CHIP Summer Internship in Computational Health Informatics and AI June 9, 2025 to August 15, 2025
The CHIP Computational Health Informatics and AI Internship is an opportunity for current US undergraduate students and graduate students to engage in faculty-mentored research on machine learning and artificial intelligence approaches to fundamental challenges in biomedicine and public health.
CHIP is located in a beautiful, newly-designed space at 401 Park Drive, in the heart of the Fenway neighborhood of Boston, and surrounded by wonderful dining, entertainment, and sports.
Interns will attend weekly didactic sessions, seminars, and journal clubs.
Interns may have a paid or course/thesis credit option and will be admitted to intern in-person, hybrid, or remotely.
Subject areas include
- Analysis of large healthcare datasets spanning tens of millions of individuals
- Digital surveillance and machine learning approaches for public health
- Clinical decision making using high-throughput molecular and clinical data (e.g. whole-exome sequencing)
Qualifications
Being an intern at CHIP means taking on meaningful skill-building tasks and projects designed to set you up for success in your future career. Interns are/have:
- Strong quantitative and computer science skills in R/Stata/Python or other comparable programming languages (relevant [but not required] coursework for Harvard undergraduates: CS50, Stat 110/111, CS181, CS109, BMI704)
- Hardworking, detail-oriented, and efficient
- An interest in machine learning in healthcare
- An ability to multitask, work independently, and be self-directed
Boston Children’s Hospital strongly encourages women and minorities underrepresented in STEM to apply for this position. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for admission and employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.
Admissions
Essays, a résumé, an unofficial or official transcript, and letters of recommendation are due by February 28, 2025.
Referees should send their letters of recommendation directly to Admissions.CHIP@childrens.harvard.edu
Contact us at
Admissions.CHIP@childrens.harvard.edu
