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Position: Fall 2022 Fieldwork Placement for Cannabis Equity Project/Marcus Meets Malcolm
Program description: The Cannabis Equity Project is a community initiative supported by Dr. Cheryl Smith. As New York legalizes sale of cannabis, the Cannabis Equity Project is working to ensure that Harlemites, legacy vendors and those impacted by cannabis laws/legislation have the information and facts needed to engage in this industry.
Fieldwork Position Overview: A student will support the Cannabis Equity Project (an initiative derived from Marcus Meets Malcolm and other Harlem-based CBOs) via attendance and presentation at community members and events, creation of engaging digital media and social media content to share information about cannabis, and spearheading data and research-focused projects to understand community preferences and the impact of cannabis policy on Harlem.
This is a fieldwork position, totaling 180 hours from August – December 2022. (~10 hours/week) The position will conclude at the close of the CUNY SPH Fall semester.
Fieldwork Responsibilities:
- Communicate and collaborate with community organizations, elected officials, city agencies, SPH faculty, and other relevant stakeholders
- Assist with the development and presentation for monthly community meetings
- Facilitate monthly community meetings
- Create digital materials surrounding health equity & cannabis
- Create engaging social media content
- Other activities as assigned by supervisor
Qualifications:
- Student at CUNY SPH in good academic standing
- Strong writing skills and attention to detail
- Strong time management skills
- Interest (and experience preferred) in community outreach and engagement.
To apply, please email your resume and cover letter to Dr. Cheryl Smith at smithcas02@aol.com.
Relevant HPAM Concentration Competencies:
- Identify and discuss the partnership and collaborative skills needed to develop effective public health programs and policies
- Apply strategies for advocating for effective public health policies and programs
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USDA National Wild and Scenic Rivers System
Wild & Scenic Rivers GIS and Data Enhancement, Virtual
- The USDA Forest Service is seeking two interns to support a project to enhance data associated with the National Wild & Scenic Rivers System. This project will involve working with an interagency and nongovernmental team to support GIS and other improvements to wild and scenic rivers-related data. 09/01/2022 – 05/26/2023. Learn more.
Discover and share: What is a Wild and Scenic River? Virtual
- The USDA Forest Service Wild & Scenic Rivers (WSR) Program is seeking an intern to participate in the development of communication products and strategies to help address the important questions about designated WSRs focusing on what they mean for visitor experience and surrounding communities. 09/01/2022 – 05/26/2023. Learn more.
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Open Internship Opportunities at The Borgen Project
See postings here.
The Borgen Project believes that leaders of the most powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global poverty. We’re the innovative, national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign policy.
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Job Description: Advocacy & Administrative Internship with NGO CSW/NY
The NGO CSW/NY office is in New York, NY. All interns must be able to commute to our office. We proudly pay all of our interns $15/hour.
Join the NGO CSW/NY team to help develop and facilitate a platform for the voices and leadership of feminists and women’s rights organizations globally! Have an essential role organizing and implementing the two-week NGO CSW67 Forum, one of the largest civil society gatherings at the United Nations. Interns will also have the opportunity to network and connect with global activists, organizations, and those within the UN system. Apply here.
This 9 month internship requires interns to work 3 days a week for a minimum of 15 hours. Learn more.
Intern tasks and projects include:
- Working with a planning committee to develop and implement the NGO CSW67 Forum;
- Taking a leadership role within the Youth Leaders & Young Professionals program
- Monthly blog posts;
- Attending UN and civil society meetings/events and reporting back (mostly virtual);
- Working on our 50th Anniversary campaign;
- Administrative/office tasks.
Requirements:
- Mature intercultural communication abilities; practical experience in international settings is an asset;
- Passionate about gender equality;
- UN experience or immense curiosity and eagerness to learn about human rights and the UN;
- Full-time commitment during the NGO CSW Forum in March;
- A good sense of humor;
- Excellent customer service, particularly in diverse environments, both in person and by phone, with high professionalism;
- Ability to manage multiple projects and assignments from a variety of staff and volunteers;
- Strong researcher and writer, able to synthesize complex information into blog posts, reports, and meeting notes;
- Proficiency using the latest versions of Google Suite and Microsoft Office;
- Background in fields of Journalism, Social Sciences, Law, Public Policy, International Relations, Women’s and Gender Studies or related disciplines preferred;
- Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to apply;
- Proficiency in one of the UN languages other than English is an advantage. Proficiency in French and/or Spanish is highly valued.
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Job Description: Graduate Field Placement for Research
Supervisors: Brian Pavilonis, PhD and Suzanne McDermott, PhD, Faculty in the Department of Environmental. Occupational, Geospatial Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, CUNY
Research Project: Researchers at the CUNY SPH are investigating in utero exposure to organic and inorganic chemicals in newborn infants. The first stool (meconium) and buccal cells (from mouth cheek) will be collected from mothers and newborns in the postpartum units of Hospitals in Brooklyn (Kings County), Queens (Elmhurst), and Manhattan (Metropolitan). The goal of the project is to investigate the association of chemical exposures during pregnancy with DNA methylation in mothers and newborns.
Graduate Field Work Student Responsibilities:
- Obtain required approvals and certifications to conduct field work with human subjects, through CUNY IDEATE, the Institutional Review Board for CUNY
- Complete trainings required by NYC Health and Hospitals (NYC H&H) systems to obtain volunteer status as a Graduate Student assistant
- Train to administer Oral Informed Consent for mothers with newborns at Hospitals in NYC boroughs (Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan)
- Learn the protocol requirements to obtain consent, collect meconium and buccal samples and participate in the scraping and transfer of samples to local freezers, and in some cases transport to the Medgar Evers College Chemistry Department in Brooklyn, for analysis
- Work with the Site Principal Investigators at assigned Hospital, and with their nursing and medical staff, to conduct all steps outlined in the protocol: preparation of kits with diapers and liners, administer verbal informed consent, sample collection, and storage of samples
- This can be utilized as a summer or fall fieldwork project with the opportunity for students enrolling in fall fieldwork to begin some of their fieldwork hours in summer if interested. Fluency in other languages (i.e. Spanish, Bengali) preferred, but not required.
Interested applicants should send a resume and cover letter to Samantha Fisher at Samantha.fisher20@sphmail.cuny.edu
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MMPCIA/ CUNY School of Public Health Internship Proposal:
POSITION: Fall ’22 Fieldwork Placement
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Mt. Morris Park Community Improvement Association,(MMPCIA), a 41-year-old not-for-profit volunteer community association, was established to bring residents, businesses, and churches together to confront the challenges that were negatively impacting the community’s quality of life. Our efforts also focus on honoring and celebrating the long-standing Harlem Black culture, while at the same time embracing the growth and positive changes.
Through the decades, there have been many gains including better public services, improved housing stock and a reduction in crime. However, during the COVID pandemic many of the remaining underlying issues returned to the surface. Some of those include the limited availability of affordable housing, health and mental health services and the overabundance of drug treatment and homeless shelters within a small geographic area. Last year we witnessed an explosion of illegal drug activities, large numbers of people in distress roaming the streets, and often using the streets to ingest drugs and other inappropriate and dangerous behavior. Crime rates rose, residents, workers and visitors to the community became overwhelmed and fearful. Businesses closed and our community began to feel like a battle zone. MMPCIA works closely with the NYPD, elected and government officials, churches, business, and other community organizations to identify both causes and solutions.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Data Collection, Analysis, and Report:
To better prepare and advocate for changes, communicate with the community, speak effectively with the media, and identify funding needed to improve the quality-of-life, MMPCIA understands we need structured and professionally collected, actionable data. The student will help to develop the research question and to craft data collection methods. As we begin this discussion, we have two broad topics: who lives/works/visits in our catchment area (through gathering existing data) and what are their views and collective feelings about the impact current conditions have on their sense of wellbeing, (health/mental health, safety, happiness, fear, desire to remain in the community). Questions we have, based on stories and experiences shared in our enter action with our members include: What are your biggest concerns? What is good about the community? What keeps you here? To what degree do your concerns impact your sense of wellbeing? How do you see MMPCIA impacting change? How do you define social services? What social services are in the catchment area? What is your perception of the state of drug treatment facilities in Harlem? This is not an exhaustive list, and we look to the intern to help frame questions and identify data collection methods to help us reach our objectives.
The fieldwork student may have the opportunity to help develop a realistic program agenda with short- and long-range goals; determine any MMPCIA structural/organization changes needed to address the current climate and community conditions as we continue to organize and activate community engagement.
This fieldwork opportunity will be largely remote with occasional in-person meetings.
QUALIFICATIONS:
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Student at CUNY SPH in good academic standing
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Experience in data collection and analysis
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Self-motivated and great attention to detail
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Comfort working with community
TO APPLY: Please send a resume and cover letter to info@mmpcia.org, includeCUNYSPH in subject line.
Submitted by: Madlyn Stokely, President
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POSITION: Internship (Fall 2022)
ORGANIZATION: JCCA
JCCA Medical Department
The JCCA medical program serves infants, children, adolescents and young adults in foster care. Our medical team aims to prevent, detect, and manage any physical, emotional, social, or developmental issue that may arise from birth to adulthood for our pediatric clients while addressing the additional health challenges faced by children in foster care. Our medical providers play a critical role in the routine care of our JCCA clients by:
- Performing age-appropriate health screening
- Diagnosing and treating acute and chronic illnesses, injuries, and other disorders that affect children
- Ensuring that children are achieving developmental milestones
- Performing evaluations to detect developmental or behavioral disorders (e.g., autism spectrum disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) and developing care plans to address these problems
- Educating parents/caregivers about well-child care, including immunizations, and counseling parents/caregivers about all aspects of their child’s health
- Working with parents/caregivers to foster healthy lifestyles
- Advocating for the welfare of children, educating those involved in the care of children, and effectively communicating with parents/caregivers, other physicians, teachers, and social workers on issues of child welfare
Our medical team devotes their clinical practice to the broad scope of pediatrics rather than one area within the medical specialty while collaborating with pediatric subspecialists who are experts in one area of pediatrics. Our program is a medical home for the children of JCCA allowing us to coordinate and integrate all of the vital multi-disciplinary services our children receive including mental health, social work support and care management. If a child is treated by a pediatric subspecialist or is hospitalized, the JCCA medical team remains a vital part of the care team through bidirectional communication with the treating institution or provider(s).
Overview of Internship:The intern will attend program meetings and any other meetings and trainings that are of interest. There may be additional, smaller projects that arise as needed; however, the following are projects the student may work on.
- Assist in creating educational tools for our foster parents and youth.
- Assist with outreach to community organizations and providers.
- Locate resources and providers in the community, especially in lesser served communities, for our members.
Supervisor:Dina Cicillini RN, Vice President, Clinical Operations, cicillinid@jccany.org
Hours:8-10 hours per week should be sufficient.
Location: Office-based internship located at 555 Bergen Avenue in the Bronx with opportunity for some work to be done remotely. Intern should come to the office 1 time per week. Meet in person a minimum of 1 time a month.
To Apply: Students who are interested in applying, send an email with your resume to Hannah Stuart Lathan at hannah.lathan@sph.cuny.edu.
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POSITION: Student Volunteer Program
ORGANIZATION: FEMA Region 2 Office
FEMA Region 2 Office is currently recruiting for student volunteers to serve across divisions (Recovery, Response, Mitigation, and National Preparedness) for the Fall of 2022. Below please find further information regarding the opportunities:
- Federal Executive Board (FEB) Student Volunteer
- Mitigation Division Student Volunteer
- Continuous Improvement (CIP) Student Volunteer
- Faith-Based Preparedness and Equity Student Volunteer
- Individual and Community Preparedness Student Volunteer
- Data Analytics Student Volunteer
- Recovery Division Student Volunteer – 1
- Recovery Division Student Volunteer – 2
- Response Division – Operational Planning Branch (OPB) Student Volunteer
- Response Division – Regional Watch Center Student Volunteer
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POSITION: Tree of Life Center (TOLC) Community Connectedness Developer
ORGANIZATION: Cornell University Cooperative Extension/TOLC Partnership
BACKGROUND: The Tree of Life Center [TOLC] partnership has deep roots, established connections, challenges faced, and aspirations for the future of the Jamaica community in Queens. The new TOLC apartment building will soon be home to 174 low-income families in the NYC community of Jamaica, Queens. Founding partners include the First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica [FPCJ], First Jamaica Community and Urban Development Corporation [FJCUDC], Community Healthcare Network [CHN], and Cornell University Cooperative Extension’s NYC Programs [CUCE]. The mission of the FJCUDC, developer of the TOLC, centers on health equity and food access. The FPCJ’s diverse staff and congregation provide ongoing programs (food pantry, health fairs, and more). CUCE’s multilingual Extension educators engage thousands of families each year through nutrition, health, STEM, 4-H/youth development, and parenting programs. CHN’s federally qualified health center in Jamaica serves over 4,000 patients who live in the immediate neighborhood. In response to the pandemic, the TOLC partnership launched community-based COVID-19 vaccination clinics engaging volunteer Cornell medical students to administer vaccinations. The TOLC offers a unique opportunity to spark innovation through community engagement in program co-creation, building on the missions and programs of each partner organization.
STUDENT OPPORTUNITY: This practicum will offer a student or small group of students the opportunity to work with partner organizations and with community/TOLC residents on assessing, strengthening, and developing social connectedness with the aim of promoting health equity and optimal health for people of all ages. There will be strong opportunities for the student(s) to focus on early child health and optimal development. The student(s) will work with TOLC partners and community/TOLC residents to identify program innovations as well as ways programs and services offered by TOLC partner organizations can be coordinated and linked so as to break down organizational silos. Specific activities and deliverables related to this practicum will include:
- Attending monthly partnership meetings as well as working group meetings
- Reviewing and applying organizational development materials and child health promotion materials included in the Robin Hood Foundation’s FUEL for 50 workshop series
- Assisting in development of second phase application for FUEL for 50 funding award for the TOLC’s “Strong Together: Tree of Life Center Partnership for Young Children’s Health”
- Assist in and conduct resident welcoming activities
- Assist in and conduct needs and strengths assessment activities
- Develop, present, and discuss report on each semester’s activities to the First Jamaica Community and Urban Development Corporation’s board and other stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications
- Coursework or degree-seeking in Public Health, Community Health, Human Resources, Public Administration, Health and Human Services, Public Health Nutrition, Marketing/ Communications, or related field
- Excellent writing skills and communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Word and Excel
- Attention to detail and proficient communication skills
How to apply:
Interested candidates should email their resume and letter describing their interests, skills, and objectives to jst5@cornell.edu(Jennifer Tiffany, Executive Director, Cornell University Cooperative Extension – NYC Programs). Position is located in Jamaica, Queens; team meetings and some work may be managed remotely.
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POSITION: Gil Addo Harlem Health Fellowship
ORGANIZATION: The Harlem Health Initiative (HHI) at CUNY SPH
Program description: The Harlem Health Initiative (HHI) at CUNY SPH launched in February 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic began. At its core, HHI is a technical assistance and training program to bolster community-based organizations (CBOs). Its single aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of the Harlem community through relationship building with existing coalitions and networks of CBOs, while also ensuring CUNY SPH’s status as a community-centered institution, part of the fabric of Harlem. The Initiative prioritizes consistent community representation and engagement when considering programming and policy as opposed to integrating community perspectives only when buy-in is necessary. As a result of its footprint and suite of support, HHI has enabled the school to garner nearly $7 million in research and community program funding that directly addresses critical health issues facing Harlem, including a task-shifting program to identify mental health concerns among residents in housing projects, establishing a community co-laboratory with CBOs to establish and enhance health equity programming, and building vaccine literacy through health communications and partner training activities. The Initiative provides community organizations with up-to-date health data, supports survey work, and engages student interns in community practice. HHI also works with Harlem’s elected and government officials to educate them about health issues like food insecurity, mental health, and COVID-19 impacts, and helps them understand how legislation can be supported by CUNY SPH’s work.
The portfolio of community engagement activities of HHI has expanded greatly over the last two years in an unexpected and unprecedented way. The Initiative’s Director, Ms. Deborah Levine, supports the school’s community portfolio. The Gil Addo Harlem Health Fellowship (“Fellowship”) will allow Ms. Levine to hire two student fellows at the master’s or doctoral level who will partner with her over a two-year period. Addo Fellows will be responsible for project management and general support of the Harlem Health Initiative.
Position Overview: This role will support HHI Director Deborah Levine and Program Manager Claire Ogburn and help ensure that the team meets program goals and deliverables in a timely and effective manner. The position’s responsibilities encompass community engagement and outreach for a variety of community-based research projects and initiatives; data gathering and analysis; community partner communication and support; research on health and wellness indicators for Harlem, the neighborhood’s CBOs and FBOs, and the impact of COVID-19 on Harlem; database assembly and management; developing health communications materials; and workstream alignment. This is a part-time position at 20 hours per week, per semester (15 weeks) at a rate of $35 per hour. Fellows are asked to make a one- year commitment.
Gil Addo Harlem Health Fellow Responsibilities: Under the leadership of the HHI Director and Program Manager, Fellows will:
Fellow 1:
- Develop a global partnership “master” database for CUNY SPH that can be accessed and leveraged by all school programs, including key programmatic partners: the Office of Experiential Learning and Career Services, the Pandemic Response Institute, Harlem Strong, CIRGH, the Vaccine Literacy Campaign, etc.
- Liaise with the aforementioned offices and initiatives to ensure cross-communication of activities; maintain a record of concurrent research, outreach, and programs
- Identify indicators to include across SPH-led survey work of both community partners and the SPH student / alumni community
- Assist with development and execution of HHI’s 2022 Webinar Series
- Support the Pandemic Response Institute (PRI)’s Community Convening and Learning Team (CCLT), including database creation & management, liaising with NYC Department of Health and Department of Emergency Management, and attendance at virtual meetings.
- Other duties as assigned.
Fellow 2:
- Develop an uptown charter book to develop the “who” and the “what” of health policy players and the state of health in Harlem.
- Create a central dashboard database that displays aggregate data sets; coordinate with other CUNY SPH dashboards
- Support the evolution and integration of advisory councils across CUNY SPH
- Support data collection, analysis and reporting efforts to understand and publicize the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Harlem’s residents, organizations, and community leaders.
- Aid with writing funding proposals for multiple research and community projects.
- Assist with recruitment and outreach of community partners.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Master’s or Doctoral student at CUNY SPH in good academic standing
- Desired candidate qualifications:
- Demonstrated commitment to social and racial equity
- Database development / management and information architecture skills (experience with AirTable or other project management software, a plus)
- Quantitative and qualitative data gathering and analysis skills
- Strong writing skills
- Experience working with community-based, faith-based organizations, and/or social services organizations (outreach, engagement, partnership development and management)
- Development of culturally competent, linguistically-sensitive health communications materials, including infographics
- Experience working within the Harlem community is a plus
- Other language proficiency, a plus
To apply, please email your cover letter and resume to HarlemHealth@sph.cuny.edu by May 31, 2022, and indicate which fellow position (i.e., “1,” “2,” or “both”) you wish to apply for. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
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POSITION: Health Policy Intern
ORGANIZATION: Office of Child & Family Health (OCFH) /NYC ACS
The Office of Child & Family Health (OCFH) is charged with ensuring that all children in the care of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) have access to physical and mental/behavioral health care that is comprehensive, appropriate and in line with current best practice standards. OCFH delivers direct medical services to children entering foster care, offers individual case consultations, technical assistance and training to ACS staff and foster care agencies on a variety of health-related topics, conducts research and performance assessments, and provides clinical expertise in developing health and mental health policies that support best case practice.
The Health Policy Intern will be a part of the OCFH team and engage in health policy work. She/he/they will work under the Director of Health Policy and Planning.
Responsibilities may include:
- Conducting and reporting findings from literature reviews for projects related to child and adolescent health;
- Updating health assessment tools and forms;
- Reviewing, and updating ACS medical and mental health policy and procedure manuals;
- Participating in agency-wide meetings, committees and workgroups to ensure that health care issues are incorporated into internal program design and policy development;
- Supporting health policy and program development initiatives;
- Performing other related duties, as appropriate.
Primary Location:
150 William Street, New York, New York 10038 but you should have the ability to work remotely.
Candidate Requirements:
- Graduate student with interest in and knowledge of health policy, child health, Medicaid policy, and/or adolescent sexual and reproductive health;
- Strong analytical, writing and communication skills;
- Ability to multitask while maintaining strong attention to detail;
- Ability to take initiative and work independently;
- Experience using Microsoft Office software, including: Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint;
- Time limited with an average of 8-10 hours per week
This position is unpaid, school credit and flexible hours may be available. Internship may be used as a fieldwork placement and/or practicum.
To Apply: Please email your cover letter and resume to Bianca Lopez, Director of Health Policy and Planning, Bianca.Lopez@acs.nyc.gov
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POSITION: Fall 2022 Research Fieldwork Opportunity