Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator Internship (Global.Health) jobs in United States
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Boston Children's Hospital · 1 month ago

Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator Internship (Global.Health)

Boston Children's Hospital is committed to pediatric innovation through the Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator. They are seeking an intern to join the Global.health team, where the primary responsibilities include compiling epidemiological data and contributing to data quality and project updates.

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Responsibilities

The Global.health Curation Team works closely with project managers, who set the scope, scale, and timeline of outbreak response
Curators compile epidemiological outbreak data from openly-accessible sources to create a standardized line-list dataset; curators may also integrate other data types including, animal outbreak data, genomic data, wastewater data, climate data, and response
Curators contribute to a sourcing strategy to find trusted media sources and identify, vet, and log relevant outbreak information
Curators consistently apply methods and best practices to ensure high-quality data
Curators contribute to project status updates with G.h partner organizations and our community through newsletters and other written and oral communications
Provide occasional ad hoc support to other IDHA projects, as needed

Qualification

EpidemiologyData analysisMS OfficeGoogle DriveSlackGithubProblem-solvingVerbal communicationWritten communicationAttention to detail

Required

Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in epidemiology, statistics, public health or related field
Familiarity in epidemiology, data entry, and analysis
Technical proficiency in MS Office required
Critical and logical thinker with strong problem-solving skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong attention to detail

Preferred

Familiarity with Google Drive
Familiarity with Slack
Familiarity with Github

Company

Boston Children's Hospital

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Boston Children's Hospital is a 404-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care.

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Gilson Mendes
CEO and Founder
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Paul Donovan
Senior Advisor to the CEO for Public Affairs
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