Internships

The Division of General Pediatrics offers internship opportunities that provide excellent experience in community health and public health, hospital administration, and health education. Interns are assigned a mentor from the program's administration team and a faculty mentor. In addition to obtaining invaluable mentorship, interns also gain first-hand experience in a leading academic medical center as integral members of project teams.

If you are interested in doing an internship, please browse through the following projects currently underway:

Student Projects: (see below for application process)
• CHALK-Choosing Healthy & Active Lifestyles for Kids-- Student Projects (PDF)

• Healthy Schools Healthy Families-Community HealthCorp Internship: Physical Activity Focus (PDF)

• Lang Youth Medical Program: Summer Advisor

Research Projects and Residents:
• Analysis of the Effect of Having a PACE Trained Provider in the Asthma Outcomes of Children with High-Risk Asthma Enrolled in a Community-Academic-Hospital (WIN for Asthma) Care Coordination Program / Mentor: Adriana Matiz, MD & Mary McCord, MD

• Content of WIN Family Asthma Worker Intervention / Mentors: Mary McCord, MD & Adriana Matiz, MD

• Evaluation of the Lang Youth Medical Program / Mentor: Marina Catallozzi, MD

• Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Coordinated School Health Program / Mentor: Evelyn Berger-Jenkins, MD

• Legal Outcomes of Cases Referred to Manhattan Child Advocacy Center (MCAC) or NewYork-Presbyterian Child Advocacy Center (CAC) / Mentor: Jocelyn Brown, MD

• Reach Out and Read and Physician Counseling / Mentor: Mary McCord, MD

• Redesign of Well Child Content / Mentor: Mary McCord, MD

• Restructuring Primary Care / Mentor: Christine Krause, MD

• Root Causes of Underimmunization & Designing Strategies Effective in Increasing Immunization Rates / Mentor: Melissa Stockwell, MD

• Validation Study on a Brief Tool Used to Determine Activity Levels / Mentor: John Rausch, MD

• Who Are Our Teenagers and How Risky is Their Behavior / Mentor: Karen Soren, MD

If you are interested in doing a project that does not fit within the above project descriptions, we will consider projects on a case by case basis. These projects must support our ongoing mission. If you are interested in this, please submit a brief description of your project idea to Martha Bolivar (at mb1451@columbia.edu) and/or to a faculty member whom you have identified as a potential mentor for your project idea.

Application Process for Student Projects:
To apply, the following information must be submitted to the contact person specified on your project of interest:

• Submit current CV
• Submit a cover letter or narrative statement that addresses:

As applications are received and screened, candidates will be contacted for brief telephone or onsite interviews.

For Medical Students:
P&S only accepts 4th year students for rotations/elective time. The applicant needs a sponsor who will oversee the observership. The request/application is submitted through the Dean's office to get permission.

Dr. Lisa A. Mellman, Dean of students
Office of Student Affairs
630 West 168th Street, P&S 3rd Floor - Room 401, New York, NY 10032

Email: lam3@columbia.edu
Telephone: 1 212 305-3806
Fax: 1 212 305-1343

The medical student could shadow general pediatricians on the wards and in the
outpatient setting, and attend the various conferences - especially intake rounds, etc.