Children’s Optimal Health (COH) is a non-profit organization that supports central Texas communities to improve the health and well-being of children. COH works with these partners to create maps and analyze data at the neighborhood level to improve operations, inform policy, advance research, and engage the community. These efforts are used to address issues of health disparity and equity, to visualize change over time, and to create positive impact through collective action.
COH is seeking two interns for Fall 2016 semester to support data preparation and cataloguing for community research projects. Interns may work up to 15 hours per week on site at our office on 38th Street or remotely. These internship opportunities are unpaid, but will provide a great introduction to the field of public health and to develop skills valuable for working with community data.
1. Data preparation internship: You will learn to geocode a large dataset of addresses to help ensure data quality for a study on child health. In this internship you will be trained and certified according to FERPA and HIPAA regulations in working with private data. We will introduce you to working with databases and mapping resources that are used to both transform and utilize this data for research. This is an excellent opportunity for students planning to work in public health, medicine, education, geography, or any field which works with community data for decision making.
2. Public data research internship: You will compile a database of publicly available datasets which relate to child and family health, safety, and welfare in central Texas. These datasets are highly valuable for use in studies on child and family health, and are a huge community asset. We will direct you to those resources we are currently aware of to be catalogued, and you will have the opportunity to network with professionals working with community data to identify new and additional resources. This is an excellent opportunity for students planning to work in public health, community advocacy, journalism, or any field working with community data for decision making.
To apply for either of these COH internships for Fall 2016, please send your resume and a letter of interest to Nic Moe (nmoe@cohtx.org) by September 9th. In your letter of interest, clarify which internship opportunity most appeals to you and what you hope to accomplish this semester.”