Summer Intern Program

Student Interns for Research and Scholarly Activities
Please see forms below to initiate proposal, project commitment and final report (abstracts).  All dates are subject to change and will be updated as needed.
Questions? Contact Michele Sisco at mcoral@shp.rutgers.edu.
SHP Students will work on Research or a Scholarly Activity Project with SHP Faculty Members during the summer.
Examples of Scholarly Activity may include abstract, manuscript preparation, library research, presentation (invited, national regional), book chapter or book review, conference paper or software program as in a survey research.
Project Proposals 
Researcher Department Project Title
Rebecca Brody Clinical & Preventive Nutrition Sciences Exploring Grit, Growth Mindset, and Burnout in Health Professions Students
Diane Radler and Jennifer Tomesko Clinical & Preventive Nutrition Sciences Best Practices for Clinical Precepting
Shristi Rawal Clinical & Preventive Nutrition Sciences The Camden Study-A Pregnancy Cohort Study of Pregnancy Complications and Birth Outcomes in Camden, New Jersey, USA
Hamed Samavat Clinical & Preventive Nutrition Sciences Coffee Intake and Adiposity in Postmenopausal Women with Overweight and Obesity
Rena Zelig and Diane Radler Clinical & Preventive Nutrition Sciences Exploration of DCPNS Programmatic and Alumni Outcomes
Lorena Carlo and Shankar Srinivasan Health Informatics Analysis of Safety Events in Mental Health Medical Devices
Frederick Coffman and Antonina Mitrofanova Health Informatics Machine Learning for Predictive Modeling of Cancer Progression Using MIR99AHG Expression
Priyadarshini Kachroo Health Informatics Maternal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Child Lung Health Outcomes
Dinesh P. Mital Health Informatics Dental Implant Success Prediction Using Dental Decision Support System
Rahul Mittal Health Informatics Nosocomial Infection Rates in Patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) Surgery
Zhaomeng Niu Health Informatics Digital Cancer Prevention and Health Intervention Among Hispanics
Shankar Srinivasan Health Informatics Hospitalization Characteristics of Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) in the United States
Riddhi Vyas Health Informatics Comparative Hospitalization Outcomes of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) and Cardiac Arrest (CA) in the United States
Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia Interdisciplinary Studies, Methodology and Statistical Support Team Phase 1 Development of an Open-access Textbook, “Applied and Interpretive Qualitative Research Approaches for Health Professionals”
Jessica Gomes Physician Assistant Studies and Practice Development of a Communication Curriculum on Delivery of Difficult News Using Simulation-Based Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Healthcare Students
SunHee Eissenstat Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions Development and Evaluation of AI simulation Space for Teaching Key Counseling Skills
Christina Kang-Yi Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions DECIDE for MOM
Weili Lu Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions Trauma Informed Career Counseling
Allison Brown Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences Clinical and Biomechanical Risk Factors in High School Runners
Aaron Dallman Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences A Gap Analysis of Healthcare Services for Neurodivergent Children
Judy Deutsch Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences VCYCLE: Virtual Cycling in Persons with Parkinson Disease
Jean-Francois Daneault Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences Disease-Specific Synthetic emg
Andrew Lynch Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences Food is Medicine Newark – A Lifestyle Medicine Trial
Qinyin Qiu Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences Evaluate the Rehabilitation Outcomes in Cerebral Palsy (CP) through Gamified Multidisciplinary Interventions: Integrating Speech and Upper Extremity Motor Therapy
Soha Saleh Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences Brain Connectivity as a Predictor of Stroke Recovery
Stipends are provided to SHP Students to work on Research or a Scholarly Activity Project. It will be awarded to each student who completes an agreed upon project in a six to eight week period during the summer.
Interns must be SHP graduate students, with preference given to students who are less than half way through their Program.
Faculty Researchers must have a terminal degree for the research component, however, this criteria is not required for the Scholarly Activity.  Where required, research must be approved by the proper Institutional Review Board.
Key Items Due Dates/Time Periods
Official announcement to Faculty February 4, 2025
Project proposal form due from Faculty March 24, 2025
Project proposals posted to SHP website and announcement to students to review project proposals April 1, 2025
Students review proposals and interview with Faculty April 1, 2025 – April 30, 2025
Student/Faculty final selection due to Office of Research Project commitment form due from Faculty May 1, 2025
Notification of awards May 15, 2025
W-9 form due from Students May 23, 2025
First half of funding released July 2025
Final abstract form due from Faculty August 31, 2025
Second half of funding released Upon Completion of final abstract form
Procedure for Applying 2025
Please review the procedure outlined to apply to the program.
Application for Project Proposal Form
This form initiates the process and submits your project proposal / Scholarly Activity for consideration.  It is reviewed by the OR for completeness.  Once approved, it is posted on the OR website for students to view and contact the project director if interested.  All application project proposals are listed online under “Project Proposals” link on top.
Project Commitment Form
This form creates a record and confirms commitment with a student interested in doing the project. It outlines the project requirements and support needed to complete the project. It is used to track the status of the project and to initiate the 1st payment to the student. Once completed, it is sent electronically to the OR.
Final Abstract Form
This form is sent to confirm completion of project and to notify the OR of project closed out.   It provides the OR with a summary of the project requirements and how they have been met.    This form is required in order to submit the 2nd and final payment to the student and to officially close out the project.
Form W-9

Questions? Contact Michele Sisco at mcoral@shp.rutgers.edu.