Intern, Health Care by Food Research-Remote
Overview
As we celebrate our Centennial year, we invite you to join us in shaping the next century of impact. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives. Here at the American Heart Association, you matter and so does your career.
An internship with the American Heart Association can offer you valuable, marketable experience and the opportunity for you to make a difference in the health and well-being of thousands, even millions, of people.
The American Heart Association has an opportunity for a research intern on our Health Care by Food team. The American Heart Association’s Health Care by Food™ initiative is addressing barriers to the widespread adoption of healthy food as a treatment for acute and chronic disease and the health inequities that result.
The ultimate aim of the initiative is to improve health in cost-effective ways through evidence-based food is medicine interventions that are covered by private and public health insurance and accessible to the millions of people in America living with or at high risk for acute and chronic health conditions. The research intern will support the needs of the Health Care by Food team in a variety of ways, described below.
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Internship Overview:
Internship Outcomes:
Individuals participating in the internship program are provided with an opportunity to:
Responsibilities
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Reporting to the Senior Program Lead for Health Care by Food, our intern will conduct research assessments, landscape analyses and support the development of key strategic and communications materials across the initiative, including but not limited to program reporting metrics, collation of materials for an online "knowledge hub”, and other support needs for initiative strategic goals.
Research & Analysis
Writing & Strategy
Confidentiality and Ethics
Qualifications
Compensation & Benefits
The job application window is expected to close August 9, 2024.
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So, are you ready to intern for the largest voluntary health organization dedicated to fighting heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases?
The American Heart Association’s 2024 Goal: Every person deserves the opportunity for a full, healthy life. As champions for health equity, by 2024, the American Heart Association will advance cardiovascular health for all, including identifying and removing barriers to health care access and quality.
At American Heart Association | American Stroke Association, our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, age, language, sexual orientation, national origin and physical or cognitive abilities. We're committed to ensuring our workforce, workplace culture and mission have a shared impact across a diverse set of backgrounds.
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The American Heart Association is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. We fund innovative research, fight for stronger public health policies, and provide critical tools and information to save and improve lives.
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer worldwide, and stroke ranks second globally. Even when those conditions don’t result in death, they cause disability and diminish quality of life. We want to see a world free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
The size and scope of our organization, along with our more than 40 million volunteers and supporters, allows us to make a real impact on our shared focus of cardiovascular and overall health.