Diversity in Pharmacoepidemiology Summer Internship Program - Application Deadline

Have a career interest in public health or medicine? Looking for more resume-boosters before graduating?

The Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) invites rising college senior students to participate in an eight-week summer internship program that provides training and skills development in public health research about prescription medications. The long-term goal of the program is to assist students whose backgrounds have historically been underrepresented in biomedical and clinical research to build necessary skills for their career interests in public health, medicine and other related fields. The Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics brings together researchers with expertise in medicine, epidemiology, biostatistics, health services research, economics, legal, regulatory and the social sciences to evaluate the effectiveness of prescription drugs in relation to their risks and costs, to study how medications are prescribed by physicians and used by patients, to develop methods to optimize prescription drug use, and to understand how medicines are approved and regulated after their marketing.

In this program, interns will be involved in experimental and didactic learning through journal clubs, guest presentations, and auditing summer courses offered by faculty at Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health and at other Harvard venues. Interns will also be required to complete a summer capstone research project under the supervision of their matched faculty member and will have the opportunity to represent their project at national research conferences. 

The program will run from Monday, June 20th, 2024 - Friday, August 2nd, 2024. Rising senior undergraduate students who self-identify as Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander are especially encouraged to apply.

What are the benefits?

• Summer Stipend: $5000 over the 8-week course (aprox. $625/week)
• Housing & Travel Funds: Additional fund will be provided to cover travel to and from Boston.
• Technology/Equipment: Interns will be issued a temporary BWH laptop for their work duties.

Want to apply? Please apply through their application form. No letter of recommendation or prior research experience is required. The application deadline is on February 16th, 2024, 5:00 PM AZ Time.

Questions? Reach out to the Program Coordinator at pharmacoepi_intern@bwh.harvard.edu.