Student positions with Veterans Health Administration

Students applying for either student position must be registered as a student for the summer or fall 2009 academic session. We anticipate these positions will be approximately 20 hours a week during the summer with the potential to continue into the fall semester and possibly through May 2010. Interested students should submit a cover letter identifying the position of interest, proof of student status (at least part-time) and a resume to the VHA Healthcare Retention & Recruitment Office, 1555 Poydras Street, Suite 1971, New Orleans, LA 70112. These are paid student positions with a salary range of $12-$14 dollars per hour.

American Evaluation Association – student opportunities

Up to ten $500 travel awards will awarded to full-time students to offset their conference attendance costs. The awards will be competitively chosen based on a short essay from the applicants focusing on the Presidential Strand theme of “Context and Evaluation.”
Up to six $500 travel awards are available to full-time students submitting conference proposals for papers identifying ways to increase the racial/ethnic diversity of people entering the field of evaluation and/or ways to increase the cultural competencies of evaluators more generally.

USUCHD Summer Graduate Research Internship Program

The USUCHD Summer Graduate Research Internship Program (SGRIP) is a 12 week, on-site, research experience designed to orient graduate students from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds to the area of health and health care disparities. For more information, visit http://www.usuhs.mil/chd/trainingSGRIP.html

Mentoring and Fellowship Program in LGBT Health

The Center for Population Research in LGBT Health is seeking applications from pre-doctoral and advanced masters’ students interested in careers in LGBT health research. The program connects students with expert faculty mentors from the national network of faculty of the Center. Mentors are closely matched to students’ research interests and will assist students who are developing or working on a research project in the study of LGBT health or same-sex families/households. An ideal candidate will have an interest in working with a mentor to better incorporate population health research methods and/or concerns in their projects.

The program is a great opportunity for students to augment the professional development and training provided by their home institutions and to learn more about LGBT population health research.

Opportunity to travel with Nicholas Kristof, a New York Times columnist

The focus will be on developing countries and the purpose of the trip is to examine/explore issues related to social justice, international development and possibly public health. Whoever is selected to go on the trip is expected to write/blog and video blog about the experience. Details can be found by going to http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/win-a-trip-4/.

Tulane practicum opportunity

The Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics is looking for MPH students interested in a new practicum opportunity in community-based safety net clinics in the New Orleans metropolitan area.
Project: Using effective provider-patient communication to improve cancer screening in low health literacy patients

ASPH Fellowships and Internships

Graduate Training Programs
Public Health Fellowships & Internships
ASPH
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!

Career Services Workshops in Tidewater

CAREER SERVICES CENTER WORKSHOPS
SPRING 2009

Resume Writing Workshop
Monday, January 26
12:00 Room 1825

Interviewing Skills Workshop
Monday, February 2
12:00 Room 1825

Job Search Strategies Workshop
Monday, February 9
12:00 Room 1825

Qualitative Analysis Specialist

The Mary Amelia Center is looking for a student to participate as the Qualitative Analysis Specialist for an environmental scan of three local neighborhoods. This is a PAID part-time position which offers hands on experience with development and use of qualitative research instruments for interviews and focus groups and the opportunity to develop a better understanding of local culture and community.

New York City Epi Scholars Program

The New York City Epi Scholars Program is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for the 2009 summer session. The NYC Epi Scholars Program is a training program for graduate epidemiology students interested in health disparities research at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). The program provides an opportunity for students to gain practical skills in health disparities research; work under the guidance of leading epidemiologists; train in a local health environment; and expand practical epidemiological skills and methods through supplemental seminars, forums and workshops. Scholars have the opportunity to also use data for thesis development, as well as work on peer-reviewed manuscripts.