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Internships are integrated into your course work to help you gain hands-on experience and become an effective public health leader.
Tonya Johnson, our full-time internship coordinator, will help you identify a position and complete all the necessary steps.
We have existing partnerships all over Oregon, the United States and the world, and if you find an internship site we aren’t already partnered with, Tonya can work with the site to establish a new partnership and ensure it meets the MPH competency requirements. Common internship settings include government, hospitals and clinics, non-governmental organizations, and corporations.
%%[IF @Option == @biostats THEN]%% For example, MPH students pursuing the biostatistics option have landed internships at Samaritan Health Services. Past projects include:
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Health care utilization before versus during COVID-19
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Peripartum antibiotic exposure and postpartum mental health: A retrospective study
%%[ElseIf @Option == @eoh THEN]%% For example, MPH students pursuing the environmental and occupational health option have landed internships at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Oregon Health Authority - Environmental Public Health Tracking Program. Past projects include:
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Reduction in arsenic drinking water violations
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Nitrate concentration in residential private drinking water
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Health impacts of wildfires
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Pesticide exposure safety program analysis
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Domestic well safety program analysis
%%[ElseIf @Option == @epi THEN]%% For example, MPH students pursuing the epidemiology option have landed internships at the Oregon Health Authority and Benton County Health Department. Past projects include:
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Cyanobacteria surveillance
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Communicable disease surveillance
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Trend analysis of sexually transmitted infections
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COVID-19 outbreak report and/or syndromic surveillance
%%[ElseIf @Option == @gh THEN]%% For example, MPH students pursuing the global health option have landed internships at Holt International. A past project example includes developing a user-friendly child nutrition resource manual as an international program intern.
Other global health students have pursued international placements. A recent student worked for a project, funded by USAID and UNICEF, tasked with vaccinating Nigerian youth for the polio virus.
%%[ElseIf @Option == @hphb THEN]%% For example, MPH students pursuing the health promotion health behavior option have landed internships at Linn County - Department of Health Services and the OHSU Community Research Hub. Past projects include:
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Wellness in neighborhood stores: an environmental and systems approach to food insecurity
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Evaluation of access to reproductive and sexual health services
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Community-based research projects, such as an analysis of nutrition, social isolation and loneliness in a rural Oregon community
%%[ElseIf @Option == @pa THEN]%% For academic or professional information, please contact the program director
John Schuna, Ph.D.
%%[Else @Option == @hsp THEN]%% For example, MPH students pursuing the health systems and policy option have landed internships at the Oregon House of Representatives and PacificSource Health Plans. The health plan internships have involved topics such as strategic planning, community health improvement plan development/evaluation and health equity analysis.
%%[EndIf]%% To learn more about internship opportunities, contact
Tonya Johnson.
Email
cphhsadmissions@oregonstate.edu to schedule an appointment.
Sincerely,
The Oregon State MPH Team
College of Public Health and Human Sciences
Oregon State University
