LHSI Intern: Outreach Recruitment and Engagement Core Intern

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: Ms. Erika Leary 

Department/Office: Medicine; Radiology 

Overview of the internship site: The Indianapolis Alzheimer’s Disease Outreach Recruitment and Engagement Core 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 Outreach Recruitment and Engagement Core is one of the 8 Cores (Administrative, Data, Genetics, Education, Neuroimaging, Outreach and Pathology) in the IADRC. The Outreach Recruitment a Engagement Core conducts outreach and engagement activities to patients, research participants, caregivers and family members, healthcare professionals, and the community at largeas well as recruit and retain a diverse group of research participants, with a focus on underrepresented groups who are at higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. 

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 setting with dress code: business casual 

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. 

Hours per week: flexible based on student needs (10 maximum); 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.