Summer APE 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.

Details:

• 2 students; each for 10-20 hours/week
• Preference for students with analysis and data visualization experience and strong writing skills
• Unpaid

Click here to learn more about HealthMPowers. 

Initial Contact: Julie Gazmararian, PhD, MPH, Professor, Department of Epidemiology; jagazma [at] emory [dot] edu

Summer Internship, Division of Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development

The Division of Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development (DMCHWD) Internship, based in the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, is designed to educate, engage, and support future leaders in Maternal and Child Health (MCH).

DMCHWD accepts applications from highly motivated graduate students in good standing at schools of public health or other health-related training programs in the United States.

 Internship application package:

• Statement of interest
• Resume/CV
• Current, unofficial transcript
• Statement of Availability 

Click here to learn more about the summer internship and frequently asked questions. 

Applications should be submitted by 11:59 P.M. on February 2 for Summer Internships to Samantha Croffut at SCroffut [at] hrsa [dot] gov. 

Contact Samantha Croffut at SCroffut [at] hrsa [dot] gov if you have further questions. 

Epi Scholars Program, New York City DOHMH

Program Description 

The Epi Scholars Program has provided rigorous training in applied epidemiology to stellar graduate epidemiology students at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). The program is committed to expanding the research capacities of urban health departments to improve population health, while providing a training ground for students to put theory and research into action and develop as future public health leaders. The program offers graduate epidemiology students from select schools:

• An allowance to defray expenses for a full-time 10-12 week summer internship at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• Mentoring by some of the nation’s leading epidemiologists and researchers
• Enhanced academic opportunities and seminars in methods, theory, and public health practice
• Practical experience in statistical analysis using programs such as SAS®, SPSS®, STATA®, or SUDAAN®
• Opportunities to present project findings to senior epidemiologists and their peers
• Possibility of working on a publishable report/ thesis support
• Opportunities to interact and collaborate with Epi Scholars and public health professionals from across the country

Epi Scholars program alumni have gone on to accomplish great things: present at significant public health conferences, pursue doctoral degrees and gain employment at the local and federal levels of government. As a partnering school we are pleased to make this opportunity available to top graduate epidemiology students at Emory. Selected students will intern at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in New York City, experience research in action, and join the Epi Scholars program’s growing network of public health leaders in-the-making!

Application Information

Epi Scholars will accept applications for the 2020 summer session from January 15th — February 15, 2020.

To learn more about the program and eligibility, click here to visit the Epi Scholars website.  Only electronic applications will be reviewed.  To apply, students may access the application here.

For additional information about the program, please review the attached electronic copy of the Epi Scholars’ brochure or visit the Epi Scholars website.

For questions, please reach out to us at epischolars [at] health [dot] nyc [dot] gov.

Epidemiology Summer Internship, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute

The Marshfield Clinic Research Institute in Wisconsin is seeking summer interns for their annual Epi internship program. There are several epidemiology positions available for summer 2020.

Internship Details 

• A mentored, hands-on research experience working with an Epidemiologist on an analytic project
• The student’s role in the project may include conducting literature reviews, contributing to study design, collecting and analyzing data, and preparing a manuscript
• Students will prepare an abstract describing their research and present orally at the annual Research Symposium
• Opportunity to be involved with other epidemiology projects including the US Flu Network, Vaccine Safety Datalink, Marshfield Epidemiologic Study Area, and the Health Care Systems Research Network
• Student project may serve as a capstone project or thesis

Please see the attached flyer for further details. 

Application Deadline: January 20, 2020 

Click here to apply!