Internship and fellowship postings as of January 11, 2023 - CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy

POSITION: College Assistant (part-time)

ORGANIZATION: CUNY SPH – Office of Admissions

CUNY SPH Office of Admissions seeks a part-time College Assistant to provide clerical and customer support for maximum of 10 hours per week, must be willing to work some evenings. The College Assistant reports to the Director of Admissions and will be responsible for:

Representing the school at recruitment events
Meeting with prospective students to answer questions about the application process and the school
Answering/transferring incoming calls
Providing assistance to Admissions Office staff
General office duties including photocopying, responding to inquiries, updating and maintaining recruitment materials
Assisting in setting up and organizing events
Qualification Requirements
Current CUNY SPH graduate student in an MPH or MS program.
Excellent customer service professional attitude and appearance.
The selected individual will be a “student ambassador” who must be knowledgeable about the School’s programs and curriculum.
Must be detail oriented and able to multi-task with strong communication skills.
The candidate must also be proficient in Microsoft Office.

To Apply: Submit Cover Letter and Resume to Meg Krudysz, the
Director of Admissions at Margaret.krudysz@sph.cuny.edu

To view the official posting click here

POSITION: College Assistant (part-time, hybrid)

ORGANIZATION: CUNY Graduate Center – Student Disability Services

Student Disability Services at the CUNY Graduate Center is seeking a College Assistant for 20 hours/week; between 8am and 6pm, Monday-Friday. Hourly Rate: $19.50/hour

This position supports the provision of legally mandated services to students with disabilities who require academic program modifications and accommodations and/or auxiliary aids and services for nondiscriminatory access to their Graduate Center academic and related programs, services, and activities. The position reports to the Manager of Student Disability Services, and includes the following specific responsibilities and duties:

1. Assists with the monitoring of assistive technology user areas and with managing loans of adaptive equipment to students; liaising with Information Technology to maintain and trouble-shoot assistive technology computer installations;
2. Assists in training staff in the use of assistive software (training the trainers), and, along with the SDS staff, provides orientation to student clients using new assistive technology; [Prior experience with assistance software is not required; should be comfortable learning software and equipment independently during work hours from tutorials, webinars, and workshops.]
3. Attends training sessions periodically provided by CUNY Assistive Technology Services (CATS);
4. Assists with coordination of examination accommodations, scheduling proctors, and serving as a proctor, as needed;
5. Assists with obtaining alternative format from publishers or production of alternative format by SDS staff for students with print disabilities, which necessitates clear communication with students, faculty, publishers, and staff;
6. Assists with the scheduling and deployment by SDS staff of ergonomic furniture and assistive devices for students with disabilities in their in-person classes, meetings, the library, and other degree-relevant activities at the Graduate Center;
7. Assists with coordination of readers and scribes; scheduling reader, scribe, and library services provided by SDS or library staff; and directly providing services to students with disabilities, as needed;
8. Assists with producing and disseminating guidelines, instructions, and other procedural / information documents to staff and students with disabilities, as well as updating the SDS website, as needed;
9. Assists with the scheduling of sign-language interpreting and real-time captioning (CART) services, as needed;
10. Assists with liaising with student organizations and student government representatives of students with disabilities and allies;
11. Other related tasks as may be assigned by the supervisor.

To Apply: Submit a resume and cover letter specifying your relevant qualifications, experience, and interest to CWilson1@gc.cuny.edu.

To view full job description posting, click here

POSITION: Internships (multiple positions) with HEP Free NYC

ORGANIZATION: NYC Health Department, Bureau of Communicable Disease, Viral Hepatitis Program (VHP)

NYC-VHP- HEP Free NYC has multiple internship openings! Intern Applicants must be Current Masters Student at CUNY SPH. Hours: 19 Hours/ week during academic semesters, up to 34 during winter/summer break Rate: $20/hour

The NYC Health Department, Bureau of Communicable Disease, Viral Hepatitis Program (VHP) works to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with Hep B and C in NYC. The Capacity Building unit within VHP administers multiple direct service programs through contracts with syringe exchange programs, community organizations, hospitals, and health centers. The Hep C Peer Navigation Program and the Check Hep B and C Patient Navigation Programs provide Hep C and B outreach, prevention, navigation through complete diagnostic testing and treatment, retention in care and reinfection prevention services throughout NYC. Hep Free NYC (hepfree.nyc) is a network building capacity to prevent, manage and treat hepatitis B and C in NYC. The coalition seeks to foster an inclusive collaboration among all stakeholders to advance hepatitis B and C awareness, screening, access to care, and vaccination through education, outreach, advocacy and support of research.

Click these POSITION TITLES below for full job description on these 3 internship openings:

Hepatitis Patient Navigation Intern : Assist with (1) planning ongoing meetings with navigators, taking notes, and following up on action items; (2) planning site visits with staff at contracted organizations throughout NYC (virtual or in-person as needed); (3) Help develop strategies to assist programs recruit patients and link them to care; (4) Support team in training and technical assistance activities for navigators (5) Track program activities and attendance in Salesforce (Partners Connect) (6) Assist with program materials updates To Apply: Send Resume and Cover Letter to Diana at ddiazmunoz@health.nyc.gov

Hepatitis Community Engagement and Events Intern will Assist with the following activities and tasks -(1) Provide support of community Hep B Coalition, Hep C Task force and Hep Free NYC committee activities, meetings and events by providing administrative support, coordinating logistics, developing materials, and support day-of/week-of efforts to ensure successful outcomes (2) Collaborate with NYC Health Department staff and hepatitis B and hepatitis C, harm reduction, and other partners to promote Hep Free NYC mission by planning and implementing projects (3) Support program evaluation activities, data collection, data entry, and analysis to prepare reports and recommendations (4) Engage our Hep Free NYC network community with newsletters and opportunities (5) Participate in internal and external meetings and support events. To Apply: Send Resume and Cover Letter to Sarah Ahmed at sahmed10@health.nyc.gov

Hepatitis Marketing/Digital Media Intern : Assist with the following activities and tasks -(1) Create digital content, including website posts, social media content, and other materials (2) Assist with promotion, measurement, and content of the website and social channels (posting, sharing, engaging, liking, increasing social reach and building meaningful connections, etc.) (3) Assist with communications aspects of meetings and events by creating promotional content, developing branded materials, and supporting day-of/week-of communications efforts to ensure a successful event (4) Assist with updating and drafting materials including fact sheets, post cards, brochures, and other communications materials with current campaign messaging (5) Assist in updating the media calendar and content for the campaign’s website (hepfree.nyc), social channels (@hepfreenyc) and printed marketing materials (6) Communicate in a professional, but unique social media “voice”; directly aligned with the Hep Free NYC and NYC Health Department thought leadership and content platform (7) Support data collection and analysis of the media performance (8) Monitor for and share news about hepatitis B and C (9) Identify opportunities for internal and external engagement To Apply: Send Resume and Cover Letter to Sarah Ahmed at sahmed10@health.nyc.gov

For more information, please visit the website for HEP Free NYC here.

POSITION: G-RISE Program Coordinator (part-time)

ORGANIZATION: CUNY-CCNY and Memorial Sloan Kettering (CCYN-MSK)

The Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE) at The City College of New York is a U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded program that seeks to diversify the pool of students who complete a Ph.D. degree in biomedical research fields and to prepare them for careers in the biomedical research workforce. This grant-funded program has an expected duration of 5 years beginning 5/01/20, with the potential for renewal.

G-RISE is recruiting candidates for a part-time Program Coordinator. Reporting to the Program Director and co-Program Director, the Program Coordinator’s primary tasks and responsibilities will include:

Administering the NIH G-RISE grant project, including on-boarding of personnel; processing of payments for personnel, stipends, research supplies, and professional travel; tracking of expenditures; assisting with financial planning;
Preparing and managing deadlines for periodic programmatic reports to the NIH (RPPR) and institutional officials;
Soliciting, coordinating and processing applications from prospective G-RISE trainees
Coordinating in-person and virtual meetings, research conferences and seminars, including audiovisual needs; assisting participants with travel arrangements; scheduling face-to-face and videoconference meetings and conference calls; ordering refreshments; planning agendas
Serving as liaison with G-RISE trainees, faculty mentors, Advisory Committees, research collaborators and Program Officials at CUNY and the NIH;
Serving as liaison with fiscal administrators on budgetary and administrative matters, including CCNY Grants Office, CUNY Research Foundation, and NIH;
Collecting and maintaining records on student recruitment, retention, academic performance, teaching experience, research progress, professional development, graduation, and job placement; liaising with the Project Evaluator.

Other Duties

Assisting with the preparation of external grant applications, supplements, and renewals;
Maintaining websites and updating brochures for G-RISE;
Maintaining G-RISE office area;
Performing other duties as assigned by the Director and co-Director

Qualifications

A Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a business or technical field, is required; related advanced degrees are welcome. Prior administrative experience supporting a senior-level executive, preferably in a higher education or non-profit environment, is highly recommended.

The ideal candidate will also have:

Knowledge of RFCUNY and/or CUNY purchasing and personnel procedures;
Proficiency with standard office software programs such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint; Adobe Acrobat for PDF creation and editing; InDesign; WordPress; e-mail distribution lists; Dropbox; Slack; and Internet usage;
Strong organizational ability, attention to detail, excellent written and verbal communication skills;
Ability to work well with faculty, high-level administrators, students and co-workers; prioritizing tasks under pressure of deadlines;
Initiative, self-starting ability, resourcefulness, sound judgment, professional demeanor;
Ability to work in-person and remotely, as appropriate.

Status: Part Time/ Hour(s) a week: 26.00

Annual Salary Range: $45,000.00 – $52,500.00

Closing Date: Feb 22, 2023 (Or Until Filled)

To view the official posting and apply click here

POSITION: VIA Task 4 (part time or full time)

ORGANIZATION: Columbia University / Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

The position is with Columbia University with scientific and financial support from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

Description: This position will support activities on funded research grants aimed at performing a systematic assessment of the health-related economic costs attributable to climate-sensitive events in New York City (NYC), with a special emphasis on equity and climate justice. This policy-relevant research task, which aims to better understand and quantify the economic valuation of climate-sensitive health outcomes, is part of an interdisciplinary, inter-institute project to understand the impacts of climate change on NYC.

The output of this project is to inform NYC about climate vulnerability and impact in order for the city to develop equitable adaptation strategies to mitigate potential climate harms. The task combines expertise in epidemiology, demography, statistical modeling, and economic valuation. The ideal candidate would have expertise in at least two of those areas, with a strong interest in collaborating on the others. Experience with climate change and health impacts assessments, health, environmental, and economic datasets, or innovative dataset linkage methods would be additional pluses. An interdisciplinary interest and desire to have a policy impact is essential.

Skills: Quantitative, computing skills needed (either STATA, R, SAS). Interest in climate and health. PhD (or on the way to one) in epi, related public health or social science. Work should start ASAP, can be part-time or full-time.

Any questions, please contact Matt Neidell <mn2191@cumc.columbia.edu> for additional information, or to express interest.

POSITION: Advance Program

ORGANIZATION: Goodwill

Goodwill’s Advance Program is a one-year job placement program for adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Goodwill provides services to participants residing in NYC with office locations in the Bronx and Harlem.

For more information on the program and the services please feel free to contact :

Program supervisor, Jason Ramirez JasonRamirez@goodwillny.org
Program manager, Josephine Quaye JQuaye@goodwillny.org

To view Advance Program Flier, click here

POSITION: Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH

ORGANIZATION: Icahn School of Medicine at The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS)

The successful candidate will work day-to-day with Dr. Xiaotao Zhang, an assistant professor at the Institute for Translational Epidemiology & Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Xiaotao Zhang’s Lab is looking for a postdoc fellow to work on pilot microbiome projects (e.g., shotgun metagenomics and metabolomics) projects within focus on the complex interplay between dietary intake, the gut microbiome, and chronic gastrointestinal (GI) diseases (Such as IBD and NAFLD/NASH) /GI cancer (such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and colorectal cancer), while gaining experience in computational methods and nutritional epidemiology.

Primary Responsibilities

The mentoring and training will be under the direction of Dr. Xiaotao Zhang, Assistant Professor. Under his leadership, the post-doctoral fellow will also collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team including public health experts, medical doctors, nutritionists, epidemiologists, and biostatisticians/modelers.

Implement and apply quantitative methods for analyzing epidemiologic and multi-omics data.
Intellectually lead and develop research findings into peer-reviewed manuscripts
Present and communicate results to group members, collaborators, and other local, national, and international scientific audiences.
Assist with grant proposal writing and submission.
Assist with other research-related tasks as needed.

Requirements:

A successful candidate will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, be self-motivated, independent and comfortable seeking and obtaining feedback from a large, multidisciplinary team of near-peers and colleagues
The ability to work well in a team and to manage numerous research studies simultaneously are required
Applicants with or soon to receive a doctoral degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, bioinformatics, computational biology, public health, or another analytical, related field are encouraged to apply. Experience analyzing microbiome data is a plus, but not required.
Candidate should have a record of original first-authored manuscripts in one or more of these areas, as well as excellent written and oral communication skills, strong quantitative/analytical research skills, experience using statistical software such as SAS, Python and R or other computer languages for both data management and analysis, and the ability to work well independently and as part of a team with collaborators.

The salary range for the role is $58,661.00 – $60,788.00 Annually.

Interested applicants can contact Dr. Xiaotao Zhang for any questions via email at: Xiaotao.Zhang@mountsinai.org

For more information about job application and description please visit the website.

To view the official posting click here

POSITION: Rashi Fein Internship in Health Policy

ORGANIZATION: National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI)

The Rashi Fein Internship in Health Policy seeks outstanding graduate students interested in promoting equitable access for all Americans to high quality, affordable, cost-effective health care. Students pursuing courses of study in health policy, health economics, public policy, social policy, or related subjects are urged to apply for this 12-week summer semester internship in Washington, DC*. Interns are paid at least $15/hr based on a 35 to 40-hour work week.

Eligibility of all internship programs requires applicants to be currently enrolled in a college or university at the start of the internship cycle. Depending on availability, placement opportunities for Fein interns may include assignments in the legislative, administrative or regulatory agencies of the federal government or private, not-for-profit organizations with interests in health policy. All are stakeholders, to varying degrees in, and with differing perspectives on, the health policy process. In filling out their applications, applicants are invited to express their interests in specific types of internship placements, which will be accommodated to the extent possible.

Fein Interns will be afforded the opportunity to:

Work with leading experts and officials who are recognized authorities on Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, public and private sector employee health benefits programs, health care financing, and related public and private health programs;
Gain valuable work experience;
Make professional contacts and network in their areas of interest; and
Discuss current policy issues and attend Congressional hearings.

Deadline: January 13, 2023

To view the official posting: Rashi Fein Internship in Health Policy – National Academy of Social Insurance (nasi.org)