Public Service Research Fellowship

Optimal Solutions Group, LLC is seeking a bright and motivated graduate student to join us in a unique and challenging learning experience by participating in our 2009 Summer Fellowship Program. Optimal provides rigorous, non-partisan public policy research and technical assistance to government agencies, corporations, non-profit organizations, and foundations. Optimal is composed of four research centers…

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

MCHB internship – Needs Assessment Survey Coordinator

Summer internship with Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program in Santa Fe:

http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/mchirc/gsip/catalog/2009/newmexico.html

Teach English in China

Time: 4 weeks in July
Location: Several major cities in China
Internship Credit: 3 credit hours plus a TESL Certificate for good teachers.
Organizers: U.S. Chinese Culture Center (USCCC) with partner schools in China. USCCC will do all the paper work for you, including get you a Chinese visa and reserve your international round-trip flights to China.
Basic Qualifications for Counselors: College students or college graduates, age 18-65. Healthy English speakers without any accent.

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.

NYC Health Dept internships

The Health Research Training Program (HRTP) of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is pleased to announce it is accepting applications for the Summer 2009 Session. The program is open to undergraduate, graduate and professional school students. Since 1961, HRTP has provided students with valuable, real-life experience in public health research and practice in New York City.

Global Health Fellows Program internships

The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP) is excited to offer international internships for Summer of 2009. Ten interns will be selected to work at community-based organizations in Cambodia, India, and Senegal. All interns can expect a hands-on experience in the field of global health. The internships are eight weeks long and include pre-departure training in Washington, DC. For additional information, visit the One World Foundation Website, or click on the application (http://www.theoneworldfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/one-world-2009-application.doc).

Junior Commissioned Officer Student Training and Extern Program

The U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps offers an internship program called the JRCOSTEP (Junior Commissioned Officer Student Training and Extern Program). The Environmental Health Officer category of the USPHS would like to invite MPH and MSPH students who are specializing in environmental health and have completed the first year of their program by May 2009 to apply for a JRCOSTEP opportunity. Although there is no formal deadline, we encourage students to submit their application by December 31st, 2008, because applications will be reviewed starting in January for Summer 2009 positions.

Summer Internships – Los Angeles

County of Los Angeles Public Health department announces up to 13 graduate level internships available for the Summer Administrative Internship Program. The website describing the various programs is www.publichealth.lacounty.gov. Deadline to apply is January 15, 2009.

School Health and Nutrition internship – Afghanistan

The intern will assist Save the Children Afghanistan Country Office School Health and Nutrition (SHN) programming through developing materials for Child-Focused Health Education activities as well as test Adolescent Development (AD/ARSH) materials. The intern will also support program development through conducting a simple qualitative study and providing photography technical assistance in rural northern Afghanistan.