We are pleased to announce educational internship openings for students (advanced undergrad, grad students, new post-grad, etc.) interested in a summer 2005 internship experience within the Prevention Research Branch, in the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. The internship period will last a minimum of 3 months. Start dates are negotiable, but we anticipate most interns will start in May or June 2005.

Skills and interests:
We have a number of exciting projects and have particular needs for people who have combinations of the following skills/experience:

• Basic statistical training and skills in conducting statistical analyses using SPSS or SAS.
• Experience conducting thematic literature reviews and using literature searching software.
• Experience with collecting, coding and analyzing qualitative data.
• Project coordination skills (organizational skills, setting up conference calls, and coordinating information to study sites).

Students should have interests and backgrounds in areas related to HIV prevention and behavioral research (for example, substance use; sexual risk behavior; gender and sexuality issues; sexual abuse; behavioral theories; evidence-based interventions; intervention development; evaluation, and adaptation). We anticipate filling multiple internship openings, depending on the number of qualified applicants and project needs. Each intern will work on one of our ongoing domestic HIV prevention research projects. We believe that these opportunities will be ideal for students coming from a wide range of behavioral and social sciences, as well as from public health-related disciplines.

We accept interns who are highly motivated, able to give meticulous attention to details, who do not require a lot of close day-to-day supervision, and who can work well on collaborative multidisciplinary research teams. Interns would need to be available at least 15-20 hours a week during normal office hours. We will provide office space in Atlanta.

Compensation:
Students pay no tuition costs for participating in this internship training program. Although we are not able to provide additional financial compensation to the interns this summer, we anticipate that students will benefit from having a practical hands-on public health research and educational experience during their work at CDC. If desired, we can arrange to work with the student's university faculty for course credits, and/or perhaps get them involved with presentations or publications growing out of their summer work. There may be opportunities to continue working beyond the summer and, depending on the circumstances, we would be willing to work with students and their faculty on thesis or dissertation projects from our data sets. Based on our last ten years of experience in offering similar student training opportunities, many past interns later were able to secure paid full-time and part-time work at CDC.

Application Instructions:
Students interested in applying for these internship opportunities should send one single email containing the following information to Deborah Schwartz at CDC (telephone: 404-639-1905; email: DSchwartz@cdc.gov):

1. a copy of their current resume or curriculum vitae as a Microsoft Word file attachment;
2. provide a one-page cover letter summarizing relevant work experience and skills,
3. a list of the names and full contact information for three persons who can serve as professional references; and
4. provide complete contact information for the intern applicant (the applicant's full name, regular mailing address, phone numbers, and email address).

All application materials must be received by 5pm (EST) on Friday, March 25th, 2005. We anticipate the selection process to be completed by approximately the end of April, in part depending on number of applications we receive that require review.