Public Health Student Internships
CTIPH offers internships for public health students.
At CTIPH, we offer dynamic internships for motivated public health students. Our interns support live interprofessional education (IPE) events, contributed to nationally recognized pilot IPEs, and help shape tools and events used by health science students across the state.
All CTIPH interns support the IPE events with logistics and event-related tasks. There are 6-7 IPE topical events held each semester including:
Introduction to Interprofessionalism, Cannabis Education, Climate Health, Disabilities, Global Health, Pain & Substance Misuse, Pandemic, Team Behaviors, Clinical Tobacco Cessation, Weight-Neutral Health, and Wellness & Resilience for Healthcare professionals. Interns also receive a certificate of completion for completed events.
🔍 What You’ll Do
CTIPH interns work side-by-side with faculty and professional staff to:
- Support interactive events involving medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, nutrition, physical therapy, and more.
- Assist in the delivery and evaluation of high-impact IPE simulations.
- Engage with a collaborative partner to meet educational and professional goals
🌟 What You’ll Gain
Our internships provide a rare mix of collaboration, creativity, and career-building experience, including:
- Hands-on involvement in real-time health education
- Mentoring from professionals leading interprofessional innovation
- Skills in communication, technology, teamwork, and leadership
Internship Partner Opportunities
- Climate & Health IPE, SCORCH
- Disabilities IPE & Special Olympics, UCEDD
- Global Health IPE, UA College of Medicine
- Weight Neutral Health IPE, UA College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
- Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center
- UA Arizona Simulation Technology & Education Center (ASTEC, Tucson)
- UA LAB: Environment, Exposure Science and Risk Assessment Center for Bio Research
- UA College of Medicine, PACE’s Workgroup
- UA College of Nursing, Steele Innovative Learning Center (Tucson)
- UA College of Nursing, Simulation Innovation and Mentoring Services (Gilbert)
- UA College of Medicine, Center for Simulation & Innovation (Phoenix)