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Graduate Student Internship Program

The deadline for applications has passed. Please check back in fall 2012 for information on  next year's internship offerings.

MCHB sponsors the Graduate Student Internship Program (GSIP) to enhance students' skills in data analysis, promote training in MCH epidemiology, and to provide assistance to state and local health agencies with data-related projects. This program provides graduate students with the opportunity to address specific, defined data or analytic issues to assist state and local health agencies in developing their MCH/Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) information systems.

The GSIP offers 12-week internships in state or local health departments. Student interns are paid a stipend of $5,000 for the summer, and will be required to submit a final report at the conclusion of their internships.

Internship projects are focused in these three critical areas of: Data Analysis and Monitoring, Needs Assessment, and Program Evaluation.

  • Data Analysis and Monitoring. Monitoring of diseases, injuries, and health conditions for their frequency, risk factors, consequences, and health service requirements, and analysis of epidemiological data sets are some of the projects included in this area. For example, an intern in Missoula County, Montana analyzed family case management data from nearly 20 years to look at preconception obesity rates by age, marital status, race ethnicity, and area of residence.
  • Needs Assessment. Projects in this area include the systematic analysis, assessment, and projection of health needs and resources in a given population or community. In 2010, a GSIP intern created a presentation on asthma management by analyzing the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data.
  • Program Evaluation. This area includes the monitoring, collection, and analysis of data to determine the effectiveness or outcomes of a particular program or project. An intern developed an evaluation plan to describe how to determine the effectiveness of processes and outcomes of the Montana State Public Health Home Visiting Program.