As a Master of Science in Public Health student at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, I have recently begun a search for practicum opportunities to support and enrich my education in public health research and program evaluation. Consequently, I am writing to express my interest in and enthusiasm towards the Survey Research Summer Internship at NORC at the University of Chicago for the summer of 2018.
Before becoming a student at Johns Hopkins, my previous work experiences spanned a range from academia, to on-the-ground field programming, to the governmental public health workforce internationally and in the US. My interest in innovative, collaborative, and multidisciplinary research led me to perform meta-analyses with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, design and coordinate household vulnerability surveys in Ethiopia, conduct varied geospatial analysis research, and work with HIV and maternal health programs both in Uganda and in Baltimore City. Currently, I am a team member with a …show more content…
My coursework in quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis, and evaluation has taught me that increasingly novel and rigorous methods are required to capture and illustrate data in communities. Our world has become both more connected and more divisive with technology, and I believe learning from experts about best practices and most innovative methods in the field will be essential to successfully addressing gaps in health access and identifying the needs of the vulnerable in honest and effective ways. Additionally, I am excited for the opportunity with this NORC internship to exercise and develop project management skills in a unique, collaborative, and broad environment that emphasizes the same rigor, dedication, and leadership I hope to exemplify in my own
Before becoming a student at Johns Hopkins, my previous work experiences spanned a range from academia, to on-the-ground field programming, to the governmental public health workforce internationally and in the US. My interest in innovative, collaborative, and multidisciplinary research led me to perform meta-analyses with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, design and coordinate household vulnerability surveys in Ethiopia, conduct varied geospatial analysis research, and work with HIV and maternal health programs both in Uganda and in Baltimore City. Currently, I am a team member with a …show more content…
My coursework in quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis, and evaluation has taught me that increasingly novel and rigorous methods are required to capture and illustrate data in communities. Our world has become both more connected and more divisive with technology, and I believe learning from experts about best practices and most innovative methods in the field will be essential to successfully addressing gaps in health access and identifying the needs of the vulnerable in honest and effective ways. Additionally, I am excited for the opportunity with this NORC internship to exercise and develop project management skills in a unique, collaborative, and broad environment that emphasizes the same rigor, dedication, and leadership I hope to exemplify in my own