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Summer Internship
Application Deadline March 16th

The Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) and its two operating arms, the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) and Health Careers Futures (HCF), develop and manage programs, research, training, and grantmaking to perfect patient care.

We are currently recruiting graduate students interested in innovations in healthcare delivery, policy, and patient safety for our 10-week paid summer internship opportunities.

JHF’s 2014 summer interns (L-R): Gandha Kinikar, Daniel Radin, Matthew Caplan, Kara Rogan, Samuel Kelly, Erica Ciesielski, Victor Talisa, Mariel McMarlin, Avigail Oren, Deepan Kamaraj, MD, Nupur Desai. (Not pictured: Meredith Hughes)

ELIGIBILITY
Current students in graduate programs including but not limited to:

Policy & Law
Public Health
Medicine
Computer Science
Business
Education
Social Work
Health Administration
Nursing
Rehabilitation
Biostatistics

TO APPLY
Please complete the online application, including submission of a personal statement, resume, and letter of reference. Please indicate up to 3 projects that interest you on the application form.

For questions and more information, please contact Nancy Zionts, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Program Officer.

GOALS
As an intern you will:

gain exposure to JHF, PRHI, and HCF,
learn PRHI's Perfecting Patient Care ^SM(PPC) quality improvement methodology for health professionals,
contribute to team projects (preliminary list below), and
present your experience to the staff and Boards.

DATES
June 1 - August 6
(Mondays through Thursdays)
8:30 am - 5:00 pm

TIMELINE
March 16: application deadline
March 10 - 31: candidate interviews
April 6: acceptance notification
June 1 - 12: orientation and PPC training
June 15 - August 6: interns work with mentors and contribute to selected projects
August 3 - 6: final presentations to staff and Board

INTERNSHIP PROJECT POSITIONS (list in development)

Patient Safety Fellowship Program
Minority AIDS Initiative
Communications
Long-Term Care and RAVEN Initiative
Tomorrow's HealthCare^TM Online Knowledge Network
Data Analysis for the Primary Care Research Center (PCRC) Project
HPV Vaccination Outreach and Activism
Aging Environmental Scan
Predictive Modeling and Prevention of Admissions to Nursing Facilities and Hospitals
Community Health Worker Policy Research and Program Design
Addressing Campus Rape and Sexual Violence

APPLICATION DEADLINE MARCH 16TH