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Summer 2025 DC Intern (UG/Grad): Real-World Evidence & Precision Medicine Internship
About the Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy
The Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy is committed to improving health, health equity, and the value of health care through practical, innovative, and evidence-based policy solutions. Through its health policy analysis and development, the Institute advances actionable and effective solutions to address the most daunting health care challenges.
About the Duke-Margolis Summer Experience Internship Program
The Duke- Margolis Summer Experience Program is a 10week summer internship program that offers students opportunities to contribute to a variety of health policy projects through a collaborative and mentored summer research experience.
Project Job Description
Focus Topic: Biomedical Innovation, Evidence Development, Health Equity, Real World Evidence
This project will explore issues within and/or at the intersection of real-world evidence and precision medicine policy to identify opportunities to address knowledge and educational gaps and inform local, state, and national decision-makers and policymakers. This work will encompass background research, literature review, interview guide development, and creating an effective graphic to communicate real-world data and evidence (RWD/E) issues to policymakers
To learn more about Real World Evidence and for a list of projects: https://healthpolicy.duke.edu/topics/real-world-evidence
- Deliverable 1: Literature review
- Deliverable 2: Interview guide for policy professionals
- Deliverable 3: Infographic on policy or practice implementation
Preferred Intern Skills
- Experience working with various information and data visualization software (i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint; SPSS or STATA; Canva or Flourish)
- Interest in building qualitative or quantitative research methods skills
- Interest in building written or oral communication skills
Majors/Minors: no preference
Education Level: 3rd year & 4th year UG/Masters/PhD level
Program Dates: May 19- July 25, 2025
Instructions/Other information:
- For the Statement of Interest: in no more than 500 words, please answer the question: Why are you interested in the project that you applied for and how does the internship align with your professional goals?