Application Cycle: CLOSED
APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 15, 2010
The Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention (DUIP), located within the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), seeks a summer intern to assist with initiatives to prevent unintentional prescription drug overdose deaths.
The selected intern will work closely with subject matter experts in DUIP to:
- Establish a scientific compendium of effective or promising strategies to reduce unintentional prescription drug overdose deaths. Specifically, the intern will scan medical and behavioral science literatures to glean the “best practices” in building and supporting the infrastructure necessary to reduce prescription drug overdose.
- Assist the Division in developing a plan to tackle the problem, be it through additional research, surveillance, public health authority, or enforcement.
- Explore partnerships in the medical, public health, drug enforcement, and prescription drug industry that would lead to effective prevention programs and policies.
- Identify the “effective components” of existing State programs, services, and policies that address the reduction of prescription drug overdose episodes.
- Draft a set of recommendations that will comprise the foundation for DUIP’s efforts to prevent drug overdoses.
- Assist the Division in developing Funding Opportunity Announcements in this field
- Draft an article for submission to a scholarly journal
- Present the findings to a Division- or Center-wide audience
The intern will also have the opportunity to learn from leading experts in the field of public health and at CDC, and will develop skills in emerging approaches to reduce these rising public health threats. Intern will have an opportunity to use their experiences to be a co-author on an article for publication.
Desired Skills and Knowledge
- The ability to identify, synthesize, and report medical and scientific and behavioral science findings;
- Strong writing skills;
- Willingness to travel, if necessary.
Preference will be given to candidates who have experience with prescription drug monitoring programs, surveillance, or state programs that address drug overdose. Candidates who attended the CDC symposium on Drug Overdose Deaths or Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs would also be good candidates.
Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants must:
- Be current students of one of the following professions:
- Pharmacy – Must be a PharmD student in their second or third year.
- Nursing – Nursing student must have completed their bachelors degree and must be currently enrolled in an advance practice nursing education program, such as a MSN, PhD, DNP.
- Medicine or Preventive Medicine – Must be a medical student in their second or third year.
- Public Health—Must have specialization or experience in Epidemiology or drug monitoring.
- Be either a U.S. Citizen, non-citizen national, or foreign national possessing a visa permitting permanent residence in the U.S. (Alien Registration or “Green Card”). Student visas
and temporary work visas do not qualify.
Expected Benefits
The candidate will learn skills and meet professionals who have an interest reducing the prescription drug overdose problem. The candidate will be exposed to CDC’s research and professional judgment, partners, and strategies as a means to improve the candidate’s acumen in the field. A publication resulting from the work is desirable, with the candidate as a co-author.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 15, 2010
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