Practicum Sites
Peek Into an MPH Practicum: A Q&A with a Health Policy Track Student
Sep. 25, 2024—By Kyra Letsinger Since as early as the ninth grade, second-year Master of Public Health (MPH) student Ishan Basu Ray has been working toward a career in health care. While peers spent summers relaxing, Basu Ray researched and shadowed in labs at some of his hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana’s most renowned academic institutions, including...
Peek Into an MPH Practicum: A Q&A with an Epidemiology Track Student
Sep. 18, 2024—By Kyra Letsinger From a young age, second-year Master of Public Health (MPH) student Kaylee Ebner had a passion for health and science. It wasn’t until high school, however, that she came to find her dream career path in the most unlikely of places. In her junior year Intro to Healthcare class, she watched the...
Peek Into an MPH Practicum: A Q&A with a Global Health Track Student
Sep. 4, 2024—By Kyra Letsinger Before coming to Vanderbilt, second-year Master of Public Health (MPH) student Joshua Atura received his bachelor’s degree in development education from the University for Development in his hometown of Tamale, Ghana, and his master’s in development studies from the University of Ghana, Legon. While working on his master’s thesis on determinants of...
AMPATH Kenya
Sep. 14, 2018—At AMPATH, they’ve found that helping people means so much more than medical treatment. It’s only when they combine care with nutrition and family support, education, counseling, insurance, jobs and financial independence, and self-sufficiency that they truly change lives for the better. Their partnership is made up of organizations like Moi University and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital...
Region IV Public Health Training Center
Sep. 10, 2018—The Pathways to Practice Scholars program provides an opportunity for current public health students to gain practical experience working with seasoned public health practitioners (mentors) serving or working on behalf of underserved communities or populations. All field placements are intended to enhance a student’s professional skills and knowledge while giving them the opportunity to use...
Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine
Sep. 10, 2018—The mission of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine is to develop a diverse group of exceptional health leaders, advance and support comprehensive health system strategies, and actively promote policies and practices that will reduce and ultimately eliminate disparities in health.
The Sycamore Institute
Sep. 10, 2018—The Sycamore Institute exists to help policymakers, the media, and the public understand how complex public policy issues affect Tennesseans. Our work focuses on state budget and fiscal policy, the vast realm of issues related to health and well-being, and the many ways in which they connect. The Sycamore Institute launched in 2015 with a...
American Heart Association
Sep. 10, 2018—The American Heart Association has grown into the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. A shared focus on cardiovascular health unites our more than 33 million volunteers and supporters as well as our more than 3,400 employees. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer worldwide, and stroke ranks...
HCA
Sep. 10, 2018—HCA Healthcare is committed to delivering healthcare as it should be: patient-centered and for the good of all people, no matter their circumstance. To achieve this, we must be active; we must be kind. We must work with integrity, share our skills and never stop learning. Exceptional health care is built on a foundation of inclusion, compassion...
MidSouth Practice Transformation Network
Sep. 7, 2018—The MidSouth Practice Transformation Network is a partnership between the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and the Safety Net Consortium of Middle Tennessee. MidSouth engages clinicians across Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas in the process of transformation with the overall goal of providing patients with higher quality care and better clinical outcomes at lower cost through...
CRONICAS
Sep. 7, 2018—The CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases is the first specialized research institution in Peru, which focuses on chronic non-communicable diseases research. CRONICAS – Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, operates under Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), both recognized among the most prestigious research institutions in South America. Established in 2009, CRONICAS aims to contribute to high-quality...
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Huntington’s Disease Center
Sep. 7, 2018—The Vanderbilt Huntington’s and Chorea Clinic offers compassionate, personalized care including family, insurance, and disability support as well as personal and general support groups.
Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center
Sep. 7, 2018—The Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center (VSCC) provides state-of-the-art comprehensive care for injured athletes of all ages and levels of play. They offer a full range of services for the injured athlete, including visits with a neuropsychologist, neurosurgeon, primary care sports medicine physician, and various exams. Their mission is to provide quality care for athletes with sports related...
Vanderbilt Universtiy Medical Center
Sep. 7, 2018—Managing more than 2 million patient visits each year, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is one of the largest academic medical centers in the Southeast, and is the primary resource for specialty and primary care in hundreds of adult and pediatric specialties for patients throughout Tennessee and the Mid-South. Through the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network, VUMC is...
Central American Medical Outreach
Sep. 7, 2018—It is impossible to fully understand the scope of everything CAMO is doing in Honduras until you see it with your own eyes. So many lives are touched in one way or another whether it is medical services or just around the community when volunteers from the USA take time out of their lives to...
American Academy of Pediatrics
Sep. 7, 2018—The mission of the American Academy of Pediatrics is to attain optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents and young adults. To accomplish this, AAP supports the professional needs of its members.
The Advisory Board
Sep. 7, 2018—The Advisory Board Consulting and Management office in Nashville, Tennessee, houses their transformational work on physician alignment, accountable care strategy development, physician practice management, and consulting services.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbit Head and Neck Cancer Program
Sep. 7, 2018—Head and neck cancers start in the tissues and organs of the head and neck. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is nationally recognized for head and neck cancer care and one of the Southeast’s leading cancer treatment centers. Whether it’s early-staged cancer or cancer that is advanced and complex, we provide the expert, personalized care you need. ...
Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability
Sep. 7, 2018—The Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability is dedicated to working for older Tennesseans and adults with disabilities by providing leadership and guidance for a system that promotes health, dignity, independence, and security through an array of community and in-home services, the protection of rights, and the implementation of best practices.
U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Labor, Education and Pensions
Sep. 7, 2018—The committee began in 1869 as the Committee on Education and in 1884 through the mid-1900s it was known as the Education and Labor Committee. In 1999, then Chairman James Jeffords of Vermont, worked to officially name it the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. Today the Committee is led by Lamar Alexander (R-TN)...
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Emergency Department
Sep. 7, 2018—The Vanderbilt Emergency Department offers 24/7 care to thousands of patients each year. We are Nashvilles only academic medical center with a Level 1 Trauma Center, Burn Center, Stroke Center and Lifeflight service.
Siloam
Sep. 5, 2018—Siloam Family Health Center began as a tiny, volunteer-driven, primary care clinic in the Edgehill neighborhood. Today it is a vibrant, health ministry with a beautiful 12,000 square foot facility, a staff of 36, over 300 volunteers, dozens of collaborating partners, and roughly 5,000 individual patients who come from all over Middle Tennessee. As a...
TennCare
Sep. 5, 2018—TennCare is the state of Tennessee’s Medicaid program that provides health care for approximately 1.4 million Tennesseans and operates with an annual budget of approximately $12 billion. TennCare members are primarily low-income pregnant women, children and individuals who are elderly or have a disability. TennCare covers approximately 20 percent of the state’s population, 50 percent of the state’s births, and 50...
Veteren’s Affairs, TN Valley Healthcare System
Sep. 5, 2018—At the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, they strive to be only the best! Working with and for America’s veterans is a privilege, and they pride themselves on the quality of care they provide. By working for the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the Nation, you’ll have access to a wider range...
Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital
Sep. 5, 2018—Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is one of the nation’s leading children’s hospitals. They treat and help prevent all health issues ranging from colds and broken bones to heart disease and cancer. The world-class facilities at Children’s Hospital are a testament to the community’s dedication to the health of children. Constructed in 2004,...
Vanderbilt Clinics at Walgreens
Sep. 5, 2018—The Vanderbilt Health Clinic at Walgreens offers same-day care with Vanderbilt Health providers in convenient Walgreens locations across Middle Tennessee. Certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants treat minor illnesses seven days a week with extended hours to fit patients schedules.
Diabetes Youth Care
Sep. 5, 2018—In many hospitals in Ghana, adolescents and youth with chronic diseases are usually managed in the same setting as the adults. The age differences between them and the adults also create some cultural barriers. With this, most young people with chronic diseases would either come to the hospital close to closing time or would have...
Vanderbilt Movement Disorders Clinic
Sep. 5, 2018—The Movement Disorders Clinic focuses on the evaluation and management of patients with movement disorders. Areas of particular expertise include Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, spasticity, gait disorders and tremor. The Vanderbilt Parkinson’s Disease Clinic has been recognized by the Parkinson’s Foundation as a Center of Excellence.
Georgia Health Policy Center
Sep. 5, 2018—The Georgia Health Policy Center provides evidence-based research, policy analysis, and translational services for communities and decision-makers. Their work connects decision-makers with the objective research and guidance needed to make informed decisions about health policy, financing, and program implementation. Their knowledge draws upon our collective experience from more than 1,000 projects completed for 100-plus diverse...
Healing Trust
Sep. 5, 2018—The Healing Trust was formed from the sale of Baptist Hospital to Ascension Health/St. Thomas Health Services in 2002. Since then, they have given over $79 million in the Middle Tennessee community. Based on the terms of the sale, over $34 million was granted to Baptist Hospital to support a variety of their programs. Programs...
Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation; University of Michigan Medical School
Sep. 5, 2018—IHPI is the nation’s leading university-based institute of health services researchers evaluating how healthcare works and how it can be improved, and advising policy makers to inform change. Their researchers collaborate across dozens of focused teams to improve the quality, safety, equity and affordability of healthcare services. IHPI brings together more than 500 investigators from U-M’s top-ranked schools...
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Sep. 5, 2018—The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is located in Kumasi, the Regional Capital of Ashanti Region in Ghana. The road network of the country and commercial nature of Kumasi make the hospital accessible to all the areas that share boundaries with Ashanti Region and others that are further away. Their vision is to become a medical center...
Lantana Consulting Group
Sep. 5, 2018—Lantana Consulting Group provides services and software for standards-based health information exchange. They have built our expertise through more than a decade of involvement in standards development and deployment. They focus on design and implementation of Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) and Fast Healthcare Interoperable Resources (FHIR) compliant systems, including validation, document management, authoring, data conversion,...
Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker Program
Sep. 5, 2018—The Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) Program is a parent-to-parent intervention that targets economically disadvantaged and geographically and/or socially isolated families with children birth to age 3. The program is designed to improve health and child development among these families. MIHOW employs parents from the local community as outreach workers and role models, who...
Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance
Sep. 5, 2018—The Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance develops and supports collaborative initiatives. It has provided opportunities for collaboration between Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and for collaboration with projects in the community. The elimination of health disparities is a major focus of Alliance projects.
MITRE Corporation
Sep. 5, 2018—MITRE is a not-for-profit organization that operates research and development centers sponsored by the federal government. They operate FFRDCs—federally funded research and development centers—which are unique organizations that assist the United States government with scientific research and analysis, development and acquisition and systems engineering and integration. They also have an independent research program that explores new and expanded...
Narus Health
Sep. 5, 2018—Narus Health began as a personal journey and became a business. A journey that began in 2012 as Michael Burcham witnessed, first-hand, the challenges a family member faced as they were battling cancer. He kept thinking ‘there must be a better way.’ At Narus Health, they are all committed to a common purpose – to...
Primero Passos
Sep. 5, 2018—Primeros Pasos aims to improve the quality of life of the rural communities of the Palajunoj Valley of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, through integrated health education projects and access to medical services. Projects include: Medical and Dental Services Children’s Health Education Women’s Health Education Nutritional Recuperation Educational Scholarships Mobile Clinics Each year we select committed individuals to...
Catholic Medical Mission Board
Aug. 27, 2018—The CMMB is an international, faith-based NGO providing long-term, co-operative, medical and development aid to communities affected by poverty and unequal access to healthcare. For over a century, they have worked to strengthen and support communities through healthcare programs and initiatives, the distribution of medicines and medical supplies, and the placement of volunteers. As part...
Curamericas
Aug. 27, 2018—Curamericas Global was founded in 1983 by Duke University and Johns Hopkins alumni Henry Perry III, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H and Alice Weldon, Ph.D. Curamericas Global was created with the goal of establishing primary health care programs that are responsive to the health needs of the community, improving child survival within the community, and building the...
Catholic Medical Mission Board
Aug. 27, 2018—The CMMB is an international, faith-based NGO providing long-term, co-operative, medical and development aid to communities affected by poverty and unequal access to healthcare. For over a century, they have worked to strengthen and support communities through healthcare programs and initiatives, the distribution of medicines and medical supplies, and the placement of volunteers. As part...
American Association of Physician Assistants
Aug. 27, 2018—Founded in 1968, the American Association of Physician Assistants is the national professional society for PAs. It represents a profession of more than 123,000 PAs across all medical and surgical specialties in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and the uniformed services. AAPA advocates and educates on behalf of the profession and the patients...
AMOS
Aug. 27, 2018—AMOS is a Christian non-profit organization that exists to improve the health of impoverished communities by working alongside them in health, education and development. AMOS Health and Hope seeks to take action to help address the problems of poverty, disease and preventable deaths. The organizations is dedicated to improving the health and well being of...
Axial Healthcare
Aug. 27, 2018—The mission of axialHealthcare is to improve the wellbeing of patients in pain and mitigate opioid misuse, while creating value for our partners. When patients experience an episode of acute or chronic pain, finding the providers most qualified to help with their conditions can be difficult and may leave them suffering with underlying symptoms. When...
Barretos Cancer Hospital
Aug. 27, 2018—Barretos Cancer Hospital is the most advanced oncological hospital in Brazil with 100% assistance through Brazilian Public Health System (SUS), sustained mainly through associates’ donations. Every day, their 380 doctors who work exclusively and full time assist 6,000 people in 1,756 cities across 27 states in Brazil to prevent and diagnose cancer. Their prevention work...
Zintellect Database
Sep. 5, 2017—This website provides listings of internships, experiential learning opportunities, academic fellowships and scholarships funded by government and private sector organizations. These programs are administered by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) and the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE). The Opportunity Catalog is searchable by academic level, citizenship, city/state, and discipline. Examples of disciplines include:...
International Women’s Health Coalition
Jan. 4, 2017—The International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC) recognizes that women’s and girls’ human rights, health and equality are essential to social, environmental, and economic justice for all. IWHC advances the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and young people, particularly adolescent girls, in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. IWHC furthers this...
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s International Exchange Program for Minority Students
Dec. 20, 2016—The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s International Exchange Program for Minority Students emphasizes collaboration, cultural and scientific exchange, diversity, and a passion for medical sciences. To be eligible, you should qualify as an underserved minority and be a current bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree student, or have graduated no earlier than 24 months prior...
James A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Nov. 29, 2016—The Dr. James A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded, nine-week summer program providing educational and professional development opportunities for fellows interested in infectious diseases research and health disparities. Students currently enrolled full-time in a medical, dental, pharmacy, veterinary, or public health graduate program are eligible to apply. The...
Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations (CEESP) Program
Nov. 21, 2016—The Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations (CEESP) Program is a funded training and educational program to prepare master students in public health in the field of cancer epidemiology research in special populations (international and minority settings). The CEESP Program provides funding for MPH and PhD students to travel and conduct summer research in U.S. minority or...
Hub Accra
Nov. 21, 2016—Hub Accra is a globally integrated entrepreneurial community that promotes high-impact development in West Africa in a responsible, sustainable, and equitable way. The organization’s mission is to support inclusive growth in Ghana through the creation of a resilient and dynamic social innovation ecosystem by developing programs, providing workspace, access to capital and connecting entrepreneurs focused on creating...
Social Support Foundation – Ghana
Aug. 29, 2016—The Social Support Foundation (SSF) is an International non-governmental organization dedicated to improving the situation of marginalized Ghanaians. The Social Support Foundation’s mission is to contribute to the growth and development of deprived communities and to work toward achieving healthy living conditions for disadvantaged persons. The SSF serves as a multi-sector community support group, formed with...
Mid-South Practice Transformation Network
Jul. 27, 2016—The MidSouth Practice Transformation Network is a partnership between the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and the Safety Net Consortium of Middle Tennessee. MidSouth engages clinicians across Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas in the process of transformation with the overall goal of providing patients with higher quality care and better clinical outcomes at lower cost...
AMOS Health & Hope
Mar. 17, 2016—AMOS is a Christian non-profit organization that exists to improve the health of impoverished communities by working alongside them in health, education and development. AMOS Health and Hope seeks to take action to help address the problems of poverty, disease and preventable deaths. The organizations is dedicated to improving the health and well being of people who suffer from...
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)
Mar. 17, 2016—CIDRZ is an independent, local, non-governmental health organization established in Zambia in 2001. Our experts utilize innovative and collaborative approaches to develop research, health services and training initiatives with measurable results in the following focus areas: HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, and Treatment Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Women’s Health Newborn and Child Health Community Outreach Health System...
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Mar. 17, 2016—The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Its mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within HHS and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and...
World Health Organization
Feb. 22, 2016—The World Health Organization (WHO) offers 6-12 weeks internships with a wide range of opportunities for health professionals to gain insight in the technical and administrative programmes of WHO and global health. The applicant can be from any specialty and healthcare background (eg: biostatistics, epidemiology, medicine, public health, surgery, pediatrics, maternal health, environmental health, cardiology,...
Friends Without A Border
Feb. 15, 2016—Friends Without A Border was founded in 1996 and in 1999 the organization built and opened Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC) in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Since that time, AHC has treated over 1.4 million children, trained hundreds of healthcare professionals, and is considered “one of only three essential healthcare institutions” in the country as stated by a Cambodian Health...
Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network (VHAN)
Feb. 2, 2016—The Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network (VHAN) is the largest provider-organized network of doctors, regional health systems and other health care providers in Tennessee and surrounding states. Network providers actively collaborate to provide patients with high-quality, efficiently coordinated and cost-effective health care services. Quick Facts We have assembled a network of providers caring for more than...
Pediatric Trauma Injury Prevention Program
Feb. 2, 2016—Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s Trauma Service’s Injury Prevention Program strives to reduce unintentional injuries among children and to promote safe behaviors in the community by: Developing data-driven strategies based on analysis of trauma data from Children’s Hospital and the State of Tennessee. Providing injury prevention education and resources to families in the hospital and community. Conducting and participating in...
Last Mile Health
Jan. 25, 2016—Founded by the survivors of Liberia’s civil war, Last Mile Health (LMH) saves lives in the world’s most remote villages. The organization specializes in the development and management of professionalized Community Health Workers who bridge the gap between hospital and remote villages, bringing critical services to the doorsteps of people living in the last mile. LMH’s...
Relief International
Jan. 14, 2016—Relief International is a humanitarian non-profit agency that provides emergency relief, rehabilitation, development assistance, and program services to vulnerable communities worldwide. Relief International is solely dedicated to reducing human suffering and is non-political and non-sectarian in its mission. Relief International offers opportunities to volunteer and intern both in the United States and internationally and in both...
HSHPS Graduate Fellowship Training Program
Jan. 13, 2016—The HSHPS Graduate Fellowship Training Program (GFTP) provides paid and unpaid training opportunities for graduate and doctoral students and recent graduates interested in working on Hispanic health research within government agencies and academic institutions. Fellows are placed throughout the United States and Latin America within government agencies and academic institutions. All HSHPS fellows work alongside a mentor, an experienced researcher or...
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee–Corporate Internship Program
Jan. 11, 2016—BlueCross’ Corporate Internship Program allows college students and recent graduates the opportunity to work in a professional environment while gaining practical skills and experience. The program is designed to also assist in the development of future talent. Who is eligible? college students who’ve completed at least two years of school recent college graduates students enrolled...
Tennessee Department of Health
Jan. 5, 2016—The Tennessee Department of Health‘s mission is to protect, promote and improve the health and prosperity of people in Tennessee. TDH has facilities in all 95 counties and provides direct services for more than one in five Tennesseans annually as well as indirect services for everyone in the state, including emergency response to health threats, licensure of...
Metro Nashville Public Health Department
Jan. 5, 2016—The public health experience at the Metro Public Health Department (MPHD) is designed to provide meaningful, real world public health experiences for both undergraduate and graduate level students. We seek to provide opportunities for students in a variety of health related disciplines including Public Health, Environmental Health, Nursing, Medicine and Business. We also offer volunteer...
Blood:Water
Jan. 5, 2016—Blood:Water leads a driven selection process to find Africa’s hidden heroes and grassroots organizations who are already working with the cultural and community knowledge to facilitate real change.We partner with these passionate groups to provide technical, financial and organizational support to strengthen their reach and effectiveness to the communities they serve. Our partners are mobilizing...
FHI 360
Dec. 18, 2015—FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories. FHI 360 interns support projects in HIV/AIDS prevention and care, economic development, civil society, U.S. and international education, social and behavioral change,...
Nashville CARES
Dec. 14, 2015—Nashville CARES is a community-based AIDS service organization providing education, advocacy, and supportive services to anyone affected by HIV and AIDS in Middle Tennessee. The internship opportunities offered on the Education Team range from assisting staff in HIV testing at our clinical locations or during outreach and possibly a special project. LOCATION: Nashville, TN
CURE International
Dec. 11, 2015—With hospitals in 10 countries, including Kenya and Uganda, CURE International treats disabled children in places where care is most needed and often least available. Taking on conditions such as clubfoot and Infant hydrocephalus, this organization gives children hope for the future and families who endured being called cursed for having a disabled child are...
UnitedHealth Group
Dec. 11, 2015—UnitedHealth Group is a leader worldwide in helping people live healthier lives and helping to make the health system work better for everyone. Committed to introducing innovative approaches, products and services that can improve personal health and promote healthier populations in local communities, UnitedHealth Group’s core capabilities in clinical care resources, information and technology uniquely...
Clinton Foundation
Nov. 20, 2015—The Clinton Foundation‘s internship program has three primary components: hands-on work experience, educational and professional development, and mentoring. The program also includes a lecture series, social and community service events, and culminates in a final project to help guide participants beyond their Clinton Foundation experience. Internships are generally 3 months in length, but can be up...
Soles4Souls
Nov. 12, 2015—Soles4Souls is a not-for-profit global social enterprise committed to fighting poverty through the collection and distribution of shoes and clothing. Since 2006 Soles4Souls has collected and distributed 26 million pairs of shoes to those in need in 127 countries around the world and all 50 states in the U.S. It was founded as a disaster relief organization after philanthropists...
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Nov. 12, 2015—The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders offers full-time internships year round (spring, summer, and fall). Part-time applicants who can commit to at least 20 hours a week will be considered, although the Initiative prioritizes full-time applicants (32-40 hours a week). Interns at the Initiative are responsible for assisting the staff on...
Carter Center
Nov. 6, 2015—The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in partnership with Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide. A nongovernmental organization, the Center has helped to improve life for people in more than 80 countries by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy, human rights, and economic opportunity;...
Manna Project International
Oct. 26, 2015—Manna Project International works to create communities of young leaders that help break the cycle of poverty by focusing on people and their need to access health care, education, and an income equal to the cost of living. Manna Project International’s holistic development initiatives are built on a foundation of trust, commitment and community ownership....
Wuqu’ Kawoq Maya Health Alliance
Sep. 28, 2015—Founded in 2007, Wuqu’ Kawoq Maya Health Alliance works to overcome barriers to health – uniting medicine, culture, and language. As the only health organization in Guatemala to provide high-quality health care in Mayan languages, Wuqu’ Kawoq operates on the beliefs that you should not have to choose between your culture and your health, you should...
Unite for Sight
Aug. 19, 2015—Global health delivery is complex, and programs are best developed by local medical professionals and social entrepreneurs who understand the barriers to quality care in their communities. As a global health delivery organization, Unite For Sight partners with local eye clinics to identify community-specific barriers that impede effective eye care delivery for patients living in...
Safe Kids Cumberland Valley
May. 28, 2015—Safe Kids Cumberland Valley includes representatives of public safety, children’s health agencies, public policy servants, community organizations, businesses and community members who work together to keep kids safe across 41 counties in Middle Tennessee. Safe Kids Worldwide is a global network of organizations dedicated to providing parents and caregivers with practical and proven resources to protect...
Tennessee Donor Services
May. 28, 2015—Tennessee Donor Services (TDS) is committed to save and enhance lives by connecting people through organ and tissue donation and transplantation. DCIDS Tissue Bank is a not-for-profit tissue bank accredited by AATB and registered with FDA. Tissues that can be donated are: corneas, musculoskelton tissue, heart values, veins/arteries and skin. TDS recovers, evaluates, processes and...
Malaria Institute at Macha
May. 21, 2015—Malaria Institute at Macha (MIAM) embodies the spirit of collaboration as researchers combine old-world and high-tech resources necessary for the on-site work required for the prevention and control of the mosquito-borne illness that kills its victims, mostly children, in numbers that rival the scourge of AIDS in Africa.The Institute’s mission is to develop a center...
AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Zambia
May. 21, 2015—AIDS Healthcare Foundation Zambia has been working to control the country’s AIDS epidemic since 2002, and has since formed fruitful partnership with the WHO, Humana People to People and local health programs like the Ministry of Health and the Churches Health Association of Zambia (CHAZ). Currently, AHF Zambia operates in six districts throughout the country –...
Partners in Health/Compañeros en Salud
May. 21, 2015—Partners In Health launched Compañeros En Salud (PIH/CES) in 2011, a sister organization that works with rural government clinics in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas—one of the most marginalized regions in the state—to improve staffing, supplies, and links with local communities. In partnership with local health jurisdictions, PIH/CES revitalizes underperforming rural clinics, providing high-quality health...
Shandong University School of Public Health
May. 13, 2015—Shandong University School of Public Health has over ninety-five faculty members researching a wide range of topics including infectious and non-communicable diseases, environmental health, occupational health, nutrition, child and maternal health, and health policy and management. It has seven academic departments: Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Toxicology, Occupational and Environmental Health, Maternal and Child Health Care, Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Social Medicine...
Population Council – Mexico
Apr. 28, 2015—Population Council – Mexico welcomes public health students, particularly those interested in sexual and reproductive health, as interns — be it for a graduate practicum or post-graduate professional opportunity — to take part in this dynamic work environment. During the internship, candidates are exposed to the skills, experiences and relationships necessary to build a successful...
Primeros Pasos
Apr. 28, 2015—Primeros Pasos aims to improve the quality of life of the rural communities of the Palajunoj Valley of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, through integrated health education projects and access to medical services. Projects include: Medical and Dental Services Children’s Health Education Women’s Health Education Nutritional Recuperation Educational Scholarships Mobile Clinics Each year we select committed individuals to...
Margaret E. Mahoney Fellowship Program in Health Policy
Feb. 13, 2015—The Margaret E. Mahoney Fellowship program provides stipends for outstanding medical, dental, public health, public policy, and graduate nursing students to conduct summer research projects in the New York City metropolitan area on some aspect of health care delivery transformation for vulnerable populations and/or early childhood health and development, with an emphasis on policy implications.
Lwala Community Alliance
Aug. 20, 2014—The mission of the Lwala Community Alliance is “to build the capacity of the people of Lwala to advance their own comprehensive well-being.” Through honed focus, holism, community collaboration, cultural sensitivity, and accountability, the Lwala Community Alliance works to accomplish this mission as a multi-dimensional community development agency. With health as the central focus, Lwala Community...
Visitation Hospital
Aug. 20, 2014—The Visitation Hospital Foundation is a faith-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. VHF was founded in 1999 with a mission to provide competent and compassionate healthcare to the people of southwest Haiti. In 2008, Visitation Clinic, a rural hospital and clinic in one of the most underserved regions of Haiti, opened. Visitation Clinic has become a model for creating transformative...