LHSI Intern: Research assistant: protocol and manuscript writing

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: Zeynep Salih, MD

Department/Office: Medicine; Pediatrics/neonatology

Overview of the internship site: Interns passionate about reading, writing, and publishing: Join my team!! The intern will be responsible for participating in protocol or manuscript writing. At the end of the fellowship, the intern will have the opportunity to be an author in one or more manuscripts.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Tasks and responsibilities: Searching the medical literature and creating an EndNote library, reading and summarizing articles, participating in manuscript writing, and creating and managing RedCap surveys. All the skills needed for those tasks will be taught and will be part of your LHSI work. 

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

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

Project-specific qualifications: The intern must have good writing and organizational skills.

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 go.iu.edu/lhsi 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.