The Program in Global Health and Health Policy (GHP)

Below is a listing of internships scheduled for the summer of 2013. All internships on this list are pre-approved to fulfill the GHP certificate program’s summer research requirement* when completed in the summer after junior year. Unless otherwise specified, positions are open to all Princeton undergraduates.

See individual internship listings for links to more information and/or details on how to apply.

*GHP students can also pursue opportunities that do not appear on this list or engage in an independent research project (preferably under the guidance of a faculty member). GHP students must obtain program approval in advance in order to receive credit for their projects.

See a map of where GHP students did their summer projects in 2012.

The Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) is in the biomedical sciences cluster of Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). It started operating in 2007 with a coalescence of research programs from the Centre for Molecular Medicine and the laboratories of the Singapore Stem Cell Consortium, and has since been joined by groups from the biotechnology industry and from top institutions in Singapore and the U.S. Interns work in a lab whose overarching goal is to develop efficient protocols that convert pluripotential HESCs into functional beta cells. If produced in bulk and in a clinically-compliant fashion, these cells could provide an inexhaustible supply of material for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. The lab focuses on three general questions: (1) how to produce bona fide DE from HESC; (2) how to assign pancreatic fate to this progenitor population; and lastly (3) how to specifically direct the progressive specification of early pancreatic cells toward the mature beta cell fate. Interns will be paired with a senior member of the lab to pursue one of these projects.

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is one of the nation’s premier institutions for medical education, basic research and clinical investigation. The Montefiore-Einstein Center for Cancer Care (MECCC) provides state-of-the-art treatments and therapies to our patients through innovation and collaboration among some of the nation’s most skilled and accomplished physicians. The primary project for this internship would be the Patient Research Intake, Support and Management (PRISM) program, which aims to provide education and navigation to support enrollment of Montefiore breast cancer patients on clinical trials and other research. Internship responsibilities will include: involvement in developing research intake and follow-up measures, participation in tailoring educational curriculum for patients, supporting the PRISM patient educator/navigator with patient recruitment and interviewing, and assisting with additional aspects of data analysis and presentation as needed. This position offers exposure to clinical practice and research methods, and it offers the unique experience of being part of a project’s development and implementation from inception.

This position is offered through Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS).

American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) conducts clinical trials of diagnostic imaging and image-guided treatment technologies to allay the fears of those who do not have cancer and lengthen and improve the quality of lives of cancer patients. Its principle activity is the development, implementation, analysis, and promulgation of the results of rigorous clinical trials. ACRIN accomplishes this goal through an all-electronic network (Web, email, telephone) of hundreds of physicians, scientists, and methodologists and approximately 120 hospitals and imaging centers. ACRIN currently is working on over 20 clinical trials of varying size and addressing a wide range of medical imaging research questions. The headquarters supports the conduct of imaging clinical trials by providing project management, protocol and regulatory assistance, data management and biostatistical services, and image capture, transfer and archiving capabilities. Internships are offered in neuro imaging (diffusion weighted imaging or dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI), quantitative PET image analysis and informatics.

This position is offered through Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS).

Clínica Familiar Luis Angel Garcia (CFLAG) is a project of Asociacion de Salud Integral (ASI), a non-profit organization in Guatemala. Located in one of the country's largest public hospitals, it was established in response to discrimination and poor clinical services that persons with AIDS (PWAs) received in the public hospital system in Guatemala. Since 1988 it has offered HIV testing, counseling, medical care, and services to PWAs. Other CFLAG activities include research and diagnostic services, including outpatient clinical diagnostic procedures such as biopsies and bone marrow studies. The intern will have the opportunity to create his or her own research project, which does not need to be strictly clinical, biomedical, or scientific nature. Also, the intern will have access to patient interactions to include in his or her research. This project should be thought out carefully prior to the start of the internship. Students who apply should make an appointment with IIP Director Luisa Duarte-Silva to review medical prerequisites. In addition, applicants must submit an additional essay with their application that describes the research project they intend to carry out under the supervision of a Princeton faculty member. This internship is ideal for pre-med students with Spanish skills.

The AAMC serves and leads the academic medicine community to improve the health of all. It is a not-for-profit association representing all 135 accredited U.S. and 17 accredited Canadian medical schools; nearly 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems, including 62 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers; and 93 academic and scientific societies. Through its many programs and services, the AAMC strengthens the world's most advanced medical care by supporting the entire spectrum of education, research, and patient care activities conducted by its member institutions. One intern will be assigned to the AAMC’s Health Care Affairs team, a group that works on regulatory health policy issues and serves the Association’s teaching hospital and academic clinician constituents. One intern will be assigned to work with and be mentored by a senior director in the AAMC Scientific Affairs cluster. One intern will work in the Diversity Policy and Programs unit on projects within one of the following three areas: human capital; organizational capacity building; or policy, research, and knowledge development.

This position is offered through Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS).

Boston Children's Hospital is a 396-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age. It is also home to the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric hospital. The mission of Children’s Hospital Boston is: "research, care, teach, and community." The values are "excellence, sensitivity, leadership, and community." Internships are available in the Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement, and in the Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery.

This position is offered through Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS).

Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) provides and assures access to the highest quality health care for Boston’s homeless men, women and children. BHCHP operates daily hospital-based primary care clinics for homeless patients on the campuses of Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Medical Center, and its multi-disciplinary teams deliver direct medical, dental and behavioral health services to homeless men, women, and children in over 80 unconventional locations. BHCHP also runs a unique medical respite program for homeless individuals who are too sick for shelters or the street but not in need of an inpatient hospital stay. Interns may assist with a study to evaluate the health status, services utilization, and quality of life of patients who have been housed after living on the streets. Responsibilities may include: conducting medical chart reviews and data analysis; contributing to research design, methods, and process; serving in clinics providing foot care; conducting activities for patients staying in the BHCHP respite facility; and shadowing staff and providers.

The Care Foundation seeks to build progressive self-reliant rural communities with a holistic approach, by providing over 40 diverse services in the areas of health care, environment, sanitation, primary education, adult literacy, skills development, etc. The Foundation currently works in 199 villages in six districts of Andhra Pradesh—East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Ranga Reddy, and Visakhapatnam—positively transforming the lives of over a million people. Specific projects are customized to the interest of the intern and the needs of the organization. Interns may work on one of the following two projects:

• Health Service Design: Evaluate the services provided by healthcare workers and supervisors at the village level. Design a service that maps existing services to community, highlighting gaps in service delivery. Implement the new service design to meet the gaps evaluated in the study.

• Mobile Health Application for Health Workers: Contribute to the design of an application for a health worker process flow for work in rural villages in primary and chronic care.

This position is offered through the International Internship Program (IIP).

CEHI, an inter-governmental agency of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), is responsible for environmental management, with a specific focus on environmental health. Its mandate includes the provision of technical and advisory services to the 16 member states of CARICOM. Interns will work on projects related to one or more of the following areas: cleaner production and consumption, waste management, environmental impact assessments, environmental audits, sustainable development and natural resources management, and environmental health. Specific responsibilities may include website and database development; technical research; field sampling; laboratory analysis; assisting with technical presentations and workshop logistics; and writing reports. The main language in Saint Lucia is English although many St. Lucians also speak French and Spanish.

The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) produces independent, multidisciplinary research to advance the health and well being of human populations in the United States and around the world. CDDEP employs economics, epidemiology, disease modeling, risk analysis and statistics to produce actionable, policy-oriented studies on malaria, antibiotic resistance, disease control priorities, environmental health, alcohol and tobacco, and various other diseases. The internship exposes Princeton undergraduates to challenges of data collection, analysis and research in field settings, and many summer projects lead to senior theses. Past project topics have included: antibiotic resistance, health insurance, health communications, neonatal sepsis and drug resistance, and antibiotic usage patterns. Interns' research tasks typically include literature review, data manipulation and analysis, informational phone interviews, and organizing meetings.

This position is offered through the Health Grand Challenge.

The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) is the children’s hospital of the Montefiore Medical Center (MMC). MMC is a fully-accredited, not-for-profit health care delivery system in the Bronx, New York. The Bronx is home to a culturally diverse and socioeconomic disadvantaged population of 1.4 million residents, 29% of whom live in poverty. 52% of the residents of the Bronx are of Hispanic ethnicity and 32% are of African-American race, with some 32% of its residents being foreign born. Approximately 90% of MMC’s patients are from the Bronx. CHAM’s key areas of expertise are: caring for children with heart disorders in our fast-growing pediatric cardiology program; combining compassionate and cutting-edge care for children with cancer and blood disorders; brining our expertise in transplantation to the youngest patients; and working at the rapidly advancing front lines of neurology and neurosurgery an our nationally ranked program. The intern's primary project will be to use the available institutional databases to determine risk factors for transfer of patients from the acute care ward to the Pediatric Critical Care Unit (PCCU), particularly patients who have recently been discharged from the PCCU.

This position is offered through Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS).

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) was founded in 1855 as the first hospital dedicated to the care of children in the United States. Today, it is a pediatric integrated delivery system that includes an urban quaternary care hospital with over 470 beds and a network that includes over 50 sites of care. The network sees over 1 million visits per year. The urban hospital includes a large emergency department (90,000 visits/year) and large neonatal, pediatric, and cardiac intensive care units, as well as a fetal surgery program and Special Delivery Unit. The internship will be an immersion into the academic practice of several pediatric physicians at CHOP on a rotational basis, including, but not limited to pediatric surgery specialties, pediatric cardiology, and pediatric hospital medicine. Research experience will be provided aligning with the current activities of the mentors and may include clinical research in cardiology or health services or policy research related to the delivery of pediatric care, quality, and safety. A sampling of projects in which the students may get involved would be patient outcomes in cardiology, healthcare workload and workforce optimization, healthcare economics at the level of clinical care delivery, and behavioral economics related to asthma care.

This position is offered through Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS).

Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC) is a Pediatric Level I Trauma Center providing pediatric emergent, urgent, and other health care services for the children and families of the Washington Metropolitan Area, Maryland and Virginia suburbs. Students can apply for positions in the academic practice of pediatric neurology, orthopedics, otolaryngology and trauma; through these immersions interns model many of the daily activities of an academic surgeon. Placements are also available in CNMC's Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation. The intern will have a research project to be completed during the 10 week internship period, complemented by conferences and clinics that offer a broad exposure to clinical practice. Interns may ‘shadow’ surgeons in their outpatient clinics and observe procedures in the operating room. The goal of the internship is to provide participants with an exposure to academic medicine that combines the clinical practice with scientific inquiry to improve patient care in the pediatric population.

The Desmond Tutu TB Centre is a research centre of Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Health Sciences in Cape Town, South Africa. It combines clinical grassroots investigations in tuberculosis with sophisticated laboratory research involving various departments and disciplines within and beyond the university campus, providing a launching pad for research projects that attract myriad international students and researchers. Its multidisciplinary collaborative clinical work translates into application, most notably impacting on TB as well as HIV/AIDS in children and infants. Two interns will assist the Desmond Tutu TB Centre with its website, publicity efforts, social media presence and other duties as assigned.

This position is offered through the Health Grand Challenge.

The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation is based in Cape Town, South Africa and is run in association with the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the University of Cape Town's Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine. The Foundation operates community sites in greater Cape Town's Nyanga and Masiphumelele districts. Fusing a unique combination of academic expertise and social activism, the Foundation is involved in a number of initiatives including: provision of antiretroviral therapy; operating a free mobile HIV testing unit; research on adherence strategies, adherence monitoring, and HIV's interaction with tuberculosis; training and guidance of health care professionals; preparing communities for HIV vaccine clinical trials; providing adolescent HIV prevention; and improving women’s health. Internship responsibilities may include: enhancing the Foundation's website, maintaining and leveraging the Foundation's social media presence, updating newsletters and carrying out other marketing/publicity projects, data entry and cleaning, data analysis, literature review, and writing for reporting and fundraising purposes. Interns will have periodic opportunities to observe and assist with the Foundation’s community-based work.

This position is offered through the Health Grand Challenge.

HiTOPS in Princeton provides reproductive and sexual health services, other primary health care, support programs, and education to young people ages 13-26 throughout New Jersey. A summer intern's specific topics of investigation this summer may include one or more of the following: analyze data from previous year's mental health screenings and referrals to identify trends, possible outcomes, and options for the future; investigate internal data on services provided to LGBT clients; conduct external research and make recommendations for adjustments and/or additions to HiTOPS services; assist with needs assessment activities for additional and/or improved delivery of health services. This organization offers access to excellent data for a senior thesis.

This position is offered through the Community-Based Learning Initiative’s Derian Internship program.

Hyacinth AIDS Foundation is the first and largest AIDS service organization in New Jersey. Founded in 1985, its mission is to help people live with HIV, slow the epidemic, and serve as a critical voice in the public debate surrounding AIDS in New Jersey. Hyacinth’s six regional offices provide services including: hotline counseling for prevention, care and treatment; professional and community education workshops; service referrals; individual client advocacy; legal services; and public policy advocacy. This internship offers a unique opportunity to observe and work within a large, well-established health support services, education, and advocacy organization. Hyacinth is interested in the correlations between their program activities—particularly their Wellness Community—and participants' engagement and retention in care as well as their health outcomes. The intern's activities may also include: analyzing and identifying trends in current and historical data from a multi-site HIV/AIDS health prevention and education agency; assisting staff with developing strategies to improve ongoing data collection to be used in future analyses; shadowing program management staff; and conducting direct research for the agency to assess program components -- including identifying program elements that support retention in care.

This position is offered through the Community-Based Learning Initiative’s Derian Internship program.

Created in 1964, INSERM is national research institute under the dual auspices of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research. This placement is in the hospital of Kremlin-Bicetre, one of the oldest hospitals in Paris, France. The laboratory specializes in the field of hemostasis and thrombosis, and the research focuses on haemorrhagic disorders such as hemophilia. INSERM is the only French public research body entirely dedicated to human health. Its researchers are committed to studying all diseases through their research in the fields of biology, medicine and public health. The intern will be supervised by a post-doctorate researcher who will teach her/him the techniques used in the laboratory, and s/he will then be entrusted with a small independent project. Examples include: testing of new anti-thrombotic molecules in some in vivo murine models, setting up new assays to measure protein or activity levels of coagulation factors, and setting up a new purification techniques. The intern will be responsible for performing bibliographic search on the independent project, and s/he will perform the experimental work with help of a senior lab member if necessary. With the intern supervisor s/he will then analyze the data and draw conclusions about the subsequent experiments. French language skills would be an asset but are not required.

The Jabulani Rural Health Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Zithulele Village, a remote part of the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Founded in 2007 by four Christian doctors, its focus is on healthcare, education, poverty relief, environmental issues and care for those affected by HIV/AIDS. Jabulani serves a large Xhosa community of ~140,000, the majority of which live in extreme poverty. Jabulani’s health care mission supports the development of Zithulele Hospital and its surrounding clinics; helps improve access to quality health care; supports specific health care projects, including care for those affected by HIV/AIDS; and improves nutrition through education and support. The intern will assist Jabulani and the hospital with a variety of practical projects ranging from assistance with data capture and data analysis, to conducting basic, practical, clinically-oriented research that will help us better understand our community and its health needs. This is a 10- to 12-week internship based in a remote, low-resource area of South Africa.

This position is offered through the International Internship Program (IIP).

Interns will serve as research assistants (RAs) at the Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IERPE) in Cotonou, Benin. They will assist in data collection and analysis for two projects seeking to analyze the impact of education and colonial institutions on health. The internship may enable students to develop research topics for their junior papers and senior theses.

The first project will examine the health outcomes of a first cohort of students who were randomly selected to attend the first seven Catholic and regional primary schools in colonial Benin. It will also assess health outcomes of the students’ family members, and surrounding community members. The second project will investigate the effect social mobility on the mental health of the descendants of the first generation of students who attended these schools in colonial Benin.

Ideal interns will be concentrators in Psychology, Sociology, Economics, Politics or WWS; however, students from any department may apply. Specific additional skills required vary by project and are described in the link below.

This position is offered through the Health Grand Challenge.

IMIFAP is a Mexico City-based NGO, founded by a small group of professors and students of the Faculty of Psychology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1985 as a center for teaching, research, and consulting in the fields of public health, population, and individual and community welfare. Its activities focus on the areas of sexuality and nutrition education; micro-enterprise development; addictions, domestic violence, and HIV/AIDS prevention.  Internship positions are available in evaluation and in resource development. For all positions, bilingual English-Spanish language ability is preferred, but not required.

Montefiore Medical Center (MMC) is a fully-accredited, not-for-profit integrated health care delivery system in the Bronx, New York. It serves a culturally diverse and socioeconomically disadvantaged population of 1.4 million residents, 29% of whom live in poverty. MMC is a major academic and clinical center, providing the full spectrum of health care services to residents of the Bronx and surrounding areas. Its mission is to provide the highest quality health care, promote medical research, train new generations of medical providers and serve the needs of the Bronx community. An intern in MMC’s Network Performance Group (NPG) at Montefiore will work on a performance improvement initiative in patient safety, effectiveness or patient-centeredness. Project responsibilities may include: background literature review, creation of data collection instruments, direct observation of patient care delivered by staff, data collection, basic data analysis, report creation, participation in interdisciplinary team meetings, and result communication.

The Montefiore-Einstein Center for Bioethics is a multi-disciplinary resource for both Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and oversees the bioethics activities of these institutions, including clinical ethics consultation, bioethics policy development, bioethics research, and bioethics education for medical students, residents, attending physicians. It offers a Masters of Science in Bioethics and a year-long Certificate Program in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities. The intern will serve as research assistant, reporting directly to Center director. The intern's duties will include performing literature searches, and retrieving and reviewing articles on specific topics in bioethics for publication or for curriculum development. Other possible projects include working with the Center's database of bioethics consultations, and helping maintain and contribute to the Center website and promotional materials. Past interns have collaborated on peer reviewed bioethics publication, or have written brief articles on a topic of their choice for posting on our website. Future interns may participate in research projects such as the following: tools for teaching ethics consultation, the overlap between education in bioethics and professionalism, ethics issues related to healthcare in disasters, and additional bioethics policy issues relevant to the work of the Center. This is an 8 to 10 week internship in Bronx, NY (New York City).

NAZ is a small grass-roots NGO with an extensive range of programs from advocacy and networking programs for Men who have Sex with Men (MSM), outpatient care and counseling. It also serves as an care-home for 25 children living with HIV. Based in New Delhi, this position requires a demonstrated interest in public health and HIV/Aids work, strong research skills and excellent writing skills. The intern will be responsible for communications such as newsletters, fundraising correspondence, and project descriptions, as well as implementation of programming. The intern will also be expected to oversee the children in educational programs and play at the care home. For the interested intern, there will be an opportunity to develop his/her own research project working with the staff doctor and using the extensive amount of data that has been collected at the children’s home.

This position is offered through Princeton-in-Asia.

The Institute of Neuroscience at the University of Newcastle works in the novel field of connectomics and authored the first review in this area (Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2004). Interns will be involved in pilot studies or ongoing studies in the field of Neuroinformatics. The Institute is interested in using computational tools to understand mechanisms leading to brain diseases, diagnose brain diseases, and predict what intervention would be most beneficial for an individual patient. Topics include the analysis of neuroimaging or electrophysiology data, developing tools for network analysis, and simulating brain activity and development. Interns will be involved in ongoing research and might become co-authors on journal manuscripts. Even though programming and statistics skills are highly beneficial for such projects, a keen interest in understanding how the brain works as a network is the key component of a successful intern. Projects are available in the following areas: (1) Simulation of dynamics and development of large-scale human neural networks involving high-performance computing, cloud computing, and grid computing; (2) Analysis of structural and functional brain connectivity in human subjects; in particular of patients with developmental disorders leading to schizophrenia and (childhood-onset) epilepsy; and (3) Development of novel tools for neuroimaging and connectome analysis.

The Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OCRU) aims to have a positive and significant impact on global health and, in particular, the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. OUCRU's key areas of research are: Dengue fever; malaria; tuberculosis; influenza; enterics; HIV and HIV coinfection; central nervous system infections; animal health and zoonoses; pharmacology; and statistics, bioinformatics, modeling, and mapping. Projects carried out through this internship will address multidisciplinary aspects of infectious disease in clinical and/or field research settings. Past interns have conducted research on Japanese Encephalitis Virus, wastewater treatment systems, and the cost of illness associated with Typhoid fever. Specific responsibilities will be based on each intern’s skills and on project needs at the time of the internship. Typical tasks may include: data collection, data analysis, literature review, policy research, and writing for reporting purposes.

This position is offered through the Health Grand Challenge.

PAHO is an international public health agency with 100 years of experience working to improve health and living standards of the people of the Americas. It enjoys international recognition as part of the United Nations system, serving as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization and as the health organization of the Inter-American System. Improvement of drinking water supplies, adequate sanitation, and increased access to health care for the poor are top priorities. Program efforts focus on correcting inequality, taking into account decentralization and change of state functions; showing that health has a role to play in the success of other sectors; and showing how attention to health affects other aspects of human development. Internship opportunities are available in one of PAHO’s country offices in Latin America of the Caribbean. Good knowledge of Spanish is highly recommended.

The Philani Child Health & Nutrition Project is a community-based non-governmental organization (NGO), operating in informal settlements on the outskirts of Cape Town. Established in 1979, Philani offers education and training to women, income-generating projects, pre-schools, an outreach and home-based nutrition and child health programme, a mothers-to-be programme, an orphans and vulnerable children programme and a dental project, as well as a care and support programme for HIV positive mothers and children. This internship lasts a minimum of 8 weeks, with interns assisting in program research and in office administration.

Population Services International (PSI) is an international NGO that works to improve the health of vulnerable populations through social marketing of family planning and health products thus engaging private sector resources and techniques. This position requires the combined skills of a solid researcher and someone with a very strong communications background. Responsibilities will include data analysis, research and survey work. Past projects have included: creation and analysis of data from a pricing survey for a new oral contraceptive pill, and writing a qualitative report on health-seeking behaviors of mothers with children under the age of five who had diarrhea or pneumonia. Possible internship locations include PSI offices in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.

This position is offered through Princeton-in-Asia.

Prasat Neurological Institute is under the Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Public Health, and the only Neurological Institute of Thailand. The Institute provides medical services for neurological patients, trains medical personnel, and conducts research and development and policy advocacy on the neurological problems of Thailand. The Institute also has had training centers for neurosurgeons and neurologists, neurological nurses, and EEG for medical personnel for more than 30 years. The Institute is capable of providing services for up to 180,000 outpatients, 5,000 inpatients, and 1,500 surgical procedures annually. The institute is committed to good governance and aims to provide patients with the best quality of care. Prasat Neurological Institute's service includes the following specialty clinics: Botulinum Toxin A, Neurosurgical, Child Neurology, Neurology, Dental, Ophthalmology, Diabetic, Parkinson, Epilepsy, Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation, Memory, and Stroke. Intern responsibilities may include epidemiology and other medical research and the intern will also work on other processes such as clinical data collection, data management, etc.

PRICELESS-SA (Priority cost-effective lessons for systems strengthening-South Africa) is a country-based initiative based at the University of Witwatersrand School of Public Health. Its main goals are to: ensure that priority-setting for health care systems is based on good evidence; support the development of specific evidence-based information and tools to help determine how best to use existing /scarce resources so that health systems work more effectively and efficiently; and develop local capacity to perform and interpret cost effectiveness analysis and related work. The intern would work with a dynamic research team on topics that include maternal and child health interventions and chronic diseases, with a specific focus on strengthening the delivery of interventions at the primary health care level. The focus of the work is on the role/use of cost effectiveness and related evidence-based approaches in setting priorities for health interventions and maximizing their impact. Intern responsibilities would include: undertaking systematic reviews of the literature to find data for use in burden of disease and cost-effectiveness studies; contributing to burden of disease analysis (using GBD methodology) for chronic diseases; finding and extracting data for costing of health care programs and interventions in South Africa; grant-writing; and assisting with cost-effectiveness analysis.

This position is offered through the International Internship Program (IIP).

Founded in 1769 as the Medical Faculty of what was then the University of Nagyszombat, Semmelweis University is the oldest medical school in Hungary. The Faculty became an independent medical school after World War II and has developed into a university that teaches medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, health sciences, health management, as well as physical education and sport sciences. This University is widely recognized as one of Europe’s leading centers of medicine and health sciences, combining innovation and a time-tested tradition in three main areas: education, research, and health care. It is also one of the largest health care institutions in Hungary, covering approximately six percent of the nation’s health care needs. Internships with Semmelweis University Medical School provide access to different laboratories at the university to learn about ongoing research, help in the experiments and carry out mini-projects, such as data collection and/or analysis, literature search, help in drafting scientific papers. Interns will be matched with professors and researchers (mentors), based on their interest and availability of mentors. It is anticipated that the IIP interns can spend time in at least four different labs, if this is their preference, or they spend more time at one place. Research areas available for this internship include, but not limited to biology, biophysics, chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, pathophysiology, anatomy, nanomedicine.

The Global Fund is a unique global public/private partnership dedicated to attracting and disbursing additional resources to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. This partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities represents a new approach to international health financing. The Global Fund works in close collaboration with other bilateral and multilateral organizations to supplement existing efforts dealing with the three diseases, and it focuses on performance by linking the provision of funding to the achievement of clear, measurable and sustainable results. The aim is to ensure the most effective use of resources by funding only services which deliver results for the people who need them most. The internship program will substantially increase understanding of the issues faced by an international health financing organization and prepare students for a career in health financing, government affairs, international aid or indeed, several commercial fields. Specific responsibilities to be determined. This is a 12-week internship in Geneva, Switzerland.

TropicalClinics is a community pharmacy and treatment center established to provide vital life-saving medical and therapeutic care in a culturally sensitive manner that respects and dignifies the residents of Kakamega region in rural Kenya. At TropicalClinics, interns will support and learn from well trained local medical professionals. Through hands-on, structured activities, interns will gain a comprehensive understanding about best practices in global health and social entrepreneurship and receive a Certificate in Global Health Delivery. The interns work with local health care providers to eliminate patient barriers and strengthen health care delivery for people living in disadvantaged conditions. They also assist with patient education, patient intake, disease screening, and the distribution of medication prescribed by local doctors, and other important support tasks. They will have the opportunity to observe surgeries provided by local doctors. Additionally, the interns may participate at the Diagnostic Lab, an optional program for those interested in pursuing global health research. This internship will provide students with knowledge of the electronic medical records, pharmaceutical inventory management, and business information systems in Kenya and will provide them with direct experience on healthcare infrastructure, patient interactions, and management systems of the developing world.

UNESCO Bangkok promotes international co-operation, sets standards and disseminates information in the fields of education, the natural sciences, the social and human sciences, culture and communication in the Asia and Pacific region. HP2 is responsible for coordinating UNESCO's efforts in regard to HIV, Adolescent Reproductive and School Health both within the regional office and in the field. Its strategy is to increase involvement of and cooperation among all UNESCO sectors responding to these issues and ensure that their respective activities are culturally appropriate and well coordinated.

The MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (WIMM) at the University of Oxford is one of the world’s premier institutes where basic research in cell and molecular biology is applied to the improvement of human health. Located next to the John Radcliffe Hospital, clinician/scientists and basic researchers work hand in hand with clinicians in the hospital to tackle both rare and common diseases. The WIMM incorporates programs on blood diseases and stem cell disorders (leukemia, lymphoma, and thalassaemia); immunological disorders (HIV AIDS, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, and eczema); cancer (bowel and breast); infectious disease (malaria); and a wide range of genetic diseases, including abnormalities of facial development and disorders of the neuromuscular junction. Interns will join in the basic and medical research being undertaken at the WIMM providing an introduction to the new revolution in molecular medicine.

Washington University School of Medicine is a leader in improving human health throughout the world. It is one of seven schools of Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University Physicians is the clinical practice of the School of Medicine and provides care for more than 430,000 children and adults at 49 clinical sites each year. The School of Medicine is a robust research enterprise, and its clinical faculty experts oversee a wide array of clinical trials, offering patients the opportunity to participate in the evaluation of innovative treatments and prevention strategies. Faculty members' efforts to improve human health at local, regional and global community levels range from studying and remedying disparities in health care, to educating local populations on disease risk, to affecting change in public health policy. The internships are in the Department of Neurology. 

This position is offered through Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS).

Wellbody (formerly known as Global Action Foundation) is a non-profit organization modeling community-based health programs from its primary care clinic in rural Sierra Leone. Based six hours east of Freetown in Kono District, Wellbody’s comprehensive community-based programs evolved from serving amputated civilians and children under 5 to include people living with HIV and adolescents. This position combines clinical, administrative, and epidemiological responsibilities. Interns will conduct research projects in the Kono District, which involves a combination of field work, data collection, and analysis. Multiple positions are available and are suitable for students in different concentrations including but not limited to anthropology, epidemiology, science, social science, economics, and other quantitative backgrounds. Project topics include: HIV adherence and stigma-related research, mental health interventions in the amputee population, economic analysis of the wealth distribution in the local community, reproductive adolescent health education, advocacy in schools, or other subjects proposed by the interns. As research coordinators, interns will assist in the design, implementation, and evaluation of field research and first-level analysis. In addition, interns will spend time in the clinic shadowing doctors and nurses, and assisting in the pharmacy, laboratory, health outreach program, or scanning room. This is an 8-12 week internship (12 weeks preferred).

The West Virginia University School of Medicine (WVU SOM) and the hospitals with which its faculty are affiliated provide tertiary, secondary, and primary care for West Virginians and persons from other states. The Family Medicine Department on the Morgantown, WV campus is a comprehensive, integrated provider of primary care and is the medical home for patients of all ages. The mission of the department is education, research, and service to the community and the state. The department also facilitates a bi-monthly homeless care team (MUSHROOM) that provides a host of services to individuals who are homeless in Morgantown both at a local homeless shelter and on the streets. The internship is comprised of two components: the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Psychology. The PICS student will divide his/her time between both departments and will have an opportunity to participate in clinical, research, and educational activities within each department.

This position is offered through Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS).

Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO) is a not-for-profit organization based in New Jersey that develops and funds projects to transform the lives of orphaned children all over the world. In Addis Ababa, the WWO-AHF Family Health Center provides primary care for children and adults with HIV/AIDS and is run by the Worldwide Orphans Foundation, in collaboration with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. A research placement is available to look at the medical, social, psychological, cultural, and economic aspects of the pediatric AIDS epidemic and the influence of associated variables, such as poverty, stigma, orphanage life, barriers to health care, mother-to-child transmission, mental health, medication adherence, disclosure, and chronic illness. Amharic would be an asset, but is not required.