LHSI Intern: LifeRAFT Program 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. Kathleen Crum

Department/Office: Medicine; Psychiatry

Overview of the internship site: My lab uses functional MRI (neuroimaging) to study trauma-related mental health problems in children and adolescents. My lab studies brain- and behavior-level factors that put children and adolescents at risk for traumatic stress and substance use disorders. The main tool we will use is functional MRI (neuroimaging), but we will also collect behavioral, genetic, and questionnaire data. We are a new lab and are in the process of creating a foundation for data collection.

Website for more information: https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty/51980/crum-kathleen

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Assist with data collection (e.g., fMRI scanning, participant questionnaires, behavioral tasks)
2. Assist with data management (e.g., entering data into REDCap or Qualtrics, assisting with data analysis depending on interest and availability).
3. Assist with participant recruitment (e.g., recruitment efforts at community events, lab social media content, scheduling lab visits).
4. Assist with project-specific administrative tasks (e.g., Institutional Review Board applications).

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

Hours per week: 10, scheduling is Flexible within regular work hours, with some hours outside typical business day (e.g., early evening)

Project-specific qualifications: Communication skills, punctuality, organizational skills, attention to detail, maturity (will be interacting directly with sensitive populations, including children and families), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

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 IUI undergraduate

·        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.