Internships, Projects, Research & Jobs
Hire Michigan Public Health Students for Internships, Projects, Research & Jobs
The Careers Office at the University of Michigan School of Public Health is available to support you in identifying opportunities for our talented students to contribute to the work of your organization through internships, projects, research, and job opportunities. Review the following engagement opportunities to consider which types of positions align with your organization's needs.
Once you have determined the types of positions you want to offer, our office can provide the following:
- Advice regarding developing a job description or posting
- Guidance on how to post your position in the Michigan Public Health Careers Gateway (our job board)
- Promotion of your posting to relevant student audiences through newsletters, email announcements, and features
Internships
Overview
Internships generally range from 10-40 hours per week and usually last 4-12 weeks. Internships should be overseen by a supervisor who can provide student interns with direction for their projects and who can meet with students regularly throughout the course of their internship.
- Undergraduate Students: While undergraduate students do not have an internship hours requirement, many are interested in engaging in public health internships during the summer after their junior year.
- Master of Public Health (MPH) Students: All residential MPH students are required to complete a minimum of 168 internship hours.
- MPH students in the Health Behavior & Health Equity department must complete a minimum of 252 internship hours.
- MPH students in the Health Management & Policy department must complete a 10 week full-time internship placement.
- Master of Health Services Administration (MHSA) Students: MHSA studentsmust complete a 10-week full-time internship placement.
- PhD Students: PhD students do not have an internship requirement. Students who are interested in using research skills within industry settings often pursue internship opportunities.
Below is a list of various projects that Michigan Public Health students have done for their internships:
- Collect and analyze health data
- Create health education materials
- Conduct research related to health impacts
- Design health assessment surveys
- Coordinate a clinical integration plan
- Identify areas for performance improvement
- Analyze and interpret surveillance results
- Develop GIS maps
- Engage in partner outreach
- Conduct a literature review
- Develop website and newsletter content
- Design community-based interventions
- Register study participants and administer surveys
- Whenever possible, we advise employers to provide some type of payment for student interns so that they can meet housing and food needs. This could be in the form of an hourly rate or a stipend.
- The School of Public Health does offer some funding opportunities for students, but these tend to have earlier deadlines. If you are planning to not provide payment, we recommend posting your summer internship positions by February so that students have the opportunity to apply for funding.
Posting
Follow the instructions on the Post Positions page. When entering "Type of Job," select "Undergrad Internship" or "Graduate Internship."
Projects
Overview
Projects provide Michigan Public Health students with the opportunity to apply their skills to a public health challenge or issue and support community-based organizations engaging in public health practice. Projects could range anywhere from 1 to 30 hours and could be completed during one day to over the course of a couple months.
- Undergraduate Students: While undergraduate students do not have a project requirement, many are interested in engaging in public health volunteer projects throughout the school year and summer month to explore various public health career fields and gain experience.
- Master of Public Health (MPH) Students: All MPH students are required to complete an Applied Practical Experience (APEx) in which they must work with a non-academic public health partner (non-profit organization, for-profit business doing work in health, government agency, or community group) to create two products or tangible deliverables, such as a questionnaire tool, evaluation report, or infographic.
- Health Management & Policy Students: All MHSA and MPH students in the Health Management & Policy Department complete a capstone project in which they work in consulting teams to help address key health services and health policy challenges at partner organizations.
Below is a list of various products (tangible deliverables) that MPH students have created to support the public health partners they worked with:
- Questionnaire Tool
- Evaluation Report
- Educational Materials
- Resource Guide
- Policy Brief
- Advocacy Toolkit
- Recommendations based on Data Analysis
- Lesson Plan
- Needs Assessment Analysis
- Interview Guide
- Training Manual
- Project Plan
- Grant Proposal
- Students often complete projects on a volunteer basis without payment in order to contribute to the mission of the organization and meet program requirements. If projects are completed as part of a summer internship, we recommend that the student is paid for the summer internship (see above).
Posting
Follow the instructions on the Post Positions page. When entering "Type of Job," select "Project or Volunteer Opportunity."
Research
Overview
Michigan Public Health students across all degrees often seek opportunities to contribute to research projects through both paid and unpaid opportunities. Using their training in data analysis, population health needs assessment, statistical modeling, survey design, health informatics, data collection, and additional research skills, Michigan Public Health students can provide valuable support in advancing quantitative and qualitative health research.
Posting
If you are a faculty member or research coordinator with opportunities for Undergraduate, Masters, or Doctoral Public Health students to contribute to your research, you are invited to post positions on our Careers Gateway by following the instructions on the Post Positions page.
- When entering "Type of Job," you can select from “Undergraduate Internship,” “Graduate
Internship,” “Part-time Job,” or “Project or Volunteer Opportunity.”
- If the research position is at least 10 hours per week and a total of at least 168 hours, you can select “Internship.”
- If the position is paid and less than 10 hours per week, you can select “Part-time Job.”
- If the research position less than 10 hours per week and unpaid, please select “Project or Volunteer Opportunity.”
Jobs
Overview
Michigan Public Health graduates across all degrees and departments offer impactful contributions to the companies and organizations where they are hired. We are especially interested in connecting with employers hiring entry-level positions for recent graduates. We can support you in connecting with qualified candidates and posting your positions in our Michigan Public Health Careers Gateway (job board).
Below is a list of various job titles for the positions that our graduates have received after completing their degrees at Michigan Public Health:
- Research Manager
- Clinical Research Coordinator
- Biostatistician
- Data Analyst
- Data Scientist
- Research Analyst
- Program Manager
- Project Coordinator
- Policy Analyst
- Strategy Analyst
- Consultant
- Patient Relations Manager
- Health Scientist
- Quality Manager
- Healthcare Analyst
- Wellness Coordinator
- Clinical Dietitian
- Industrial Hygienist
- Epidemiologist
- Health Data Coordinator
- Infection Preventionist
- Health Education Specialist
- Evaluation Researcher
- Communications & Program Coordinator
- Research Health Scientist
- Community Health Program Manager
Posting
Follow the instructions on the Post Positions page. When entering "Type of Job," select "Full-time Job" if the position requires an average of 32-40 hours per week or “Part-Time Job” if the position requires less than 30 hours a week.