What are Internships?
An internship gives you firsthand experience, professional opportunities, and personal development. It will also increase your competitiveness when applying for jobs. As an intern, you will develop valuable skills to include on your resume.
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Note: We suggest members only do internships if they have completed their first year of high school. Most will require you to be a certain age.
STEM Internships
Georgetown University
Medical Research: Clinical Trials Resulting in Medical Discoveries
Every vaccine, drug, and treatment used in medicine is the result of evidence-based research. For a cancer therapy to succeed, medical researchers have to ask a question. Will it work? In this course you will learn the process researchers use to formulate, conduct, and evaluate the evidence they gather. You will be tasked with developing your own study using professional methods. For any high schooler thinking about a future in STEM, medical research, pharmaceuticals or medical school, this course is for you.
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Duke University
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NONDUKE STUDENT/INTERN
Responsibilities
• to aliquot and process samples for studies;
• to isolate and culture primary immune cells from blood or primary chondrocytes from surgical waste tissue of total knee replacement surgery;
• to test the effects of extracellular vesicles on the primary immune cells or chondrocytes
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NIH and BESIP Programs​
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Duke University
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Biogen Community Lab and Lemelson-MIT
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Duke Clinical Research Institute
Cisco
TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
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NONDUKE STUDENT/INTERN - SURG ONC DIVISION
Responsibilities
• THIS INCLUDES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, VISITING UNDERGRADUATESTUDENTS, AND HOURLY VISITING GRADUATE STUDENTS
• THE INCUMBENT WILL PERFORM VARIOUS DUTIES AS ASSIGNED BY THE DEPARTMENT
Benefits
• INCUMBENTSA RE COMPENSATED AT VARYING RATES OF PAY BASED UPON THE WORK BEING PERFORMED AND ACCORDING TO THE PAY SCHEDULE DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINED FOR EACH DEP ARTMENT
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Biogen-MIT Biotech in Action: Virtual Program
Virtual Lab is a program co-created by the Biogen Community lab and the Lemelson-MIT Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology! Together, we have created a state-of-the-art, virtual program to allow us to continue to inspire and empower a new generation of young scientists. Designed to foster a passion for science, the program is committed to ensuring a diverse participant group and provide students with the opportunity to meet and interact with Biogen and MIT employees and get an inside view of a biotech company and university.
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Duke's STAR Program
The Summer Training in Academic Research (STAR) Program provides a high-quality research experience for undergraduate students, high school students, and middle and high school teachers during the summer academic break.
The eight-week program will give participants who are interested in science and medicine real hands-on experience in research methodology and writing. Participants are placed in teams and matched with Duke faculty mentors to work on an original, hypothesis-driven project, originating as a one-page summary and culminating in a complete research paper. A goal of the program is to have every participant qualify for co-authorship on a peer-reviewed manuscript related to their team’s project.
The STAR Program is held at the Duke Clinical Research Institute in Durham, N.C., which has organized educational and support programs for junior faculty, fellows, residents, and medical students as well as high school and college students. Participants receive a stipend to attend, which makes the program an option even for students who planned to work over the summer break.
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Cisco STEM Shadow Program
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Teaming up with an employee mentor to work on a real, hands-on Cisco project, students benefit from a unique opportunity to learn from a subject matter expert in one of the company’s business units.
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Some additional benefits for mentees include:
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opportunities for developing personally and professionally
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platforms for learning new technologies and work models, such as team collaboration
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help in identifying and closing skills gaps
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leveraging business relationships to cultivate professional career networks, particularly vis-à-vis a future at Cisco
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High school students and counselors can contact Revathi Sreedar at rsreedar@cisco.com for information on how to apply to the program.
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Join YSO's general meetings for application advice and/or any questions you may have.
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