Summer Internship Opportunities with Local Public Health Departments

Attention!!!
........ Please note that our application period is now closed for 2006.

Each summer, AHEC sponsors two Community Health Internship Programs (CHIP) for undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in public health. The Statewide CHIP serves counties outside the southeast corner of the state, while the Milwaukee program provides internship opportunities specifically in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, Kenosha, and Walworth counties.

The Statewide and Milwaukee programs are similar in that they both link students with local health departments (as well as other health and human service organizations) to work on a variety of public health projects. The Milwaukee program runs for 6 weeks (with interns receiving a $2,000 stipend) while the Statewide program runs for 8 weeks (with interns receiving a $2,400 stipend).

AHEC provides initial training and orientation for interns and also supplements on-site learning with seminars led by respected experts from both academic and practice arenas. Site mentors provide technical support and assistance and facilitate shadowing opportunities to help interns gain an understanding and appreciation of the broad range of public health activities undertaken at the local level.

For more information about Statewide CHIP, please contact:
Kirstin Siemering, DrPH, RD
(608) 265-6323
siemering@wisc.edu

For more information about Milwaukee CHIP, please contact:
Virginia Thomas
414-384-8575 Ext. 225
vthomas@milahec.org

Please note that the two programs have separate applications and deadlines.

2006 Application for Milwaukee CHIP (application deadline April 12) ... Now Closed

2006 Application for Statewide CHIP (application deadline March 27) ... Now Closed

2006 Statewide Program Flyer

2006 Statewide Local Health Department Proposal Form

Summary of 2005 Statewide CHIP projects

Last Updated May 3, 2006