Tuesday, September 15, 2015

INTERN BRAIN ASSESSMENT RESEARCH LAB -- Walter Reed

INTERN
BRAIN ASSESSMENT RESEARCH LAB
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, VA

We seek energetic, well-organized, detail-oriented, responsible individuals to work as unpaid interns on a longitudinal clinical research project. This work is conducted at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Fort Belvoir Community Hospital. The research project, directed by Dr. Connie Duncan, involves assessment of brain structure and function in healthy and injured Service Members with mild traumatic brain injury. Patients are followed over time to evaluate clinical outcome, with an emphasis on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Brain indices include event-related brain potentials, neuroimaging, and neurocognitive performance. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, scheduling subjects, escorting patients to appointments, data entry, data quality checking, and occasional administrative tasks such as photocopying, test and interview folder assembling, and general cleaning of lab equipment.
Candidates with an excellent academic record, previous research experience and/or experience with Microsoft Excel and data entry are highly desirable. Demonstrated ability to work in a team-oriented environment is essential. Candidates who wish to work at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital will need access to a car as it is not easily accessible by public transportation.
This position is ideal for someone who seeks experience in clinical research. We request a commitment of at least 8-10 hours/week during the school year and 15-20 hours/week during the summer months. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume, transcript, and completed application by email to the team's Research Coordinator, Dr. Margeaux Auslander, at Margeaux.Auslander.ctr@usuhs.edu. 

Friday, August 21, 2015

Westat 301-251-1500

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American Institute for Research 202-403-5000

National Opinion Research Center 301-634-9300

Ethics & Compliance Initiative (Arlington, VA)

Ethics & Compliance Initiative (Arlington, VA)     703-647-2185 ethics@ethics.org

SERVICES

ServicesMost professionals agree that building and maintaining a comprehensive ethics and compliance program and strong ethical culture are essential to good business. Measuring the strengths and vulnerabilities of these programs and cultures should be a critical step for every organization.
The Ethics Resource Center’s Benchmark Services team can help you design and administer an ethics survey to fit your organization. Benchmarking Services uses validated, actionable metrics based on our national research to:
  • Measure “tone-at-the-top”
  • Assess levels of negative pressure and misconduct
  • Identify key demographic risks across the organization
  • Identify risks and vulnerabilities compared against external benchmarks

Why Benchmarking Services

For nearly 10 years, Benchmarking Services has conducted surveys for leading Fortune 500 companies, governmental agencies and cities on a global scale. Our research through the National Workplace Ethics Study has given us the knowledge to ask the right questions to maximize impact for the organization.
The Benchmarking Services team is committed to making sure you ask the right questions, understand what your employees are telling you and take the appropriate actions to maximize the ethical health of your organization.
As an added benefit, data from your survey will benefit the larger community – data from your survey will be added to ERC’s ongoing research studies.  

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Lombardi Cancer Center



The Lombardi Cancer Center has a unique internship opportunity available for psychology undergraduates who are interested in empirical research and plan to attend graduate school. Interns will be actively involved in the cancer center's research projects that currently include: 1) a smoking cessation study focusing on individuals who are at high risk for lung cancer/undergoing lung cancer screening and 2) a study of treatment decision making among men with low risk prostate cancer. Intern responsibilities typically include telephone interviews for data collection, data entry, data checking, lit reviews, grant writing assistance, and manuscript preparation. 

The cancer center usually takes 1-2 interns each year. Ideally, the student will work 8-10 hours per week and can commit to two semesters. 

To Apply: Send a resume and cover letter to Kate Taylor at taylorkl@georgetown.edu 

Location: Georgetown -- 3300 Whitehaven Street, Northwest

I/O Psychology Opportunity


Interested in Industrial/Organizational Psychology? IPMA-HR's assessment department offers an opportunity to work under a masters level I/O psychologist. Interns ensure a high level of quality and timely completion of all projects. General duties include proofreading, article research, documentation updates, data collection, database management, and various other related tasks.   

The internship opportunity is only available during the summer months and generally two interns are taken on per year. This is an unpaid internship. 

To Apply: Contact Andrey Pankov (apankov@ipma-hr.org) and include your resume (listing your relevant experience, current GPA, and a list of psychology classes taken) as well as a cover letter expressing your interest in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. The application process begins in early April and continues until mid-May.  

Location: 1617 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 

INOVA Children's Hospital



Inova Children's Hospital is an award-winning 186-bed, full-service children’s hospital devoted to the healthcare of infants, children and adolescents in the Northern Virginia area. The hospital provides an opportunity for undergraduates or recent graduates to work in various departments throughout he hospital. They generally have the capacity to take two interns, one in the summer and one in fall. However, this is subject to change depending on the applicant pool and/or staffing changes. 

The intern has two rotations – one 6 weeks and one 7 weeks. During this time interns will attend in-services and complete numerous readings and other assignments such as weekly journals, staff interview, medical vocabulary, rotation goals, case study, diagnosis presentation, and a final project. The student starts each rotation in a shadowing role and independence increases each week. As independence develops, interns will begin to introduce services to patients and families, provide developmentally appropriate play and therapeutic activities, and provide procedural preparation and support. 

The population the intern works with will vary depending on the student’s two rotations. Usual rotation options are – General Pediatrics, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Intermediate Care Unit/General Peds, Outpatient Radiology, Outpatient Surgery, ED, Hem/Onc. This can always change depending on staffing changes.

Inova views the internship experience as a two way street; as they work to develop new child life specialist in their students, they also grow and develop as child life specialists and supervisors. They value feedback and communication between the staff and students. 

Location: 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042

To Apply: Visit their website. 



Little Leaves Behavioral Services



Little Leaves is an organization dedicated to helping people with social, communication, and behavioral challenges grow and succeed so that they can participate as fully as possible in their families and communities. Using evidenced-based practices based on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), their professionals partner with each family to develop and implement an individualized therapeutic plan. They also help families coordinate the logistics of therapy so that families can focus their time on what really matters – caring for their children. 


The program currently works with children in their homes, daycares, and schools throughout the metro Washington DC area (Northern Virginia, Maryland, and DC).

Little Leaves is provides a unique, paid opportunity to become a certified ABA therapist who will work directly with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. ABA therapist are paid $15/hour and Little Leaves will work around the student's schedule.

Responsibilities include:
  • Working one-on-one with the child to implement the therapy and updating the treatment plan as the child progresses 
  • Instructing parents on how to implement strategies with their child
  • Supporting children struggling on a particular skill or behavioral problem
  • Support child's success in school by building skills necessary to interact with peer and learn in a classroom setting


To Apply: e-mail resumes to jobs@littleleaves.org 
For more information please call: (202)420-8359

Location: 9545 Georgia Ave Silver Spring, MD 20910

The Mindfulness Center



The Mindfulness Center is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to bringing mindfulness to all dimensions of life. Mindfulness includes meditation, mindfulness in health, lifestyle and community, and mindfulness in sustainable living on the earth. Through research, education and practice, we strive to promote optimal well-being and a sustainable lifestyle. In this mission, we know true joy in life.


The Mindfulness Center typically takes 4 interns per semester to help work with their older adult population. Mindfulness based approaches are a hot topic in psychology and this internship would provide American University psychology students with first-hand experience. Intern responsibilities are divided up between 50% administrative, reception and paper work, and 50% project work specific to interns area of interest. 


As an intern, you are allowed to take classes for FREE and will received 20% discount off services and are eligible for discounts on workshop and teacher trainings.


To Apply: Send a cover letter stating interest and resume, by e-mail to Jacqueline Norris, Jacqueline@TheMindfulnessCenter.org 

Location: 4963 Elm Street, #100 Bethesda, MD, 20814. In downtown Bethesda, by Bethesda Row, about 5 blocks from the Metro. 

Potomac Pathways



Potomac Pathways is a non-institutional atmosphere that incorporate meditation and outdoor adventure activities to treat adolescents and young adults with substance dependence. Client participate in individual and group therapy as well as school and court hearing advocacy.

Some of the typical intern responsibilities include:
  • Facilitate group as well as group activities
  • Ace as a peer mentor
  • Assist writing clinical notes
  • Starting dialectical behavior therapy for individuals with personality disorders
  • Participate in individual and family therapy sessions
  • Attend clinical staff meeting to discuss current clinical issues of the clients
  • Work on progress notes
Accept a limited number of interns due to the small size of the program. Interested students should send a resume to  info@potomacpathways.org then follow-up with a phone call (301) 987-7284. 

Potomac Pathways in not easily accessible by metro, but can be reached through public transportation. Please check out the website for additional information about the program and its location www.potomacpathways.org

Youth Development Intern


City of Rockville's Youth Development Program

These programs aim to foster emotional growth for middle school students through facilitating learning in skill building of healthy communication and problem-solving, developing leadership and instilling work readiness skills. 

Program participants:
  • Engage in group discussions and activities that explore and reinforce social emotional growth. In addition, topics that relate to peer pressure such as, substance abuse and bullying are explored
  • Receive exposure to professional work environments and practices as part of the career exploration aspect of the program
  • Participate in Student Service Learning (SSL) activities and projects
  • Are involved in recreation activities to include field trips

Interns will:
  • Be responsible for administering 2 after-school programs
  • Use curriculum-based and small group activities to engage and facilitate learning and skill building
  • Be trained in curriculum-based interventions for at-risk adolescents by a certified trainer
  • Record attendance and perform administrative tasks related to tracking participant outcomes
  • Have the option of overseeing the City of Rockville mentoring program for elementary school students, for exposure to a greater variety of youth development practices

Time commitment for internships:
  • Commit to the internship for the 2015-2016 school year
  • Work approximately 10-15 hours per week, to be divided as follows:
    • 4 hours on Tuesday afternoons devoted to the Achievers after-school program
    • 4 hours on Wednesday afternoons devoted to the Boys Group after-school program
    • 2-3 hours administrative time each week independent of program time
    • Optional: 4 hours on Thursday afternoons devoted to monitoring interactions between mentors and elementary school menses, and acting as a substitute mentor when necessary
    • Interns will meet weekly with Community Service Program Coordinator for general supervision to discuss curriculums, outcome tracking and other program goals and concerns
Interns must have a valid driver's license and feel comfortable transporting students in a City of Rockville vehicle. A stipend is award for this internship, and school credit may be available. 

To apply please submit a resume to Sarah Dickinson at sdickinson@rockvillemd.gov





Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Children's Program at Community Connections




The Children's Program at Community Connections is child-centered, family-focused, and community based. Community Support Specialists meet the child/youth and family in their community locales, learn the values and perspectives of the family and joining with them in affirming skills, abilities, talents and hopes. Problems are recognized in context and addressed through collaborative partnerships with the families and their support networks. Children are seen as often as necessary to achieve their stated goals and objectives.

Community Connections usually do not take more than 1 student per year. Community Connections asks that applicants be seriously committed to the job, and asks that interns be responsible and follow through with the determined time commitment. Interns work with child and families with mental health issues who are from disadvantaged neighborhoods. Intern responsibilities include gathering and organizing data and supplies, as well as organizing and helping with support groups. These activities give interns a lot of exposure to what Community Connections does.

Community Connections works very close to the margin and with people who live close to the margin. They are interested in working with students who are a very good match for us and passionate about and comfortable with mental health issues, children with serious emotional disturbances, and interacting with marginalized populations.

To apply: Application process is being reviewed, but Lori Beyer is in charge of the internship programs. Community Connections is interested in working with carefully selected students. Only serious applicants should apply.

  • Main office contact number: 202-546-1512


Location: 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E., Suite 201 Washington DC 20003-2152 (right next to the Eastern Market Metro stop)

Public Defender Service - Mental Health Division


The Mental Health Division of the Public Defender Service for D.C. offers an investigative and social work internship to undergraduate psychology student. The building is accessible by the metro and they are routinely looking for undergraduate interns.

A social work intern is needed to assist the social workers, who represents persons undergoing involuntary civil and criminal commitment, primarily to Saint Elizabeth's Hospital. The duties for the social work internship include:
  • Case management 
  • Researching and evaluating community resources for client with special needs
  • Locating alternative placement for clients
  • Conducing on-site evaluations of court-ordered nursing home clients
  • Assessing appropriateness of treatment programs
  • Serving as an advocate to ensure clients' rights are protected
  • Negotiating with hospital staff and community service providers to secure and improve quality of clients' care
  • Investigating social issues affecting clients that arise from individual cases
Minimum 3 day a week requirement. Summer internships are full time. 

To apply, send a cover letter, resume, writing sample and two references by email to mhdinternclerk@pdsdc.org   For more information please feel free to visit our website at www.pdsdc.org or call Carolyn Slenska (202) 824-2860.



An investigator intern assist attorneys in preparing cases for court and administrative hearings. Once assigned a client, the intern and attorney will the fist contact with the client, and the intern will conduct follow up visits independently. Other duties include:

  • Background interview with client which take place on the locked wards of the institution. 
  • Interviewing process can be difficult as clients are highly suspicious and some may be actively hallucinating and delusional as well as heavily medicated. 
  • Interviews treating psychiatrists of the client and hospital staff
  • Submit all information obtained in interviews to the attorneys in written reports
  • Responsible for obtaining medical and legal documental and abstracting pertinent information
  • Meet with attorneys on a daily basis to discuss legal theories, possible testimonies from witnesses and other legal questions.
  • May occasionally serve court subpoenas
  • Observe and assist attorneys at numerous court and administrative hearings
  • Occasionally, interns may testify at these hearings
Minimum 4 day a week requirement. Does take summer internships as well

All interested applicants must submit a resume, cover letter and letters from or other names and phone numbers of at least 2 references: one from a recent employer and one from a professor at the student's present academic institution. Please sent applications as  mhdinternclerk@pdsdc.org   For more information please call Carolyn Slenska (202) 824-2860

Alexandria Office on Women



The City of Alexandria is committed to a comprehensive and strategic approach to addressing needs specific to women and to LGBTQ people. The Alexandria Office on Women is routinely looking for undergraduate interns, but they do have limited space. They typically take 4 students per year.

The population that interns would be working with are Victims of Domestic Violence. Intern responsibilities include answering the 24 hour hotline and helping out in the shelter with the clients and their children.

To apply: Contact Jennifer Enslen at Jennifer.enslen@alexandriava.gov. Applicants need to fill out an application and then do an interview.

Location: The Alexandria Office on Women is located in the City of Alexandria. They are metro accessible, but students would also have to take a bus (because they are about a mile and a half from there).