Students may complete an approved internship locally, nationally, or globally.
In Rhode Island, our students have access to organizations and government agencies—from the insurance commissioner's office to the lieutenant governor's office, from the Department of Health to the seven local hospitals affiliated with Brown's Alpert Medical School—that are key to improving population health. Comprising 1,000 square miles and 1 million people, the smallest state in the union is manageable in scope while being economically and ethnically diverse; it's the ideal place not only to collect data, but also to evaluate interventions and understand why they work. Sample local internship sites:
Government Agencies |
Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals |
Rhode Island Department of Corrections |
Rhode Island Department of Health |
Non-profit Organizations |
Community Care Alliance |
Day One Sexual Assault and Trauma Resource Center |
The Fenway Health Center (Boston) |
Green & Healthy Homes |
Greenhouse Social Enterprise |
HealthCentric Advisors |
House of Hope Community Development Corporation |
Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence |
Maternova, Inc. |
Narragansett Indian Tribal Lands |
Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island |
PACE Organization of Rhode Island |
Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights |
Providence & Woonsocket Public High Schools |
The Providence Center |
Rhode Island Foundation |
Rhode Island Free Clinic |
Rhode Island Hospital |
Rhode Island Public Health Institute |
Center for the Study of Children at Risk |
Steward Healthcare Network |
Walden Behavioral Care |
The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute |