LHSI Intern: Biomedical Informatics Research

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. Titus Schleyer, DMD, PhD

Department/Office: Medicine, Public Health, and Regenstrief Institute; Regenstrief Institute: Center for Biomedical Informatics

Overview of the internship site: Climate change is increasingly impacting human health negatively. But, how can information technology and informatics help us mitigate or adapt to the negative impact of climate change on human health? If you are interested in this question, please join us in developing and studying innovative health information technologies that address this challenge! We are looking at a variety of ways in which computer technology can help the healthcare sector become more carbon-neutral, improve the decisions that patients and clinicians make in light of their climate impact, and track the changes in human health that result from climate change. You will get to work with a variety of faculty, postdocs, graduate students, project managers and other interns in focused, high-performing teams.

Website for more information: https://www.regenstrief.org/person/titus-k-schleyer/ 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Duties may include but are not limited to literature review, management of articles using a reference manager, data analysis using a variety of analytical tools, manuscript and presentation development, result table creation for publications, presenting at conferences, and general project management and/or coordination.

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

Project-specific qualifications: Interns will be required to complete HIPAA training (offered by the Regenstrief Institute) and research ethics and best practices training through the CITI Program (offered online through IU). Technical/quantitative background is desirable. Interns should be detail-oriented, and able to present themselves as professional and mature.

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.