Public health agencies have informed the College of the following internship opportunities. If the internship opportunity description references a 'sponsored position,' the student must complete a Sponsored Internship Application Form found here.

Graduate Internships

Tucson Bicycle and Pedestrian Program - Tucson Department of Transportation.  Posted 09/05/08.

Health Education and Retinal Screens for Eye Disease - Mobile Health Program, Family/Community Medicine, College of Medicine.

Health Education and Group Prenatal Care - Mobile Health Program, Family/Community Medicine, College of Medicine.

Senior Wellness Strategies - Mobile Health Program, Family/Community Medicine, College of Medicine.

Behavioral Health Administration - Pascua Yaqui Tribe.

Points of Dispensing Project - Maricopa County Department of Public Health.

Lay Health Advisor Train-the-Trainer Breast Health Education Project - Arizona Department of Health Services

AZ Health Disparities Research & Planning - ADHS

Analysis of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) - ADHS

Health Start Lay Health Worker Training Curriculum - ADHS

Well Woman HealthCheck Program - ADHS

Professional Training Opportunity for US Students in Quebec - The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars together with the Government of
Quebec

Thailand Program Staff Internship in Singuburi, Thailand - Global Service Corps

VIHSTA Interprofessional Internship Program in Chinle or Nogales ---- application

Summer Intern Program - application - AHCCCS

Researcher - Men's Health Network (MHN)

Tucson Community Alcohol Policy and Prevention Internship - Pima County

Visionary Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Training in Arizona (VIHSTA) - Interdisciplinary Team Internship in Chinle or Nogales.  Housing and stipend available.

Breastfeeding Program Intern - Navajo National WIC Nutrition Program.

Evaluation of the implementation of a new benefit for persons with a developmental disability in Pima County - Department of Economic Security.

Maternal and Child Health Information Resource Center Graduate Sudent Internship Program

Provide technical assistance to states and localities while receiving training in a real-world MCH environment. Take the opportunity to address specific, defined data or analytic issues as part of the efforts of states, counties and cities to develop or enhance their MCH and Children with Special Health Care Needs information systems. Focus in any of three critical areas of MCH epidemiology: data analysis and monitoring, needs assessment, and program evaluation. Enhance the capacity of MCH agencies in collecting, analyzing, and using data for planning and policy making.

Project areas include data analysis and monitoring, needs assessment, and program evaluation.  $5000 stipend.  Materials found in the Office of Student Services.  Application deadline 02/15/08.

Public Health Reports (PHR) is the official journal of the United States Public Health Service. The Journal publishes six times annually on subjects of public health importance to the Nation. The editor of PHR is offering an internship of rich experience for students of public health. The selected student-intern will apply his/her classroom knowledge and skills to real-life public health situations through assistance to the editor on most aspects of Journal production. $6000 stipend.  Application deadline 02/28/08.

Evaluation of Arizona Nutrition Network Programs in Low-Income Tucson Schools - Arizona Nutrition Network. Posted 10/19/07.

MCH Data Project - Mobile Health Program, contact Dr. Doug Taren at taren@email.arizona.edu.

Assessment of the Involvement of Small Rural Hospitals in Health Information Technology Initiatives - Rural Health Office, contact Professor Alison Hughes at ahughes@u.arizona.edu for more information.  Posted 9/20/07.

Assessment of Rural Health Clinics in the State To Determine the Readiness of Non-Rural Health Clinics to Seek the Designation - Rural Health Office, contact Professor Alison Hughes at ahughes@u.arizona.edu for more information.  Posted 9/20/07.

Health Department Epidemiologist (internship or job possibility) - Cochise County Health Department.  Posted 9/20/07.

Assessment of Sub-Saharan Africa Health Facilities, Identification of Key Stake Holders , Assessing Gaps and Recommending Courses of Action (sponsored position) - Health & Welfare Ministries of the Global Ministries, United Methodist Church.

Internship Projects to be Defined (sponsored positions)- Arizona Health Education Centers (AHEC).

HOPE Partnership (Health Observances & Public Education) Focus Groups & Activities - Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center, Community Outreach and Education Core (COEC).

Health Education and Retinal Screenings for Eye Disease in People with Diabetes in Rural Areas:  Impact on Public Health - Mobile Health Program.

LGBTQ Health Promotions (2 positions) - Wingspan

Nicaragua Health Promoter Program Evaluation - Doctors for Global Health

Training Youth to Conduct Participatory Action Research (PAR) - The Youth Action Research Institute (YARI) of the Institute for Community Research (ICR)

Campus Internships - Inter Tribal Council of Arizona

Online Course Development for Health Promotion Resource Center (OHPRC) - The University of Arizona, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Needs Assessment Research and Policy Planning - Quality of Life and Care Alliance

Public Health Specialist, Humanitarian Response - Oxfam America

Program Evaluation - Tucson Family Advocacy Program

Disease Management and Health Promotion Program Development - University Physicians Health Plans

Promoting Prescription Drug Safety in Community Settings - Arizona Center for Education & Research on Therapeutics (Arizona CERT) at The Critical Path Institute.

Tohono O’odham Nation Cancer Awareness Project

Health Promotion/Education Targeting Migrant Farmworkers - Health promotion work targeting Spanish-speaking farmworkers on the migrant labor camps.

AHCCCS Summer Internship Program.  Application deadline - late March.

Tribal Academic Practice Partnership - 3 paid internships working with either San Carlos Apache, Tohono O'odham, or Navajo Nations

Community Nutrition Program Evaluation - IHS, Chinle Service Unit
A stipend and housing are available!

Undergraduate Internships

Congressional Internship - District 7, Congressman Raul Grijalva. Application.

Employee Wellness Program Intern (Spring, Summer and Fall 2008 openings) - Pima County.  Posted 11/27/07.

Mayor's Global Alliance for Community Wellness - Tucson Mayor's Office.  Posted 10/2/07.

LGBTQ Health Promotions (2 positions) - Wingspan

Well-U and Farmer's Market projects - Campus Health

Cancer Information and Services Volunteer in the Quality of Life Department - American Cancer Society

Canyon Ranch Wellness Intern - paid internship at fabulous Canyon Ranch

Links to Ongoing Internship Programs

US State Department Internships

http://careers.state.gov/student/programs/student_internships.html