Internships:  Academic Health Department

DOH-Sarasota is an academic health department.  It offers a unique learning environment, via internships, for students from a broad range of academic disciplines. To accomplish this, DOH-Sarasota fosters unique linkages resulting in significant benefits not only for the health department and its partner universities, but also for students, faculty, health department employees, and the community as a whole. 

Students can gain from a range of experiences, including:

• Research: Small-sample and population research opportunities, including risk identification, social marketing, and intervention evaluation.
• Training: Interdisciplinary, cooperative training opportunities for public health, medical, and nursing students to explore practice issues in a field setting.
• Policy Development: From community to legislative proposal and policy formulation, opportunities to interact with county government and community leaders to work for change.
• Service Learning: Connecting research and learning with the greater good.

Internship Opportunities

Undergraduate and graduate students seeking an intern experience for academic credits can take advantage of internship opportunities with a variety of Health Department divisions or projects. Click on the links below to learn more about each area.

Internship Areas at DOH-Sarasota:

• Clinical Health
• CHIP (Community Health Improvement Partnership)
• Emergency Preparedness (Disaster Response Planning)
• Environmental Health
• Epidemiology/Communicable Disease Control
• Health Promotion
• Human Services
• Mosquito Management
• Women’s Health
• WIC (Women, Infants & Children Food Supplement Program / Nutrition Counseling)

How do I apply for an internship?

We are currently handling requests for internships on a case-by-case basis, based on availability. Please contact Ivelisse Rivera for more information.