Summer 2025 Intern: Global Health Product Introduction Research Intern

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. The Institute educates the next generation of health care leaders with the interdisciplinary perspective to solve complex problems.

About the Duke-Margolis Summer Experience Internship Program 

The Duke- Margolis Summer Experience Program is a 10-week 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 Description 

Focus Area: Global Health, Cost Effectiveness, Health Economics

The Global Health Product Introduction Research Intern will provide research support for a Gates Foundation grant to work in Kenya, Senegal, and South Africa to better bundle information, innovations, and incentives to achieve effective, efficient, and equitable access to innovative health products and services. The Research Intern will support the team’s efforts to work with local and global partners to improve the policy, financing, and advocacy enabling environments for these bundles. Primary tasks may include collecting and collating publicly available data, performing literature reviews, supporting project management and stakeholder engagement, and communicating findings. The team strives to enable more effective and transparent alignment between country priorities and innovation prioritization; more efficient innovation introduction, from regulatory review to health workforce training, and more equitable participation in prioritization and advocacy as well as ultimate innovation access.  

The successful candidate will have an interest in health systems, particularly in Africa, as well as prior experience conducting and communicating about decision-focused qualitative and/or quantitative implementation or operations research. 

Preferred candidate skills and characteristics:

• Commitment to scientific integrity and high-quality research;
• Strong attention to detail;
• Strong written communication;
• proficiency in Excel;
• Proficiency in French preferred;
• Ability to work both independently and as a contributing team member
• Flexibility and comfort with minimal structure

Project deliverables: 

• Deliverable 1: Contribute to market analysis and report for possible bundles
• Deliverable 2: Analysis of policy landscape and a written policy memo
• Note: Deliverables are subject to change and there may be additional deliverables and project needs to evolve

Majors/Minors: Global Health, Health Economics, Public Policy, International Relations, MBA in Health Sector Management, Public Health

Education Level: 3rd/4th Year UG or Master’s Level or PhD applicants

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?