PSYC UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIP SITES DIRECTORY

Mission: AERE provides assessment, education, and research consulting services to organizations specializing in assessment, licensure, certification, employment selection, survey research, and data analysis.

 

Agency Website: http://www.aerexperts.com/    

 

Agency Contact: Dr. Manny Straehle, President and Founder  manny@aerexperts.com

Mission: The American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance to solve some of the most urgent challenges in the U.S. and around the world. AIR's mission is to generate and use rigorous evidence that contributes to a better, more equitable world.

 

Agency Website: http://www.air.org/

Mission: The APA Internal Internship Program (IIP) operates within APA’s Vision of Transformation and supports the APA brand in institutions across the U.S. and abroad. The internship program is housed within the Education Directorate, whose goals are “to enhance the quality of teaching and learning outcomes, meet the demands of a multiracial society through education and training, and increase financial and policy support for education and training.” You will work in a non-profit membership association with over 115,000 members. The APA IIP is NOT an accredited program nor is it facility treatment based.

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Agency Website: https://www.apa.org/about/apa-jobs/internships 

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Agency Contact:  internship@apa.org OR Dr. Lynn F. Bufka, Deputy Chief Professional Practice

Mission: The Association for Psychological Science (previously the American Psychological Society) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of scientific psychology and its representation at the national and international level.

 

Agency Website: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/

 

Agency Contact: Tracy Waldeck, APS Deputy Director twaldeck@psychologicalscience.org

Mission: The Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders (CASD) is a multidisciplinary team comprised of pediatric autism specialists, including clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, child and adolescent psychiatrists, developmental pediatricians, social workers and speech/language pathologists. These experts work together to provide the best possible care for autistic youth, and lead research to understand the underpinnings of autism and effective approaches to maximize autistic youth outcomes.

 

Agency Website: http://childrensnational.org/CASD

 

Agency Contact:  Dr. Alyssa Verbalis, Ph.D., Clinical Research Program Lead, autism@childrensnational.org

Mission: Under the direction of Children's National Chief of Psychology and Behavioral Health Randi Streisand, Ph.D., Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES), and psychologist Maureen Monaghan, Ph.D., CDCES, the Diabetes Behavioral Research Laboratory conducts research focusing on children, teens and young adults with diabetes. We work on finding ways to help families best fit diabetes management into everyday life. 

 

Agency Website: https://childrensnational.org/research/labs/diabetes

 

Agency Contact:  Dr. Randi Streisand, Chief Division of Psychology & Behavioral Health, rstreis@childrensnational.org

Mission:  The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Counterterrorism and Forensic Science Research Unit’s (CFSRU) provides technical leadership for the FBI as well as for other law enforcement and intelligence agencies through applied research and development.

What will I be doing? As a participant with the Counterterrorism and Forensic Science Research Unit (CFSRU) Visiting Scientist Program (VSP), you will have an opportunity to enhance your professional development and increase your research capabilities and contributions by participating in forensic research initiatives utilizing state-of-the-art equipment under the mentorship of CFSRU scientists. The VSP will expose you to a research environment in a high security government facility and provides an opportunity to perform research in areas of interest unique to law enforcement and national security.

 

Agency Website: https://fbijobs.gov/students-and-graduates#visiting-scientist-program 

 

Agency Contact:  FBIrpp@orau.org

Mission: Health Analytics, located in Columbia MD, specializes in health care outcomes research. Research projects involve both retrospective and prospective studies. Health Analytics helps health care plans and providers address questions related to health care costs, patient access to services, and quality of care. The current RA position is ideal for a candidate looking to gain real-world research experience.

 

Agency Website: https://www.healthanalytic.com/

 

Agency Contact: Sara Heverly-Fitt, shfitt@healthanalytic.com    

Mission: Ideas42 grew out of research programs in psychology and economics at top academic institutions, and our work draws on decades of experimental scientific research. We use these insights to design scalable ways to improve programs, policies and products in the real world.

 

Agency Website: http://www.ideas42.org/

Mission: Strive to provide the finest possible clinical care for individuals with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders and related conditions as well as support for their families. We invite you to learn about our clinical services that include short-term inpatient care, partial hospitalization (day hospital), and outpatient consultations and second opinions, and specialized outpatient treatment on two campuses for individuals with recent onset of symptoms and for patients with long-standing illness.

 

Agency Website: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/specialty_areas/schizophrenia/index.html

 

Agency Contact: jhszc@jhmi.edu

Mission: The John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation is dedicated to changing the way the world treats mental health by funding evidence-based research and programs to promote holistic, integrative approaches towards mental healthcare.

 

Agency Website: https://www.johnwbrickfoundation.org/

 

Agency Contact: Olivia Lubarsky, Program Coordinator olivia.lubarsky@brickbodies.com 

Mission: An internationally recognized research program, REACH drives our clinical practice and training programs. Our team approach enables us to comprehensively and innovatively research the causes and treatments of ASD.

 

Agency Website: https://www.kennedykrieger.org/patient-care/patient-care-centers/center-autism-and-related-disorders/research-initiatives/reach

 

Agency Contact: Eileen Mae Swanekamp, Senior Research Coordinator REACH Swanekamp@kennedykrieger.org

Mission: The Child and Family Therapy Clinic’s mission is to provide high-quality evidence-based treatment to children and families exhibiting a wide range of behavioral and emotional problems. Common problems treated in our clinic include disruptive behavior problems, ADHD, executive functioning difficulties, anger-management, aggression, parent-child conflicts, parent-teen communication difficulties, depression, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, fears, phobias, bullying, impulse-control difficulties, school-related difficulties, adjustment-related problems, stress management, emotion-regulation difficulties, mild self-harm/poor coping, and family transition issues.

 

Agency Website: https://www.kennedykrieger.org/patient-care/patient-care-programs/outpatient-programs/child-and-family-therapy-clinic-cft

 

Agency Contact: Dr. Caroline Guzi, Guzi@kennedykrieger.org   Dr. Ariana Zahn, Zahn@kennedykrieger.org 

Mission: This is a Clinical Research Internship focusing on Data Collection and Analysis.

 

Agency Website: https://www.mprc.umaryland.edu/

 

Agency Contact: Dr. Daniel Roche, Droche@som.umaryland.edu

Mission: Leadership Fitness Lab research on the topics of PTSD, Military Couples Resilience, Leadership, Psychological Healthy Workplace, and Well-being

 

Agency Website: http://es.ndu.edu/

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Agency Contact: Col. Stephen Bowles stephen.bowles@gc.ndu.edu

Mission: The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the largest funder of research on mental disorders in the world, with a current budget of over $1.4B. Our mission is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure. The NIH campus (located just outside Washington, DC in Bethesda, MD) is listed on the glassdoor.com 2019 rankings of Best Places to Work.

 

Agency Website: https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/postbac_irta

 

Agency Contact:  Adam Thomas, Data Science and Sharing Team, adamt@nih.gov

Mission: This internship will focus on completing data analysis of behavioral experiments started this summer to investigate ultrasonic vocalization and motor development in four different mouse models of Down syndrome. The student will learn: 1. to analyze video recording data using ANY-maze Video Tracking Software 2. to create protocols for different experimental designs 3. to perform statistical analyses on the acquired data using GraphPad PRISM 4. to participate in the writing of a manuscript describing the neonatal and adult behavioral deficits in mouse models of Down syndrome 5. learn the importance of translating human behavioral paradigms into mouse models 

 

Agency Website: https://www.genome.gov/

 

Agency Contact: Dr. Faycal Guedj, faycal.guedj@nih.gov 

Mission: Oceans Research provides and facilitates innovative and dynamic research relevant to the management and conservation of Southern Africa’s wildlife.Its research is interdisciplinary ranging from biological to socio-economic studies of marine and terrestrial resource utilisation in Southern Africa’s coastal society.

 

Agency Website: http://www.oceans-campus.com/programs/oceans-research-internship/

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Mission: The Ocean Mammal Institute teaches students field research skills, whale behaviors, and how human actions can affect our marine ecosystem.

 

Agency Website: http://www.oceanmammalinst.com/

 

Agency Contact: Joyce O’Neal, whales@oceanmammalinst.org

Mission: Optimal Solutions Group, LLC (Optimal) is a leading non-partisan public policy research firm that conducts studies and provides technical assistance on health care, education, welfare, housing, community development, and related subjects. Our mission is to provide policy makers with rigorous and timely studies that enable our clients (including federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as private foundations) to improve public well-being.

 

Agency Website: http://www.optimalsolutionsgroup.com/

 

Agency Contact: Kevin Attanasio, HR Director careers@optimalsolutionsgroup.com OR Kashni Sharma, Chief of Staff/Research Analyst III  ksharma@optiimalsolutionsgroup.com

Mission: The SCORE Program at Children's National Hospital 

provides care  for children and teens with concussions. 

We're also dedicated to supporting brain health through advocacy by making sure accurate and balanced information is provided to youth, families, schools, healthcare professionals, and sport organizations.

 

Agency Website:  https://www.childrensnational.org/get-care/departments/safe-concussion-outcome-recovery--education-score-program

 

Agency Contact: trasooly@childrensnational.org

Mission: Founded in 1996, Seraphim GLOBAL has played a leading role in combating human trafficking through a public health and human rights approach. We conduct evidence-based research to inform policymakers, social scientists, and service providers about vulnerable populations and effective prevention strategies.

 

Agency Website: https://www.seraphimglobal.org/index.html

 

Agency Contact: Cynthia Turner, President cturner@seraphimglobal.org

Mission: The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt offers comprehensive, individualized care for children, adolescents and adults with eating disorders including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder (BED) as well as avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) and other specified and unspecified eating disorders.

 

Agency Website: https://www.eatingdisorder.org/

 

Agency Contact: Dr. Laura Sproch, Lsproch@sheppardpratt.org

Mission: This is a Communications and Marketing Internship. The specific job responsibilities include: Google Ads, Google Analytics, video transcriptions (pulling quotes), marketing and communication tasks as needed.

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Agency Website: https://sunwater.org/ 

 

Agency Contact: Julia Moroles, Media Manager, jmoroles@sunwater.org 

Mission: The Children’s Inn at NIH is a residential “Place Like Home’’ for families with children participating in leading-edge research studies at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. The NIH Clinical Center is the nation’s premier biomedical research hospital, providing an opportunity for our residents to be partners in advancing medical discoveries and improving the health of people all over the world. While the NIH takes care of the child’s medical needs, The Inn tends to the child’s heart, soul and spirit.

 

Agency Website: http://childrensinn.org/

 

Agency Contact: Javin Smith, Education Program Manager, javin.smith@nih.gov

Mission: Today, ARI's Science and Technology (S&T) research is focused on developing innovative measures and methods to improve and enhance the Soldier lifecycle, conducting scientific assessments and providing behavioral and social science advice to inform human resource policies, and developing fundamental theories and investigating new domain areas in behavioral and social sciences with high potential impact on Army issues.
 

Agency Website: https://ari.altess.army.mil/default.aspx

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Agency Contact: Alexander Wind, Alexander.P.Wind.civ@army.mil

Mission: DVBIC's mission is to serve active-duty military, their beneficiaries, and veterans with traumatic brain injury through state-of-the-science clinical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs, and support for force health protection services. DVBIC fulfills this mission through ongoing collaboration with the Department of Defense (DoD), military services, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), civilian health partners, local communities, families and individuals with TBI.

 

Agency Website: http://dvbic.dcoe.mil/location/walter-reed-nmmc-md   http://www.wrnmmc.capmed.mil/NICoE/SitePages/index.aspx

Mission: Westat is one of the foremost professional service corporations of its kind—the gold standard of social science research, statistical analysis, and evidence-based communications.

 

Agency Website: https://www.westat.com/

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Agency Contact: Joann Sorra, joannsorra@westat.com