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College of Public Health Summer Undergraduate Research Program The College of Public Health will participate in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Selected students will be employed during the summer months for a 10 week period at full-time status (40 hours per work week), the dates to be determined by the supervisor in consultation with the student. A stipend of $3,000 will be provided to each student for their 10 week course of work. Interested students should apply by March 1. Notification of selection will be made by April 30. The College of Public Health has a wide array of programs and projects in which students may be interested. Below, please find short descriptions for each of the opportunities available for the summer of 2008. Applications for the summer internship should be submitted through the university’s application process which can be found at http://www.unmc.edu/dept/summerresearch. Be sure to include the name of the Department, Center, or Program for which you are applying on the application. For further information on any of these opportunities, contact Dr. Toby Schonfeld at 402-559-2921 or tschonfeld@unmc.edu. For general information or application assistance, please contact Debra Baer at 402-559-4325 or dbaer@unmc.edu Rural Health Education Network The summer internship will complement the mission of the Rural Health Education Network (RHEN)/Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Program Office by enhancing relationships with agencies that can benefit from the experience of UNMC students engaging in service learning experiences coupled with healthcare education & outreach to impact the under-represented populations. The summer intern will be based at UNMC's RHEN office working with communities on: increasing awareness of service learning and recruiting health profession students into service learning projects, building needs assessment tools for communities to aid in pilot projects focused on health, health promotion/wellness, coordinating partnerships with local agencies/offices, coordinating focus groups with community partners to collaborate with UNMC students and faculty, bringing meaningful projects to under served communities/populations, acting as liaison between community partner and students to coordinate programs and evaluating program and providing outcomes data. The Rural Health Education Network also has opportunities for data analysis/interpretation of RHEN/AHEC existing programs. Humanities and Law The Humanities and Law faculty of the Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health maintain a summer internship opportunity in health care ethics and the medical humanities. This internship is particularly appropriate for students majoring in the humanities with an interest in health care and for those science and pre-med majors who want to learn more about integrating ethics and the humanities into medical care. Interns will work on a variety of projects to assist the faculty with research programs
in humanities and law. This year’s projects include:
Interns are encouraged to suggest a particular area of interest or project they would like to pursue while with the section. Every effort will be made to accommodate these preferences. Center for Biopreparedness Education The Center for Biopreparedness Education (CBE) is a unique organization affiliated with
the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) College of Public Health. It was founded by Nebraska Health and Human
Services and the two infectious disease divisions at UNMC and Creighton University Medical Center. The CBE has applied
technological advances to biopreparedness and pandemic influenza preparedness. Students interested in biopreparedness,
pandemic influenza preparedness or all hazards preparedness and training with the Center for Biopreparedness Education
may select one of the following internship opportunities:
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