LHSI Intern: Clinical Core Intern

Program Summary:  

This internship is offered as a part of the Life-Health Sciences Internship Program (LHSI). This program connects 125 IUI 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. Liana Apostolova and Mr. Caliel Hines (Clinical Core)

Department/Office: Medicine; Radiology

Overview of the internship site: The Indianapolis Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (IADRC) is looking for motivated candidates interested in finding out more about memory, dementia and other neurological diseases as well as research studies dealing with memory issues. The Clinical Core (CC)is one of the 8 Cores (Administrative, Data, Genetics, Education, Neuroimaging, Outreach and Pathology) in the IADRC. The Clinical Core is responsible for seeing participants for their annual visits and follows about 400 participants yearly. The Lead Clinical Core Coordinator handles the daily procedures in the CC and coordinates with the clinical research specialists and other Cores to facilitate the completion of the participants’ visits.

Website for more information: https://medicine.iu.edu/research-centers/alzheimers

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Research support for Research Coordinators including data entry, electronic and physical file management, sending mailings, and chart preparation.

Work Environment and Dress Code: The work is performed primarily in an office with dress code of business casual

Hours per week: flexible based on student needs (10 maximum), scheduling is flexible within regular work hours

Project-specific qualifications: Neuroscience background is NOT required, but is helpful. Successful candidates are mature, responsible, proactive, willing to ask questions, are organized and detail-oriented.

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)   

·  minimum overall GPA of 2.0 

·        All majors welcome

To apply:

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