Intern, Health Policy Program (Spring 2013)

The New America Foundation’s Health Policy Program is offering an unpaid internship for the spring semester, possibly continuing into the summer. After the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the program focuses on pushing the policy discussion on the next crucial step in reform: improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of America’s health care delivery system. We are committed not only to discovering best practices in medicine and health promotion, but also to communicating these practices to the broadest possible audience, including policy makers, health care professionals and especially consumers of health care, through scholarly work, convening and original journalism.

Responsibilities

Frequent research, writing, and editing for our active health policy blog, New Health Dialogue.
Research for policy papers, newspaper op-eds, and other writing.
Data entry and analysis for a database on physician conflicts of interest.
Minor administrative work.

Qualifications

Exceptional writing skills, and the ability to take editing/direction/criticism effectively.
An interest in and some knowledge of health policy and delivery system issues.
An ability to work independently: to find interesting policy stories, go to relevant events, see policy angles, and write with minimal supervision.
Be current junior or senior undergrads, graduate students, or recent graduates.
Have a strong understanding of statistical reasoning or medical evidence, with coursework in hard science, math, or economics.
Be able to commit at least two days a week (we can be flexible about working from home and scheduling).
Have some programming skills and an interest in developing and analyzing a database of payments to doctors and medical researchers

Application Process

Please submit a resume, cover letter, and a writing sample (blog- or article-length strongly preferred—see http://health.newamerica.net/blogmainfor examples) to colucci@newamerica.net. Please list “Spring Health Policy Intern” in the subject line. No phone calls, please.