Injury Prevention Scholarship, IPRCE

Opportunity Description

This year, IPRCE will be awarding 3 scholarships to assist and train students in injury prevention and control.

The scholarship is designed to recognize, assist and train students working on research or practice-based projects in (1) violence prevention (dating violence, sexual violence, intimate partner violence; child maltreatment (including abuse, neglect, or sexual abuse), suicide; or youth violence prevention, including media influence and bullying; (2) motor-vehicle crash or crash-injury prevention, (3) preventing traumatic brain injury,  (4) falls prevention (both adult and pediatric), or (5) drug safety (prevention of drug misuse/abuse, or prevention of recidivism). 

All projects must be applicable to an injury problem in Georgia. 

Recipients of the award will receive the following:

• $1,000 stipend to be distributed at the start of the summer
• Scholarship certificate
• Opportunity to interact with local injury control experts 
• Recognition on the IPRCE website

Eligibility and Requirements

• Applicants must be enrolled as a full time student in an undergraduate, masters, or doctoral degree program.
• Students who are currently receiving another injury prevention fellowship or scholarship are ineligible to apply. Funds supporting the project from other, non-injury specific sources are acceptable.
• Students must submit: a completed application form; a current resume or curriculum vitae; and a project proposal describing the rationale, intended purpose, process/methodology, and potential contribution or impact of the project in 500 words or less. In addition, applications should include one letter of recommendation regarding the applicant’s abilities and qualifications (from an internship coordinator, preceptor, faculty member or other professional); and one letter of support from a designated faculty member who plans to work with the applicant on the proposed project (or agency representative if the project involves work with a non-academic organization) and can verify that the student is a full-time student in a degree program. Letters may be signed pdfs sent electronically.
• Proposed projects must address one or more of the following topics: (1) violence prevention (dating violence, sexual violence, intimate partner violence; child maltreatment (including abuse, neglect, or sexual abuse), suicide; or youth violence prevention, including media influence and bullying; (2) motor-vehicle crash or crash-injury prevention, (3) preventing traumatic brain injury, (4) falls prevention (both adult and pediatric), or (5) drug safety (prevention of drug misuse/abuse, or prevention of recidivism)
• Proposed projects may be new or on going, and the applicant must have the primary role in conducting the project.
• Recipients will be required to submit a brief, 1-page, progress/completion report in early September 2020 detailing the status of the project and the contribution of IPRCE funds to the project.
• For their final project, recipients must present their work at an IPRCE meeting during the 2020-2021 year.

Project Review Criteria

Proposals will be reviewed by the IPRCE Steering Committee for their scientific and/or theoretical basis, originality, and potential contribution to injury prevention and control.  Projects may be related to surveillance, risk factor identification, or intervention development, evaluation or dissemination.  Projects related to the development or use of theory in injury prevention also are acceptable. Specific criteria include the following: 

• Research Proposals should include: problem identification and/or rationale for the project; theoretical or conceptual basis; population of interest; research design and methodology; plans for data collection and analysis; contribution to knowledge in injury prevention.
• Practice-based Proposals should include: problem identification and/or rationale for the project; theoretical or conceptual basis or related findings from a needs assessment; population served; practice design; cultural competence of materials; plans for implementation, evaluation and dissemination; intended contribution to the field of injury prevention.

Application Information 

• Deadline Extended: April 16, 2021
• Click here to learn more about this scholarship opportunity and to access the online application!

APE Opportunity, Emory School of Medicine

Description

Colleagues in the Emory School of Medicine have an interesting practicum opportunity available for MPH students.  They are conducting a study on attitudes toward fertility preservation in transgender individuals.  The study involves recruitment of people in transgender clinics and asking them to fill out a short questionnaire. 

The questionnaire is designed to be filled out on line during the appointment.  The clinicians running this study will need help with making sure the process is moving along while the participant is in the clinic. It is expected that some participants will choose to fill out the survey at home.  In this case, the student’s responsibility will be to follow up and make sure the survey is completed.  Once the data are collected, the student will also have an opportunity to perform data analyses. 

Contact Information

Dr. Sina Abhari (sina [dot] abhari [at] emory [dot] edu) will serve as the APE supervisor, and Dr. Michael Goodman (mgoodm2 [at] emory [dot] edu), from the Department of Epidemiology, is also involved in the project. If interested, please email both Dr. Abhari and Dr. Goodman to express interest and learn more about this opportunity!

Food As Medicine Practicum Opportunity, Grady Hospital System

Overview 

Summer Practicum Opportunity, HealthMPowers

Description 

• Providing evaluation and data analysis for Early Childhood Education center program to improve nutrition and physical activity of preK age children.
• Job duties include: working with HealthMPowers staff to manage survey data collection from child care staff and parents; assisting in preparation of annual report to HealthMPowers; managing data cleaning, coding, data checks and analysis for assessment and survey data; assisting with ongoing documentation of methodology; assisting in the development of center and overall child care reports, including creating charts.
• May also assist with grant writing/funding opportunities; and with conducting analyses and writing a manuscript for peer-review publication.

To learn more about HealthMPowers, click here! 

Practicum Details

• 1 student for 10-20 hours/week (200 hours total)
• Preference for students with strong data analysis experience and writing skills
• Unpaid

Contact Information

If interested in this position, please email Julie Gazmararian, PhD, MPH, Professor, Department of Epidemiology at jagazma [at] emory [dot] edu. 

Graduate Student Epidemiology Program, AMCHR

What is GSEP?

The Graduate Student Epidemiology Program (GSEP) is a Maternal and Child Health leadership program and internship opportunity.  GSEP is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), a department of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and has been around since 1997.  The program has trained over 400 students.  After a four-year hiatus from 2017 to 2020, GSEP is relaunching this summer with a cohort of 20 students. The application process, orientation, and 10-week summer internship experience are led by the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP).  Students will receive a $7,000 stipend provided by AMCHP.

Please note that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we anticipate this year’s GSEP will be a full-time, 40 hour per week remote experience – no relocation.  Although different than in past years, this creates an opportunity for a more inclusive program.  Students who might have been unable to relocate for the Summer due to expense or commitment will be able to participate this year.  Remote work also expands the list of possible host sites that may have been limited due to location or cost of living (e.g., those in Hawaii, Alaska, U.S. Territories, or Freely Associated States).

Read more about the program here!

GSEP Goals and Objectives

Consistent with HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Leadership Competencies, Version 4.0, GSEP strives to do the following within the context of MCH epidemiology. 

1. Ensure interns have the foundation necessary to work within various professional settings to contribute to the health and well-being of our nation’s women, children, youth, and families and inspire others to do likewise.
2. Provide leadership training and use the MCH Leadership Competencies to guide the measurement and evaluation of MCH leadership training’s strength.
3. Cultivate, sustain, and grow intern connections with current MCH professionals in national, state, and local health agencies, academia, and other MCH organizations.

Students and site supervisors should create opportunities across the 12 MCH Leadership competencies (linked above).

Who Should Apply? 

We’re building the college-to-work pipeline. We’re looking for currently enrolled graduate students with a strong, demonstrated interest in epidemiology and maternal and child health (inclusive of youth with special health care needs needs).  Epidemiology degree seekers are preferred.  Specifically, we want to expose students to three different career tracks/options for epidemiologists in the MCH field across all MCH population domains:

• Women/maternal health
• Perinatal/infant health
• Child health
• Children with special health care needs
• Adolescent health

Students will have the opportunity to engage more deeply in one or more tracks and domains through their internship projects.

How to Apply

• Application deadline:  11:59pm EST on Friday, March 19, 2021
• Click here to access the online application!

For questions about the GSEP student application and experience, please contact Maura Leahy (mleahy [at] amchp [dot] org).

Google Street View Practicum/Data Collection Opportunity, RSPH

Opportunity Description 

Study Title: African-American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES)

Study Website: http://aaces.emory.edu

PI: Dr. Joellen Schildkraut (Department of Epidemiology)

Time Period: Spring through Summer 2021

We are looking for MPH/MSPH or PhD students to work on a study that is looking at the role of neighborhood disorder on ovarian cancer survival. This project is computer based and uses Google street view images across hundreds of US neighborhoods as the data source. The individual will examine images and answer a structured survey tool about the neighborhood environment present in the image. Students will be trained and calibrated to the methodology. This is an excellent opportunity for participating firsthand in data collection.

Responsibilities 

• To participate in training to learn procedures for assessing neighborhood disorder using Google Street view
• To conduct visual assessments in Google Street view and answer prompts about images in the assessment survey tool
• To participate in calibration and quality control procedures related to neighborhood assessment
• Collecting and recording accurate information using the CANVAS database system

Requirements 

• Access to a computer with reliable internet connection. Dual monitors are suggested but not required
• Visual attention to detail
• Minimum 50 hour commitment

Contact Information

If interested, please email a resume or CV to Lauren Dempsey at lfdemps [at] emory [dot] edu.

Summer 2021 TEPHINET Communications Intern, Task Force for Global Health

Role Description 

How to Apply 

• Click here to read more about the position and apply to the posting on Handshake! 
• Interested candidates must apply before April 30, 2021
• For questions about this opportunity, please contact the hiring manager, Tina Rezvani, at trezvani [at] tephinet [dot] org

Summer Internship, DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office

Internship Requirements

• Able to commit to a minimum of two days per week between 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Must complete a minimum of 200 hours over a 12-week period to qualify for course credit.
• Background check and drug screen may be required.

Applicant Criteria

• Candidates should be seeking a Master of Public Health, or a related field.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, a positive attitude, and a strong work ethic.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Excellent organization and communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Docs.

Internship Objectives

• Researching emerging forensic science issues.
• Proposing strategies for improving public health outcomes.
• Assessing the effectiveness of public health programs and policies.
• Collecting data concerning infectious disease, overdose, child fatality, SUID, elder abuse, in-custody, and violent deaths for the Department of Public Health and other agencies.
• Maximizing the effectiveness of the medicolegal death investigation database.
• Evaluating data qualitatively and quantitatively for future research.
• Assisting with data entry, tracking, filing, analysis, and modeling to demonstrate the impact of specific causes of death.

How to Apply

• Complete and email the internship application along with a current curriculum vitae and transcript to Jenna Aungst at jlaungst [at] dekalbcountyga [dot] gov.
• The submission deadline for the Summer 2021 internship cycle is May 21st.

APE Opportunity, Emory Outbreak Response Team

Description 

This Emory Outbreak Response Team, which is part of the Emory COVID Response Collaborative (ECRC) and led by Dr. Jodie Guest, provides COVID-19 resources to communities in Georgia that are disproportionally affected by the pandemic. In the past, the ORT’s work has ranged from organizing and running COVID-19 testing events to delivering masks to students through a school meal delivery program.

This work is highly collaborative and dynamic. We are therefore seeking students who are flexible, professional, and comfortable working with a range of community partners and participants.

Qualifications

• Applicant must be a 1st-year student in the 2-year MPH/MSPH program
• Applicant must be a student in the Epidemiology Department

Basic Position Description

• Participate in COVID-19 testing events
• Provide COVID-19 public health guidance and resources to Georgia communities
• Engage in weekly meetings with ORT members and faculty
• Conduct COVID-19 and ORT data surveillance and monitoring
• Participate or lead in projects related to ORT as the needs arise

Time Commitment

• During the spring semester, we anticipate there will be at least 2 COVID-19 testing events occurring in March and April, each requiring 8 hours of work.
• Weekly meetings require on average 1-2 hours per week.
• Non-testing event work varies as projects arise and work is necessary to complete.
• During the summer, there will be an increase in demand for participation that requires at least 24 hours per week.

How to Apply 

• Click here to read more about this opportunity and apply online!
• Please submit your application no later than February 22nd at 11:59 pm