UNICEF Internship: Digital Epidemiology, Office of Innovation, due 1/25

How can you make a difference?

What could be a better way to spend your winter than trying to help develop and streamline lifesaving innovations in UNICEF – one of the world’s largest organizations serving children? The UNICEF Internship Programme offers eligible/qualified students the opportunity to acquire direct practical experience in UNICEF’s work under the direct supervision of experienced UNICEF staff.

As a UNICEF Innovation Intern you will:

• Get to work on a specific project of strategic value to the team. You’ll get to present your ideas and outputs to the team at the end of the summer.
• Receive dedicated mentorship from a member of multidisciplinary team related to your project and your career and development plans
• Be part of a dedicated induction programme to UNICEF and UNICEF Innovation
• Have a fun and inspiring internship experience

Main responsibilities will be:

• Cleaning, curating and analyzing air traffic human mobility data
• Supporting in exploring new geospatial datasets
• Developing methodologies and pipelines to generate insights from human mobility data.
• Developing methodologies and pipelines to improve the accuracy of existing early warning and response system for dengue outbreaks by integrating human mobility based variables
• Visualizing, interpreting and communicating findings to the team, UNICEF country offices, and the broader public.

To qualify as an advocate for every child, you will…

• Be enrolled in a Ph.D. programme in Computational/Digital Epidemiology or have graduated within the past two years. Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
• Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.
• Have no immediate relatives (e.g. father, mother, brother, sister) working in any UNICEF office.
• Have no other relatives in the line of authority which the intern will report to.
• Additional consideration will be given for any past experience.
• Have expertise in data science, complex systems and/or machine learning.
• Have expertise in epidemiology and global health.
• Have expertise in developing models to predict patterns of spatiotemporal spread of vector-borne diseases and early warning systems
• Have experience with geospatial data analysis and visualization (including shapefile/raster mapping)
• Have excellent programming skills: Python or R.
• Fluency in English is required.

For more information and to apply, click HERE.

CSTE internship position due 1/31

Organization Description:  For more than six decades, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have worked together in partnership to improve the public’s health by supporting the efforts of epidemiologists working at the state and local level by promoting the effective use of epidemiologic data to guide public health practice and improve health. CSTE and its members represent two of the four basic components of public health – epidemiology and surveillance. CSTE, as a member-based organization, represents the interests of applied public health epidemiologists working in state, local, tribal, and territorial settings to improve the public’s health through effective epidemiology and surveillance. More information can be found at www.cste.org.

Position Description:   Under the general supervision of the Director of Workforce Development the intern will be responsible for supporting a variety of CSTE’s Epidemiology Program Activities.

The Epi Program intern position will support a variety of projects in infectious diseases, surveillance and informatics, and/or non-infectious diseases. Projects may include but are not limited to the Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR), Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens, planning and organizing disaster epidemiology-related workshops and trainings, chronic disease, maternal and child health, and oral health projects, occupational and environmental health projects, the state Reportable Conditions Assessment (SRCA), and developing, distributing, and analyzing data from assessments of CSTE members on various topics, including epidemiology capacity assessment modules, disease-specific surveillance capacity assessments, and electronic disease surveillance systems.

Other activities may include participating in conference calls, taking notes, attending meetings, communicating with CSTE members and staff, literature reviews, data analysis, report writing, administrative tasks, and other duties as assigned.

PLEASE NOTE:  Internship projects are not thesis eligible.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Qualifications and Employment Requirements:

• Current graduate student in public health or a related field
• Knowledgeable with Excel and Outlook
• Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills
• Must have strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Must be able to work in Atlanta, GA. 

Positions Available:  1

Education/Experience:  Current graduate student in public health or a related field

Click HERE to apply

Epigenetics Boot Camp: Planning and Analyzing DNA Methylation Studies

BOOT CAMP OVERVIEW

Summer 2019 dates: June 10-11, 2019; 8:30am – 5:30pm

This two-day intensive boot camp integrates the principle concepts of epigenetics and the effects of risk factors on the epigenome as we step through the key components of designing and executing DNA methylation studies. Led by a team of scientists with more than 36 years of combined expertise in the field of environmental epigenetics, the workshop will integrate seminar lectures with hands-on computer sessions to put concepts into practice. Emphasis will be given to leveraging existing resources from ongoing studies and initiating new investigations. The afternoon lab sessions will provide an opportunity to work hands-on with real methylation data generated by the Illumina Infinium MethylationEPIC (850k) BeadChip platform. Participants will learn and practice data handling, cleaning, and basic analysis of epigenome-wide DNA methylation data.

By the end of the workshop, participants will be familiar with the following topics:

• Principles of epigenetics
• Concept ideation and study design
• Sample collection and processing
• Laboratory methods and platforms for analysis
• Data handling and cleaning
• Data analysis
• Study design advantages and pitfalls
• Emerging epigenetic topics and laboratory platforms

Investigators at all career stages are welcome to attend, and we particularly encourage trainees and early-stage investigators to participate.

PREREQUISITES AND REQUIREMENTS

1. Each participant is required to bring a personal laptop as all lab sessions will be done on your personal laptop. Tablets and ipads will not work with the platform being used.
2. The Boot Camp will use data sets in R, therefore we strongly recommend that participants have a basic understanding of this platform prior to attending the Boot Camp. It is ok if you have never used this platform before because the tutorials outlined below will provide you with the basic skills needed for Boot Camp success.

R TUTORIALS

Knowing basic R platform and commands are highly recommended for the Boot Camp as noted in prerequisites above. If you are new to R or need a refresher, you can review the below tutorials to be well prepared:

• Download R: R is the free software programming language we will use. Choose the correct version for your laptop: Mac/Windows
• Download R studio: R studio is free software that will help us develop programs in R. Choose the correct version for your laptop: Mac/Windows
• How to Download R and R studio: A tutorial on how to download R and R Studio
• How to Install a Package in R studio: Steps to install a package in r studio
• Introduction to R: A free edX class on R fundamentals using Datacamp platform

If you have any specific questions about R and R studio in the context of the Epigenetics Boot Camp, please email us.

For updates and to register, click HERE.

Job: Data Project with RISE

The Center for Reproductive Health Research in the SouthEast (RISE) is looking for 2 MPH/MSPH students to work with an off-site partner on a complementary data-heavy project as part of The Changing Landscape of Publicly Funded Family Planning in Georgia. RISE is an interdisciplinary center of scholarship dedicated to building an evidence base and implementing solutions for the adverse reproductive health outcomes, disparities, and sociopolitical determinants impacting women and their families in the Southeastern United States.

This job is for 10-20 hours/week at a salary of $12/hr. The schedule is flexible. Strong epidemiology/biostatistics skills are highly preferred.

Specific Roles and Responsibilities:

• Will review background materials and attend specific trainings related to data collection and reporting.
• Attend and participate in off-site data collection.
• Assist offsite partner in collecting data from multiple electronic health record systems and performing a concurrent and retrospective health impact assessment from these data.
• May perform other duties as requested by Project Director.

The application can be found on Handshake by clicking HERE.

NORC’s Summer Internship, due 1/22

Applications are due 1/22 at 5pm CST.

Details:
-9 weeks, 6/17-8/16
-$20/hr for grad students
-Experience a summer of hands-on survey design, analysis, and operations
-Work in an environment where you’ll gain teamwork and project management skills that are important in any career
-Combine social science and statistical methods with the practical challenges of day-to-day project implementation
-Apply and develop your technical skills
-Learn the principles of survey research from its leading practitioners

Requirements:
-Preparation in quantitative and/or qualitative research methods
-Skills in statistical or general-purpose programming (e.g., SAS, Python, R, Java) recommended
-Strong interest in pursuing a career in social science research
-Curiosity about how to build a study design from fundamental data collection procedures
-Conscientiousness and ability to thrive in a team environment
-Creativity, flexibility, and problem-solving abilities
-Strong written and verbal communication skills

For more information and to apply, click HERE.

Summer Practicum – Marshfield Clinic Research Institute 1/21

Summer Program 2019:  May 28 – August 8, 2019

Program Overview

The Marshfield Clinic Research Institute has offered summer research internship opportunities to qualified students since 1974. The primary goal of the program is to provide a mentored, hands-on research experience for college undergraduate, graduate, dental, and medical students considering a career in research. Students work with a research scientist on an independent project and contribute to all aspects of the research process. In addition to the independent projects, students are encouraged to attend medical Grand Rounds, scientific seminars and journal clubs. Opportunities to shadow clinicians are also available. All students are required to attend an IRB meeting, lead a journal club discussion, prepare an abstract describing their research, and prepare and deliver an oral presentation of their research at the annual Research Symposium on August 7th.

Eligibility
You must be a full- or part-time continuing college or university junior or graduate student (including graduating seniors intending to go on to graduate/medical/dental school). An applicant is considered a junior if he/she will have completed all sophomore credits by the time the internship begins and will be entering at least the junior year following completion of the internship. Please note: For undergraduate positions, preference will be given to students with senior standing.

F-1 international students currently attending a college or university within the U.S. who hold, or can hold for the purposes of the internship, a valid Employee Authorization Document (EAD) are eligible.

Selection
A selection committee will make final selections of student interns based on the applicant’s:

Academic standing (GPA at least 3.0 on 4.0 scale)
References
Personal statement
Course selection
Interests match with available projects
Some positions may require a telephone interview.
Applicants will be notified of the selection committee’s decision generally by April 1.

To apply, click HERE