Field Experience and Internship Opportunities

 

The Oregon MPH Program posts announcements it receives as a courtesy to our students.  All field experience opportunities should be checked with students' advisors to ensure appropriateness with courses of study.  This is for informational purposes only and does not represent and endorsement. 

For more information on Field Experience (Internship/Organizational Experience) please go to the Field Experience Page.  Information is also found in the Student Handbooks.  Additionally, the OMPH Program Office has a comprehensive database that contains data on field experience sites utilized by students. The database contains information about field experience sites including: agency background information, contact information, specialty track(s) served, and the number of students placed each year. Students at all of the collaborative universities can request access to this database from the Program Office by contacting the Program Coordinator, Alison Schneiger at alison@oregonmph.org.

Posted 03/08/12

  • Florence Melton Adult Mini-School/Morasha Community Alliance for Jewish Education is seeking a program development intern. For more information, e-mail learn@meltonportland.org

  • Sunshine Division Seeks Development; Volunteer Coordinator Intern. For more information, e-mail Kristi@sunshinedivision.org

  • The Development Department at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is seeking a Gala Intern. For more information, click here.

  • The Oregon College of Art and Craft is recruiting a Grants Management Intern! For more information, click here.

  • Cultural Vistas (formerly CDS International and AIPT) is currently accepting applications for the Émigré Memorial German Internship Program - German State Parliaments (EMGIP).For more information, click here.

  • Academic credit available for a graduate student who can conduct quantitative data analyses for a research project on international adoption. We are looking for a graduate student with strong quantitative skills to conduct analysis of national data set with complex sampling, SAS is preferred. This project is not yet funded, but could provide opportunities for academic credit, co-authorship on a manuscript and could also be a good thesis or dissertation project.  If interested please contact Matt Carlson at carlsonm@pdx.edu

  •  Solar Oregon is seeking an intern. For more information, click here.

  • B*tch Media seeks Development Intern. For more information, click here.

  • AHRQ has Summer Internships. For more information, click here.

  • In Other Words Feminist Community Center is seeking leadership positions on their Development Committee. Please send your resume and interests to Julie at julie@inotherwords.org.

  • MPH Student Intern Position with Safe Kids Oregon/Oregon Public Health Division. For more information, click here.

  • The Healthy Environment section of the Oregon Public Health Association is soliciting essays for publication during Public Health Week, April 2-8, 2012. We are looking for essays that are informative and thought provoking and call attention to an issue of health and the environment. Please send your essay to Tom Engle at tsengle@frontier.com  

  • Upstream Public Health is seeking an intern. For more information, click here.

  • SCRAP seeking an intern for strategic planning. For more information, click here.

  • DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital is seeking development interns. For more information, contact Jheade@dovelewis.org

Posted 02/22/12

  • The Northwest Fair Trade Coalition seeks an intern to support programs, develop communications and conduct media and outreach to enhance awareness of fair trade and Portland’s fair trade community. For more information, click here.

  • Central City Concern, is seeking a Public Affairs & Development Intern. For more information, please contact dedee.wilner-nugent@ccconcern.org

  • Grants writing Internship at ClassWish.org! For more information, click here.

Posted 01/03/12

Posted 12/13/11

  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is seeking a Program Research & Development Intern. For more information, click here.

  • Paid summer internship with the city of Maryland Heights in Missouri. This program is for graduate students considering a professional career in local government management. For more information, click here.

  • The HACU National Internship Program is currently seeking public health students, and all subfields of public health, to work with the federal government during the 2012 spring semester (January 12 – April 28).  Interested candidates should email their resume as soon as possible to Mr Noel Guerrero at nguerrero@hacu.net (subject: Public Health Internships), and additionally open an application at www.hacu.net/hnip. 

  • Collegiate Leaders in Environmental Health (CLEH)   is a 10-week (Wednesday, June 13, 2012 – Friday, August 17, 2012) summer environmental internship for undergraduate students who are passionate about the environment, interested in human health, and curious about how they are linked.
  • Volunteers of America Oregon (VOA) has an immediate opportunity for a volunteer intern to assist with a small scale data management and program evaluation project at the Family Relief Nursery (FRN). For more information, please contact Katie Harris, MPH at kharris@voaor.org
  • The deadline for academic year 2012-2013 College of Public Health and Human Sciences (CPHHS) fellowship applications is February 10, 2012. For more information, click here.


Posted 11/22/11

  • The friendly House is seeking an intern for their Gay and Grey program. For more information, click here.

  • NSAC is currently accepting applications for an internship that begins in January and ends in May.  This is a temporary, full-time (40 hours per week) position located in NSAC’s office on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to policyintern@sustainableagriculture.net.

  • The Corvallis Environmental Center  has 5 internship opportunities to learn more about the local food system, sustainable agriculture, food justice, and outreach work.   
     
  • The Paul G. Rogers Memorial Health Policy Analysis and AdvocacyScholars Program is designed to train the next generation of policy advocates by providing students, particularly graduate and law students, with an opportunity to engage actively in the health policy debate, learn about non-profit management, and have a hand in the formation and implementation of America’s health policy. For more information about the internship, click here.

 

Posted 11/09/11

  • Internship for the District Office of Congressman Earl Blumenauer. Seeking students interested in Public Administration, Political Science, environmental science, urban planning and social sciences. For more information, click here.

  • There are two possible PA509/internship/maters thesis opportunities with Oregon Commission for Women. Project #1: Status of Oregon Women: Wage equity report. Project #2: Resource mapping for women’s resources. If you are interested, please contact, Masami Nishishiba nishism@pdx.edu, 503-725-5151

  • Program/Policy Internships at American Lung Association in Oregon. For more information, click here.

  • Our Oregon seeks a Special Projects Volunteer Intern. For more information, visit their website.

  • Innovative Changes is seeking an intern. If interested please send an email describing your interest and qualifications to Talia at talia@innovativechanges.org

  • University Studies is recruiting peer mentors. This is a great opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students (full tuition plus stipend!) for more information, click here.

Posted 10/13/11

  • City of Portland, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability www.portlandonline.com/bps, Planning and Communications paid  internship, grad/undergrad, 10/18 deadline
  • Build Local Alliance (http://www.buildlocalalliance.org/), Marketing and Communications paid internship, grad/undergrad, 10/21 deadline
     
  • The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Oregon State Police (OSP) are seeking the professional services of two student interns to complete the analysis of our current business practices, benchmarking of business rules for the operation of our hybrid wireless public safety voice communications system, work with management to define the necessary future business rules and develop an organizational change management plan to accomplish the future desired state regarding the system operational business rules. Anyone with questions can contact (jonesma@pdx.edu).

 

 

 

Posted 10/05/11

  • United Way of the Columbia-Willamette is seeking a graduate student for a paid internship opportunity. For more information, visit their website at www.unitedway-pdx.org.
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting is seeking an intern. For more information, click here.
  • The Development Department at Portland Center Stage is looking for a part-time intern to assist in the daily fundraising activities. If you are self-motivated, positive, a hard worker, team-oriented and would like to be a part of our development team, please email a letter of interest and resume to Jessy Friedt at jessyf@pcs.org.
  • The Jessie F. Richardson (JFR) Foundation is seeking a graduate student to work with the President of JFR for a paid internship. For more information or to submit a resume contact:Dr. Keren Wilson, President JFR Foundation at kwilson@jfrfoundation.org
  • Research Assistant internship for the LGBTQ Health Coalition of the Columbia-Willamette. For more information, click here. If you are interested in the position, please email CV or resume to Käri Greene at kari.greene@state.or.us  and Dayna Morrison dayna@quest-center.org  by 5pm on October 7th, 2011.
  • The Nonprofit Association of Oregon (NAO) has several unpaid internship projects available. Each of these internships is an opportunity to not only gain practical work experience, but also to develop a deeper understanding of Oregon’s nonprofit sector. If you are interested in a Fall or Winter internship at NAO, please send a resume and a cover letter that describes your interest and preferred schedule (start date, end date, hours per week, any other scheduling parameters) to: aforbes@nonprofitoregon.org.
  • Internship opportunity with Oregon Solutions to work on a collaborative project involving transportation electrification. Click here for more information.
  • Build Local Alliance (organization connecting local sustainably harvested wood with local building projects), Marketing and Communications Internship, undergrad or grad student, deadline: 10/21. This is a paid internship.For more information, click here.
  • Lewis and Clark College has an internship for a Health Promotion student.  For more information, click here.
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Posted 07/08/11

  • DoveLewis is seeking a volunteer grant writer to assist in obtaining grant funding for our community programs.Our website is the best place to find general information about our hospital and community programs. The grant proposal writing we need would be mostly focused on the community programs. A description of each can be found at our website, www.dovelewis.org

     
  • The Multnomah County Library ( MCL) is requesting proposals via our Request for Intermediate Proposals (RIP) method for a Project Consultant to Plan and Develop A comprehensive Internship Program with an Accompanying Toolkit.The goal of this project (D.I.Y. Intern Program-Toolkit for Success) is to develop a consistent internship program for Multnomah County Library and other public libraries that provides adequate support and guidance for interns and results in the delivery of effective library services to the public.  Please note if you would like to submit a proposal is will be due back Friday July 17, 2011 and the last day for questions is Tuesday July 12, 2011.
  • Intern Opportunity with Vernonia High School Fall or Spring Term. Vernonia High School is seeking an MPH student to provide high school students with a prevention program.  Topic may be chosen by the MPH student and could include tobacco prevention, nutrition and exercise, or stress reduction.  The school would like to have the MPH student come once a week for a couple of hours to the high school campus. Vernonia is located 40 miles south west of Portland in the Coast range mountains.  The school has 160 students total.   There is no payment for this project, however there is $300 set aside for mileage reimbursement.If interested, please contact Karen Bondley at the Area Health Education Center at Samaritan Heath Services, 541-557-6459, kbondley@samhealth.org

  • Seeking Volunteers for the 2nd International Conference on Government Performance Management and Leadership October 1-2, 2011. For more information click here

  • Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide is seeking interns for Fall 2011. For more information, please contact Mark Cherniak, ELAW Staff Scientist at mark@elaw.org

  • The Office for Oregon Health Policy & Research (OHPR) seeks a student intern to support two projects related to the Oregon Health Policy Board’s Healthcare Workforce Committee. Please contact Lisa Angus at lisa.angus@state.or.us for more information.

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