Internship and Fellowship Postings as of May 18, 2022

POSITION: College Assistant (Master or Doctoral Student)

ORGANIZATION: CUNY SPH 

Brief Job Description:

The Pandemic Response Institute (PRI) is seeking a College Assistant (CA) to assist with tasks to compile materials needed for a grant submission – track information down, create tables, format random data, draft Letters of support and track who has responded, etc. The CA will be helping to organize workplans, community convening’s, and develop materials related to PRI. The position will be Hybrid.

Hours: Up to 19 Hours Weekly

Hourly Rate: $20 – $ 23

Start Date: Immediately

If interested please send your resume to Toya Cox (toya.cox@sph.cuny.edu) 

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POSITION: Freelance Graphic Designer Summer 2022

ORGANIZATION: CUNY Graduate Center – Futures Initiative

Futures Initiative (an initiative at The Graduate Center) seeks to hire a freelance graphic designer during the summer months. The work is remote and pays $5000. This opportunity is open to all students and instructors who belong to the CUNY system. The application deadline is May 31st.

Focusing on equity and innovation in higher education, the Futures Initiative develops new engaged, collaborative pedagogies that empower the next generation of intellectual leaders with bold, creative, and independent methods for confronting the problems in the world today and thinking through effective, democratic solutions. The Futures Initiative connects research, teaching, and social justice.

What You’ll Do (Deliverables)

• Collaborate on a new visual identity for the Futures Initiative.
• Create graphics for the Futures Initiative website – including logos and homepage design elements.
• Provide the design and layout of our Annual Report (approx. 20 pages)
• Complete projects within the allotted deadline of August 31, 2022.

What We’ll Provide

• Content and design direction for the website and Annual Report
• Zoom, in-person or hybrid meetings for feedback and support

Who You Are

• An open communicator who is willing to ask questions, clarify objectives, and suggest any and all best practices and ideas from experience.
• Experienced in graphic design software (we are flexible with tools).
• Passionate about design which resonates with the FI’s objectives of innovation and equity through collaboration across differences.
• UI experience is a plus.

To view the official job posting: Freelance Graphic Designer

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POSITION: Summer Program Community Health Worker- Street Outreach

ORGANIZATION: AIRnyc

Summary

In neighborhoods across New York City where the rates of poverty and chronic disease are highest, AIRnyc’s Community Health Workers (CHWs) meet people where they live to improve health, connect families to care and build health equity. As New York City emerges from COVID-19, AIRnyc is dedicated to helping people most impacted not only by this pandemic, but by years of structural racism and lack of access to health, justice and economic mobility.

AIRnyc applauds the recent Board of Health’s resolution recognizing racism as a public health crisis. For almost 20 years, AIRnyc has been working to reduce barriers to health in partnership with health care delivery systems, managed care organizations, government, community based organizations and, most importantly, the people we serve.

Background

AIRnyc is actively recruiting Community Health Workers (CHWs) to participate in a 10-week, outreach summer program. Additionally, this program will include a 35-hour comprehensive training program which will encompass on building the CHW skillset, COVID-19 focused information and general public health knowledge. This is a great opportunity for current college students who are interested in summer work within the public health realm. This exciting role calls for people who are ready and able to connect with community members through community settings within the South Bronx. CHWs will provide one-on-one and family level support related to COVID-19 (vaccination, testing, treatment) while also offering navigation support to health and social care resources in neighborhoods most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This position is grant-funded by the NYC Department of Health and Fund for Public Health of New York. CHWs will be provided a competitive hourly wage. 

Key Characteristics of a Successful Candidate

• You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and will be able to interact professionally with community based organizations, social service providers, families, clinicians, patient navigators and administrators
• You are a team player who approaches people with humility and empathy
• You have strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• You are eager to learn new skills

Duties and Responsibilities

The core responsibilities of an AIRnyc CHW may include:

• Conduct outreach, personal and group educational sessions, or participate in activities to engage people who have missed or who avoid traditional healthcare to increase knowledge of available health and social services
• Provide weekly educational sessions covering COVID-19 topics as well as health education and social service navigation
• Offer one-on-one support in-person at the offices of community partners in the South Bronx to screen and provide referrals to services to patients
• Participate in neighborhood coalition meetings to contribute to neighborhood emergency preparedness, community preparedness and to share updates on data and learnings of community needs
• Interview community members in the South Bronx using techniques that help them find the self-motivation to improve the ways they care for themselves (Motivational Interviewing)
• Provide person-to-person support to help people meet their health goals and promote lifestyle changes
• Document activities, visits, touchpoints, check-ins, assessments, and education sessions and prepare reports on a routine basis and as needed
• Attend and actively participate in regularly scheduled group meetings with other CHWs, community groups, program supervisors, and referring partners and providers

Requirements

• Demonstrated outreach and engagement skills in the community and/or community organizing
• Ability to work independently, be flexible, and handle changing priorities
• High productivity rate and sense of ownership of tasks/work 
• A strong commitment to engage residents in open and honest dialogue regarding their health and social needs.
• Experience using database technology, including the ability organize, enter, and report on data collected
• Flexibility with the changing needs and schedules of families, and flexibility to work a maximum of 1 evening and 2 weekend days per month. 
• Familiarity with Google Suite (i.e. Google Calendar and Google Docs) 
• All applicants must comply with FCNY/AIRnyc vaccination policy. Employees will be required to provide verification that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (with an FDA-authorized vaccine)

○ 2 dose series of either Pfizer/Moderna plus 1 booster shot, completed a minimum of 2 weeks prior to start date

           OR

○ 1 dose series of Johnson & Johnson plus 1 booster shot, completed a minimum of 2 weeks prior to start date

Desirable Skills

• Experience engaging with, coaching, and motivating people 
• Experience providing mentoring, adult learning, counseling, workshop facilitation, and/or group/community presentations preferred
• Fluency in Spanish preferred
• Bronx residents preferred

If interested, please send an up to date resume and cover letter to Alexa Stufano, astufano@air-nyc.org. Please put the name of the position in the subject line of the email. 

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POSITION: Health Center Data Analytics Internship

ORGANIZATION: Relevant Healthcare

Join a small, dynamic team that’s raising the bar for health center analytics.

Relevant’s mission is to support community health centers in their drive to improve patient health. We do this by providing smart, friendly analytics software, along with hands-on support and consulting to help health centers do things like plan for patient visits, identify high-risk patients, and measure the impact of their care. We care about feelings. We’re small, bootstrapped, and profitable.

Today, we work with more than 65 health centers, located in diverse communities across the U.S. Health centers love working with us, and our services team is a key reason why. This team helps clients use Relevant to improve patient care and assists them in resolving organization-wide pain points around data and reporting along the way. They act as a resource for the health center’s internal data team, helping them solve hard problems, sharing knowledge and best practices, and building up their internal capacity.

The role

Relevant’s internship program reflects our desire to invest in the next generation of data professionals and educate them about the world of community health centers.

You’ll join a team of smart, mission-oriented people who want to make a difference in healthcare delivery for the underserved and uninsured. You’ll do work that is both challenging and fun. You’ll learn all about community health centers, data transformation and reporting, EHR mapping, and SQL.

Main responsibilities

• Build reports and data visualizations for community health centers.
• Support new health center implementations by mapping EMR data points and writing lots of SQL.
• Develop a deep understanding of Relevant’s product and its features. Create user-facing documentation and training material that facilitates improved usage. Help health centers get the most out of Relevant by beta testing, understanding and cataloging user feedback, and curating our report library.

Qualifications

Must have:

• A passion for solving analytical problems, and the SQL skills to do so. Ideally, you’re comfortable with concepts like subqueries, temp tables, and window functions, or have the desire and aptitude to learn them.
• One or more years’ experience working with and cleaning data from relational database systems, or other similarly messy and complex systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. You’ll need to write clear, compelling, and timely emails about complex subjects and collaborate with a wide variety of stakeholders both inside and outside of Relevant.
• You are nice, you value collaboration, and you care about helping people provide great patient care!

Nice to have:

• Experience working in a client- or external stakeholder-facing role.
• Familiarity with and interest in the landscape of healthcare quality improvement and population health management.
• Experience in or a desire to work at a young company where many things are yet to be figured out. Even better if you’d like to help do that.
• Excel wizardry. For example, we’d love for you to know everything there is to know about pivot tables.
• Some experience with scripting languages such as Python or Ruby, or a desire and aptitude to learn.
• Familiarity with a BI platform such as Tableau, Qlik, Cognos, PowerBI, or Crystal.

Working at Relevant

• Join a small team of people (currently, there’s 16 of us) who love delighting our users and making a positive impact through tech.
• Help us build a company culture that’s friendly, respectful, and encourages continual learning.
• Competitive salary, excellent benefits, 401(k), PTO policy approaching European levels, general emphasis on happiness and sanity.
• We’re based in NYC but 100% remote-friendly. (Only a few of us go into the office these days.)

Learn more about what it’s like to work here on our main jobs page.

Compensation

The stipend range for a three-month full-time position is $10,000 – $12,000, commensurate with experience.

How to Apply

Please fill out this application form, making sure that your resume is in PDF format.

We’re committed to building a diverse company. Applicants who identify with groups that are under-represented in the technology industry are strongly encouraged to apply.

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POSITION: Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship – 2023

ORGANIZATION: Henry Luce Foundation

Fellowship Overview

First Nations will award 10 fellowships of $75,000 each to 10 outstanding Native knowledge holders and knowledge makers engaged in meaningful work that benefits Indigenous people and communities in either reservation and/or urban settings. These fellowships support the work of Native knowledge holders and knowledge makers as they significantly advance their work and spark transformative change in their communities. In this sense, community is broadly defined and can include your Native community, knowledge community, etc.

The fellowship is a two-year, self-directed enrichment program designed to support the process of growth, development, knowledge and networks of Native leaders and thinkers. This unique and exciting new fellowship will seek to support individuals from diverse fields and engaged in different modes of expression. The fellowship is open to both emerging and experienced leaders and thinkers from a wide variety of fields, including but not limited to agriculture, food systems, youth leadership development, natural resource management, climate change, economic development, journalism, language and cultural revitalization, traditional and contemporary arts and more.

During the fellowship period, fellows will gather together three times during the initial fellowship period to pool their collective knowledge, and create a community of practice that crosses fields, geographies and tribal cultures. These three required convenings will give fellows the opportunity to engage in rich conversations intended to strengthen their leadership skills, reflect on their impact, share their learning and experiences and promote enduring professional relationships. These cohorts will empower fellows to overcome any geographic and cultural isolation they may experience by being a Native knowledge holder or knowledge maker, possibly as the only one in their field.

The fellowship is open to emerging and experienced Native knowledge holders and knowledge makers actively engaged in meaningful, positive work that benefits Indigenous people and communities in either reservation and/or urban settings.

To be eligible for the Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship:

• Applicants must be tribally-affiliated with a Native American, Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian community.
• Applicants must be engaged in the creation, dissemination and/or perpetuation of knowledge in their field.
• Applicants should have experience or expertise within the knowledge field/area they are pursuing.
• Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
• Applicants must be able to clearly demonstrate how their work can impact and benefit an Indigenous community or communities in the U.S. and U.S. Territories.
• Individuals may apply directly for this fellowship OR individuals may nominate Native knowledge holders and knowledge makers for this fellowship.

First Nations and Luce launched this fellowship to recognize and reward outstanding Native knowledge holders and knowledge makers for their important community contributions, and commitment to creating, disseminating and perpetuating Indigenous knowledge systems. However, we understand that some Indigenous people might be hesitant to identify themselves as knowledge holders, knowledge makers, culture producers, etc.  For many, this kind of terminology may seem contrary to community beliefs on ownership of knowledge and recognizing thought leaders.

Thus, individuals can nominate their family, friends, neighbors or colleagues for this fellowship opportunity. To do this, a nominator must work collaboratively with the knowledge holder or knowledge maker they wish to nominate to complete all application materials.  Before applying on behalf of another individual, you must contact the nominee in advance to fully discuss the parameters and guidelines of the fellowship.

Fellowship Period

First Nations provides a $75,000 award that may be used flexibly over two years. The start date of the fellowship is January 1, 2023, and the end date is December 31, 2024.

During the first year, fellows will receive $50,000 to support their work and efforts, be required to attend three fellow convenings and receive up to $5,000 in additional support for capacity-building activities and materials. During the second year, fellows will receive $25,000 to extend and deepen their work.

Application Deadline is May 26, 2022.

To view the official job posting: Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship

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POSITION: Various Openings (Summer term)

ORGANIZATION: LifeSci NYC Internship Program

Although the summer internship deadline has passed, we are making an exception for the below opportunities:

Bioinformatics:

• New York Genome Center, Bioinformatics Intern – upperclass undergraduate or grad student in bioinformatics, computational bio, comp sci, statistics or similar

Marketing:

• Eachday, Social & Digital Media Intern – help create a comprehensive strategy across platforms
• Harmony Baby Nutrition, Digital Media Summer Intern – seniors & up in digital communications or related field (advertising, journalism, etc.); social media platform
• Myze, Market and Customer Research Intern – students in the Sciences, Marketing, Communications or related; Customer Acquisition and Engagement Strategy Intern – students in the Sciences, Marketing, Communications or related; User Experience (UX)
• Zaya Care – Marketing Intern – create & generate ideas for social media, website content; source contacts to identify new patients; test run product

Nonprofit / Public Policy:

• Lupus Research Alliance, Fundraising Intern – interested students of any level with strong communication skills
• RIP Medical Debt , Program Associate Intern – Constituent Services – great opportunity if interested in public health, public policy or nonprofits

Please apply for these summer opportunities at http://bit.ly/lifescistudentapp even though the application page indicates that we are open only for academic year and full-time roles at this time.

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POSITION: Postdoctoral Scholar Opportunity

ORGANIZATION: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 

We are inviting motivated candidates to apply for an immediately open post-doctoral scholar position in the Department of Health Disparities Research, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) in Houston. We seek candidates with a track record of peer-reviewed publications, training in psychology, public health, communication, or other behavioral science, and strong work ethic and commitment to research. 

Our team has expertise in applying psychosocial research to improve the well-being of cancer survivors and to enhance cancer preventive health behaviors among underserved populations. We are conducting several large NIH funded psychosocial interventions (HPV vaccination studies among multi-ethnic college students and expressive writing and social support interventions among Chinese Americans). The postdoctoral fellow will actively participate in these funded studies, and contribute to the scientific aspects (study design, data analysis, etc.) and implementation. The post-doctoral scholar will have opportunities to work on first authored manuscripts, to develop new studies and to learn about grant writing including career development grants. The post-doctoral scholar will primarily work with Dr. Qian Lu, who has a track record of successfully obtaining extramural funding as a PI and mentoring career development grant awardees. The scholar will have opportunities to learn about multiple exciting research areas and methods. These research areas include psychosocial and behavioral interventions (health communication, HPV vaccination uptake, social support, peer mentoring, emotion regulation, expressive writing, cultural adaptation of interventions), well-being among cancer survivors (quality of life, adjustment, meaning, posttraumatic growth), Asian American cultural research (emotion regulation, social support, discrimination, and stigma), and understudied (young adult cancer survivors) and underserved populations (ethnic minorities, low SES). The candidate will have opportunities to learn about randomized controlled trial, mixed quantitative and qualitative research methods, community based participatory research methods, and biopsychosocial framework (stress biomarkers). 

Applicants should send a cover letter stating research interests and experience, curriculum vitae, a list of two references, and up to two first-author reprint/writing sample(s) to Qian Lu, Ph.D., M.D. at (qlu at mdanderson.org) with the subject line “Postdoctoral Scholar Application”. The postdoctoral fellow position is a 1-2 year position, renewable upon mutual consent. The position opens immediately and we accept and review applications – and make hiring decisions – on a rolling basis, so apply as soon as possible. Starting date is negotiable. Inquiries about the position should be addressed to Qian Lu at (qlu@mdanderson.org).   

This position comes with competitive salary (a minimum of $53,760/year) and generous health and other employment benefits. Travel support for attending conferences is also available. MDACC has extensive resources for post-doctoral scholars, such as weekly grand rounds, training workshops, grant writing workshops, writing assistance, library support, and statistical support. The cancer center ranks first in the number of National Cancer Institute grants in the nation and invested more than $902 million in research in Fiscal Year 2019. In 2021 MDACC was ranked the #1 Cancer Hospital by the U.S. News and World Report. 

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POSITION: Postdoctoral Research Associate

ORGANIZATION: Boston University School of Public Health

We are seeking a promising and motivated individual to be a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) under the mentorship Drs. Eric Rubenstein and Marcia Pescador Jimenez. The research focuses on metrics of geographic contextual factors and healthcare access for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD), Down syndrome, and their co-occurrence. Compensation will be between $72,000-$77,000 depending on qualifications. Members of underrepresented racial or ethnic groups are highly encouraged to apply.

The position is funded through two NIH-grants. Down Syndrome Towards Health Equity using Medicaid Analytic eXtract is a 9-year retrospective cohort of >50,000 adults with and >4,000,000 adults without Down syndrome enrolled in Medicaid. The fellow will examine the impact of distance to care, neighborhood characteristics, and other geographic contextual factors of obstructive sleep apnea, dementia, and mortality in Down syndrome. The second study tests the hypothesis that geographic contextual factors, in particular green space, will have a protective association with ADRD risk factors using data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), a 10-year longitudinal study of 6,814 men and women without clinical cardiovascular disease. This project uses Deep Learning Algorithms to analyze Google Street Views (GSV) imaging to capture unique geographic contextual measures, and fill important gaps in the literature on the association between green space and the urban exposome, and incidence of ADRD and cognitive decline. 

The position involves working with investigators and trainees with a wide range of expertise in areas such as epidemiology, environmental health, biostatistics etc. The postdoctoral fellow will manage and transform data, conduct analyses in R, prepare tables/figures for manuscripts, present at scientific meetings, and lead manuscript and grant writing. BUSPH is committed to building and nurturing an inclusive professional community in which diversity is valued and every person feels they have a rightful place, are welcome and respected, and are supported in their endeavors. The Department of Epidemiology at BUSPH provides a vibrant, interdisciplinary research environment with a wealth of resources to build a career. Fellows can take advantage of training, education, and mentorship opportunities at BUSPH.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Conducting research on specific areas of study as assigned.
• Performing statistical analysis in support of research projects and preparing research reports and technical papers for publishing.
• Investigating the feasibility of applying a wide variety of scientific principles and theories and contributing to statistical analysis plan design and development
• Maintaining substantial knowledge of state-of-the-art principles and theories and preparing study results for presentation and manuscript development.
• Developing analytical models and systems and providing solutions and analyses to support strategic and tactical decisions. Reviewing literature related to methodological techniques and content areas. 

Required Skills

• Ph.D. or equivalent degree in Epidemiology, or a related field within the past 5 years.
• Excellent communication skills in both spoken and written English are required.
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving abilities are required.
• Strong computing and dataset analysis skills.

To apply, please submit a cover letter and curriculum vitae to Dr. Rubenstein (erubens@bu.edu) and Dr. Jimenez (jimenezm@bu.edu). 

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