainly malaria, leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis, both in the Netherlands and in developing countries.