Online Resources for the Health Professions

Most programs have more than one component, but the categories below reflect program emphasis. See individual web sites for details.

Research | Clinical | Community Medicine & Public Health | Dental Medicine | Healthcare Ethics | Veterinary Medicine | Under-represented Minority & Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds | General

Research

Programs with Multiple Sites

• National Institutes of Health  (NIH) - Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research.
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (National Science Foundation)

Individual Programs

• Albert Einstein School of Medicine - Summer undergraduate research program.
• American Heart Association - (Western States) Undergraduate Student Research Program.
• Baylor College of Medicine SMART Program
• Boston University REU Program
• Bristol-Myers Squibb*
• Chester Summer Scholars Program Cleveland, Ohio
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital - Undergraduate Summer Internship.
• Cirrus - Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities.
• Drexel University (Formerly MCP Hahnemann), Summer Research Program
• Hartford Hospital Summer Student Research Fellowship - Residency, Internship & Fellowship Programs.
• The Health Sciences and Technology (HST) Summer Institute
• Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York City, Summer Fellowships in Orthopaedic Bioengineering
• Indiana University School of Medicine - Undergraduate Summer Biomedical Research Program.
• Lankenau Summer Internship Program (Philadelphia)
• Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology - Washington University in St. Louis.
• Mayo Clinic - Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
• Morehouse School of Medicine - Neuroscience Institute Summer Research Program.
• Mount Sinai - Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
• National Center for Ethics - Follow the link to information on summer opportunities through this center.
• National Kidney Foundation of CT*
• NSF/REU: Work, Consumption & Nutrition in Central Mexico
• NYU School of Medicine - Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
• Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
• Pfizer Inc. - Summer Internship Program.
• Rockefeller University - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
• Roswell Park Cancer Center*
• Sloan-Kettering Institute - Summer Research Internship Program.
• University of California San Diego/Mental Health & Aging Research Internship
• University of Cincinnati College of Medicine - Summer Internship.
• University of Iowa - Summer Undergraduate Research Programs.
• UMDNJ Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Program for NJ Students
• University of Massachusetts Medical Center - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
• University of Minnesota - Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
• University of Pennsylvania - Summer Undergraduate Internship Program.
• University of Pennsylvania/Undergraduate Scholars Program: NIH Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Disease
• University of Rochester - Strong Children's Research Center Summer Training Program.
• University of Texas-Houston - Summer Research Program.
• University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
• University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

Clinical

• AIDS Health Project
• Albert Einstein Medical Center Pre-Med Program, Philadelphia PA
• Arizona Heart Institute/Cardiovascular Summer Students Program
• Bellevue Hospital Center - Project Health Care, NY NY (Click here for a Princeton Review of this Internship)
• Children's Hospital Boston
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Frontier Nursing Service - Courier Program, Wendover, KY.
• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Healthcare Career Track Program.
• Long Island Jewish Medical Center
• National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders*
• National Women's Health Network Internships
• New York Presbyterian Hospital (Westchester), Practicum in Mental Health
• New York University School of Medicine/Center for Immigrant Health
• Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/Summer Clinical Internship
• University of Texas at Houston/Summer Biomedical Engineering Internship

Community Medicine and Public Health

• ACT-UP New York
• Agency for Health Care Research and Quality - (AHRQ) Summer Intern Program.
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - (ATSDR) Summer Internship
• AIDS Healthcare Foundation
• Alliance For Health Reform
• American Cancer Society
• American Medical Student Association/International Health Opportunities
• American Public Health Association/International Health Internship
• Amigos de las Americas
• Boston Health Care for the Homeless
• Carter Center
• Center for Studying Health System Change*
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) - Summer Student Employment Program.
• Charles B. Wang Community Health Center/NYC
• Child Family Health International
• Council on International Education Exchange (CIEE)
• Cross-Cultural Solutions - Cross-Cultural Solutions is an independent, non-religious 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that employs volunteer humanitarian action to empower local communities, foster cultural sensitivity and understanding, and contribute grassroots solutions to global challenges.
• Education as a Vaccine Against AIDS - Offers full-year, semester, and summer internships working with Nigerian youth in health education.
• Engineering World Heath (EWH) Summer Institute/Duke University
• Experiential Learning Abroad
• Families USA
• Foundation for Sustainable Development
• Gay Men's Health Crisis
• Global AIDS Alliance
• Global AIDS Action Network
• Global Service Corps
• Global Health Ministry - Work in distressed urban areas and villages throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Global Volunteers
• The Hastings Center for Bioethics
• Haitian Ministries/Diocese of Norwich
• Health Management and Policy Summer Enrichment Program - University of Michigan School of Public Health
• Health Volunteers Overseas
• Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools
• Institute for Diversity in Health Management
• Institute for International Cooperation and Development
• International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
• International Honors Program: Health and Community (BU/Study Abroad)
• International Medical Volunteers Association
• Institute for Central American Development Studies (ICADS) - Summer internship program in Costa Rica.
• Kaiser Family Foundation*
• Lutheran Social Services of New England
• Minority Access Internship Program - Paid internships with the federal government and elsewhere.
• Minority International Research Training - Programs.
• National Association of People with AIDS
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Student Research Program.
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• National Mental Health Association - Internship Program
• National Women's Health Network
• Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center
• New York City Department of Health - Health Research Training Program.
• Operation Smile - Provides reconstructive surgery and related healthcare in developing countries and US.
• Organization for Tropical Studies
• Our Bodies Our Selves/Boston Women's Health Book Collective
• Physicians for Human Rights
• Physicians for Social Responsibility
• Project Health
• Remote Area Medical
• San Francisco Community Health Corps
• Society of Toxicology - Student Research Internships in Toxicology
• Swasthya Community Health Partnership - Sringeri, India.
• Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics*
• Stop HIV/AIDS in India
• Students Partnership Worldwide (SPW) - Volunteer opportunities in India, Nepal, South Africa, Zimbabwe and more.
• Summer Program in Quantitative Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health
• Uganda Village Project/IFMSA
• Visions in Action
• World Health Organization

Dental Medicine

• University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine - Summer Fellowship.

Healthcare Ethics

• AMA Ethics Standards Group/Summer Internship
• SUNY Upstate/Center for Bioethics and Humanities
• The Hastings Center
• Undergraduate Internships in Bioethics (courtesy of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities)

Under-represented Minority and Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds

Programs with Multiple Sites

• Minority International Research Training - (MIRT) Programs.
• Summer Medical and Dental Education Programs - (SMDEP) At eleven locations throughout the country.

Individual Programs

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine Student Summer Research Opportunity Program
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Hispanic Center of Excellence Summer Undergraduate Mentorship Program
• American Society for Microbiology - (ASM) Minority Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
• Biomedical Research Apprentice Program - Washington University in St. Louis.
• Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - Health Careers Enhancement Program for Minorities (HCEM).
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)/Public Health Summer Fellows Program/Office of Minority Health
• Center for Multicultural Affairs, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• Cornell University Medical College Gateways to the Laboratory
• Cornell University Medical College Travelers Summer Research Fellowship
• Creighton University - Summer Research Training Program.
• Drexel University College of Medicine/Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
• Dental Medicine Pipeline Projects
• Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology -Created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical and behavioral scientists from minority groups, through a Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) grant that involves a variety of programs and activities.
• Hartford Hospital Summer Student Research Fellowship
• Harvard Medical School - Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program.
• Harvard School of Public Health - Undergraduate Internship Program for Minority Students.
• Howard University - Barbara Jordan Congressional Scholars Program, Health Policy
• Mayo Clinic
• Marquette University School of Dentistry - Summer Science Enrichment Program.
• Michigan State College of Veterinary Medicine Vetward Bound Programs
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• NYU School of Medicine - Minority Undergraduate Summer Research Program.
• Partnership for Minority Advancement in the Biomolecular Sciences - Lists summer internships throughout the U.S.
• Stanford School of Medicine - Health Careers Opportunity Program.
• Stanford University Health Careers Opportunity Program
• SUNY Downstate/Brooklyn Summer Research Program
• Temple University School of Dentistry
• Tufts University - Summer Research Program for Undergraduate Minority Students.
• UCLA Prep
• University of Cincinnati - Summer Premedical Enrichment Program.
• University of Connecticut Health Center Med/Dent Prep Programs
• University of Maryland - Fogarty Minority International Research Training, Mali.
• University of Massachusetts Medical Center - NIH Research Fellowship.
• University of Michigan Health Services Management - Summer Enrichment Program.
• University of Michigan School of Dentistry - Pipeline/Profile for Success Programs.
• University of Missouri-Columbia Gateways to Veterinary Medicine Program - Summer Fellowships.
• University of Pennsylvania Summer - Pre-Med Enrichment Program.
• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - Summer Premedical Academic Enrichment. Program.
• University of Utah - Summer Research Opportunity Program.

* = No formal internship program. You should contact this organization and ask about internship possibilities.

Veterinary Medicine

• Academy of Rural Veterinarians
• New England Wildlife Center Internships
• Operation Wallacea
• Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine - Adventures in Veterinary Medicine.
• University of Vermont/Animal Science Internship
• Wolf Park - A non-profit research and education facility.

General Resources

• MedHunters.com - Jobs in healthcare; valuable advice on the job search; entertaining and informative stories about healthcare professionals and issues in healthcare.