Internship with HITLAB
Position Available: DELPHI Summer Internship Program 2016
About HITLAB:
HITLAB is an innovation and teaching lab dedicated to improving the quality and accessibility of healthcare worldwide. We help leading organizations ideate, create, and evaluate technology-based solutions to pressing healthcare challenges.
Our team of public health professionals, anthropologists, statisticians, clinicians, engineers, economists, strategists, and designers is determined to address healthcare needs across the globe. We work with a wide variety of stakeholders in both the public and private sectors to design and disseminate studies, programs, and products that improve healthcare access and delivery.
Position Overview:
The Developing Emerging Leaders in Public Health Initiative or DELPHI is designed to identify and develop the next generation of healthcare leaders. The DELPHI program offers emerging leaders an opportunity to work on applied research work in the digital health innovation space.
DELPHI interns work on HITLAB projects, which are funded by leading institutions in the healthcare industry and focused on the ideation, creation, evaluation and diffusion of digital health innovation. Responsibilities include support to our research studies, including outreach and communication with study sites/project sponsors, study participant recruitment and screening, drafting study materials (study protocols, questionnaires, moderation guide etc.), data collection, data entry and analysis, conducting literature reviews and other background research, and authoring/co-authoring grant proposals and scientific publications. Aside from exposure to live research grants, the Delphi intern will be provided training, feedback and mentorship on a monthly basis, in line with their career plans.
We are seeking highly motivated students who have a commitment to public health and are seeking to gain exposure to digital health research. The 3 month program is especially targeted towards students who are passionate about the meaningful use of technology in improving health outcomes and the access to healthcare. The right candidate will possess prior experience in the responsibility areas described above, a stellar academic record, excellent oral and written communication skills, the ability to work independently and in teams, and a strong interest digital health research.
Application Deadline:
Applications will be accepted through March 31st, 2016.
Requirements:
Delphi interns must be enrolled in a graduate program with 2+ years of work experience in a field relevant to science, healthcare, medicine, social science research and other similar subject areas.
Tenure:
The Delphi internship is a full-time 12-week program from late May-August 2016.
Hourly Rate:
$15-$17 an hour depending on work experience
How to apply:
Qualified candidates should email their resume and a letter of interest to hr@hitlab.org with the subject line – Delphi Intern
