IPHS Internship Opportunities

Interested in research or public health as a future career? Consider applying for an IPHS internship!

Prior Intern Feedback

“I also gained a better understanding of different careers in medicine/public health and opportunities to pursue research later in my career“

“Working on the grant proposal in general [was helpful], but especially working with the budget and timeline was helpful to get experience with the nitty gritty aspects of grant proposals.“

“I found the weekly journal clubs very helpful. I now feel more comfortable talking about research even if I am not a professional in the area.”

“I learned a lot about how to interpret observational and clinical studies and understand the different parts of them like the methods, results, and limitations”

“I think IPHS did a great job of giving responsibility to interns and allowing for some independence in that respect“

“Learning about the grant process and getting to go through all the steps (LOI, drafting, making the charts, cleaning) was really interesting and something I had not done before”

“I learned how to break down and identify important components of clinical and observation research studies. I also learned the importance of team efforts in a project[…]“

Summer 2025 Internship

Accepting applications on a rolling basis until May 4, 2025. Application can be found here or on Handshakes.

Please take a look at a detailed internship description below:

Job description

The Institute for Population Health Sciences is looking for interns for Summer Semester 2025 who are interested in public health, research and/or community engagement.

This position will be mostly remote with relatively flexible hours. Internship will be held between Monday, June 2 through Friday August 29th. Students who have completed at least two years of college with an interest in these areas are welcome to apply. Graduate students are encouraged to apply, especially those interested developing research and grant writing skills for their own careers. 

Interns will be working 30-35 hours a week within one or more of the areas below based on interest and prior expertise:

  • Grant writing and development for both private & government funders including seeking 
  • Developing social media posts and schedules for IPHS, including public facing communication about pressing population health issues
  • Creation of information materials on common health questions such as cancer screening, nutrition, mental health, cardiometabolic condition, violence prevention, social determinants of health, and etc for public distribution
  • Connecting with local Chicago and IL community programs
  • Assistance with public health database development and data cleaning

Ideal candidates should have:

  • Experiences in health equity, community development, and other topics within population health and health care
  • Core prior courses in quantitative and qualitative research methodology
  • Prior experiences in scientific publication, research reports and scientific presentations
  • Prior experiences in grant writing (federal, state and foundation grants)
  • Skilled social media and marketing experiences to promote organizational mission
  • Entrepreneurial in spirit, interested in helping expand reach of a new non for profit organization
  • Strong organizational skills to provide administrative support, attention to granular details in tasks and empathetic communicators

What interns can gain from IPHS:

  • Flexibility in adapting role for professional development or course credit
  • Mentorship and data available for students interested in publishing academic abstracts or manuscripts
  • Opportunities to learn more about public health work including hot topics in health, different career pathways for research and health sciences, and principles of community engagement
  • Ability to get ‘hands on’ experience and work directly with President and board members during the initial development years and more. 

Interns will receive a stipend of $2,000 on the satisfactory completion on this program. Interns using this program to satisfy school credit are not eligible for this stipend. 

Please apply with a resume and a brief [<250 words] cover letter/Statement of interest so we can learn more about your interest in the position and why you believe you would be a good fit for this program.