HCHDS Summer Internship Program

The Summer Internship program at the HCHDS accepts students from the Diversity Summer Internship Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as well as the Research Initiatives for Student Enhancement (RISE) Program at The Kennedy Krieger Research Institute.

The Diversity Summer Internship Program is a summer program for minority high school and undergraduate students to participate in research and academic activities within the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Students receive mentoring from public health faculty and senior level staff. Applications come from high school students and teachers from science departments in Baltimore area schools, and from undergraduate students from universities throughout the country (commonly minority serving institutions). The application includes a written statement of goals and interests, two letters of recommendation, and transcripts. Student research interests are matched with faculty mentors at the center, who then assign them projects and provide supervision as well as mentoring. At the end of the eight weeks, each student produces a technical report that summarizes his/her summer experience.

The Research Initiatives for Student Enhancement (RISE) program is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded program. RISE helps to promote professional development, research, training and education for racial and ethnic minority graduate, nursing, and medical students who focus on research experiences in the field of public health. Students will have the opportunity to participate in a mentored research experience with faculty at the Kennedy Krieger Institute as well as HCHDS faculty. The RISE program offers a rewarding experience for graduate students with a GPA 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale.

For more information on the Diversity Summer Internship Program.

For more information on the Research Initiatives for Student Enhancement (RISE) Program.

If you are interested in applying to one of these programs and would like more information on how to work directly with the HCHDS faculty members please contact: Roland Thorpe at rthorpe@jhsph.edu or 443-287-5297.

2010 HCHDS Summer Interns

• Randall Bridgeforth: Randall is a Junior Sociology major currently attending Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. He will be working this summer on a project titled, "Exposure to Marriage on Adolescent Behavior."
• Deja Cobbs: Deja is a Senior at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland. She is currently working towards her degree in Psychology. She will be working this summer on a research project titled, "Marital Quality and Mortality in the African American Community."
• Natieka Tashana Green: Natieka is a Junior at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is currently a Kinesiotherapy Major with Minors in Political Science, International Relations and Psychology. This summer she will be working on a research project titled, "Exploring Health Disparities in Integrated Communities (EHDIC): Is Social Mobility Related to Subjective or Mental Health in a Racially Integrated Community?"
• Nekeshia McInnis: Nekeshia is a senior currently attending the University of Florida. She is a Health Science Major and her research interests include: epidemiology, health disparities and global health (international development). She will be working this summer on a project titled, "Childhood and Adulthood Emotional Health."
• Ashante Reese: Ashante is currently attending American University in Washington, DC. She will be starting her second year in the fall and is working to obtain her PhD in Anthropology. Her research interests include: spirituality, religion, health disparities, increasing rates of type II diabetes in adolescents, HIV prevention and women's reproductive rights/health. Ashante will be examining the impact of religiosity on health outcomes and behaviors this summer.