LHSI Intern: Complex Networks and Systems Research

Program Summary:    

This internship is offered as a part of the Life-Health Sciences Internship Program (LHSI). This program connects 125 IU Indianapolis undergraduates per year with internships on campus with faculty and staff in a variety of health and science related campus areas/programs. All LHSI internships start in August 2025 and end in May 2026 and are paid $13/hour for up to 10 hours per week. Work-study is accepted but not required.  

Supervisor: Dr. Selena Wang 

Department/Office: Medicine; Biostatistics and Health Data Science 

Overview of the internship site: I am looking for motivated students to contribute to complex networks and systems research to investigate biomedical complexity at the SWLab. The lab focuses on applying and developing scalable statistical and computational approaches for high-dimensional biomedical data with emphases on network science, high dimensional data analysis, neuroimaging, data integration and statistical machine learning.   

Website for more information: https://selenashuowang.github.io/cv/ 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Interns will perform coding and analyze data. Selected candidates will have the opportunity to contribute to substantive neuroscience research, method innovations or software development and documentation. 

Work Environment and Dress Code: The work is performed primarily in an office setting; with dress code Semi-professional 

Project-specific qualifications:  

Hours per week: 10; flexible within regular work hours 

By the end of the LHSI program, you will: 

Carefully consider, explore, and articulate your career goals, including an analysis of how you arrived at that path and what steps you need to take next. (Community Contributor, Communicator) 

Understand your role and strengths on a professional team and analyze who you would like to become as a professional. (Communicator) 

Gain and strengthen skills relevant to next steps after graduation, such as communication, collaboration, teamwork, analysis/synthesis/evaluation, independence, confronting/challenging failure, problem-solving and perseverance, and constructive criticism. (Problem Solver, Communicator) 

Convey ideas and knowledge effectively through an ePortfolio and presentation of your internship work. (Problem Solver, Communicator) 

Set and meet your own additional learning goals identified with your supervisor. 

LHSI Qualifications    

must be graduating May 2027 or after (usually a current freshman or sophomore in Spring 2025)   

Current full time IU Indianapolis undergraduate in 2025-26  

minimum overall GPA of 2.0   

All majors welcome 

To apply: 

LHSI accepts 125 interns per year. All available sites are listed in Handshake and will start with the position title “LHSI Intern.” Complete the application for LHSI at go.iu.edu/lhsi and list 3-4 internship sites on that application. You will meet with at least 2 of these if selected for interviews.