Position Overview
Tellegacy is seeking a motivated Healthcare Research Intern to contribute to health research, grant development, program implementation, and community health promotion. Working under the mentorship of the Principal Investigator, the intern will gain practical experience across the research lifecycle—from developing NIH R-series and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) proposals through supporting the execution, evaluation, and dissemination of multiple projects.
The internship is designed for an emerging professional who wants meaningful experience connecting rigorous research with programs that strengthen health, social connection, healthy aging, and the future healthcare workforce. Responsibilities will be aligned with the intern’s skills, professional goals, and the current stage of each project.
Key Research Areas
- Intergenerational Connection
- De-Structuring Siloes in Healthcare
- Resilient Together: Burnout-Proofing Your Healthcare System
- What Matters Most: Age-Friendly Conversations to Decrease Ageism and Promote Health and Well-Being
- Conflict Resolution and De-Escalation
- Cultural Humility
- Human Agency and AI
- Cross-Cultural Communication
- Social Determinants of Health
- Solutions to Social Isolation and Loneliness in Healthcare
- Resiliency and Intergenerational Connection
Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive literature reviews and synthesize findings related to research areas.
- Administrative support for outreach.
- Management of Projects and Campaigns
- Prepare and submit IRB applications and maintain compliance throughout the research process.
- Collaborate with team members on research projects, contributing to data collection, analysis, and interpretation.
- Draft, review, edit, and format manuscripts for submission to academic journals.
- Support the coordination of manuscript submission processes, including responding to reviewer comments and assisting with manuscript revisions.
- Contribute to developing content for online courses and training materials.
Primary Responsibilities of NIH and SBIR Research
- Conduct focused literature searches and synthesize peer-reviewed evidence for research proposals, protocols, reports, and manuscripts.
- Support the development of grant components, including background and significance sections, specific aims, innovation narratives, research strategies, logic models, implementation plans, and evaluation measures.
- Assist with funding-opportunity reviews, requirements matrices, proposal timelines, reference management, and document coordination.
- Contribute to SBIR-related market, stakeholder, implementation, and commercialization research.
- Help develop research materials such as surveys, interview guides, recruitment materials, data-collection tools, training resources, and project documentation.
- Support funded-project activities, including implementation tracking, participant and partner coordination, data-quality review, progress reporting, and dissemination preparation.
- Assist with quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods activities according to project needs and the intern’s preparation.
- Contribute to abstracts, posters, presentations, reports, manuscripts, and other research products.
Tellegacy Outreach and Health Promotion
- Support outreach to healthcare, aging-services, academic, community, and workforce-development partners.
- Develop evidence-informed health-promotion resources for Tellegacy programs and focused health topics.
- Assist with program implementation, participant engagement, outcome tracking, and partner follow-up.
- Help translate research findings into clear materials for community, professional, and public audiences.
- Participate in selected meetings and contribute to project planning, documentation, and follow-through.
Mentorship and Professional Development
The intern will receive structured mentorship from the PI, including:
- An individualized learning and contribution plan.
- Regular mentorship meetings and project guidance.
- Direct feedback on research writing and professional work products.
- Exposure to the full grant lifecycle, including concept development, proposal preparation, project execution, evaluation, reporting, and dissemination.
- Opportunities to build portfolio-ready research products and strengthen graduate-school, fellowship, or career preparation.
- Consideration for presentation and authorship opportunities when contributions meet applicable professional and publication standards.
- Opportunities to develop relationships with researchers, practitioners, and community partners connected to assigned projects.
Qualifications
- Current undergraduate or graduate student, recent graduate, or emerging professional in public health, healthcare, nursing, gerontology, psychology, social work, education, health sciences, research methods, data science, or a related field.
- Strong research, analytical, writing, organizational, and communication skills.
- Ability to manage assignments, meet agreed timelines, and communicate progress consistently.
- Interest in health research, grant-supported innovation, community health, healthy aging, social connection, health equity, or healthcare workforce development.
- Professional judgment, attention to detail, cultural humility, and respect for confidentiality.
- Ability to collaborate effectively in a virtual environment.
Preferred Experience
- Experience with academic databases, literature reviews, reference-management tools, survey platforms, data analysis, qualitative research, program evaluation, or grant writing.
- Familiarity with NIH, SBIR/STTR, implementation science, community-engaged research, human-subjects research, or health-promotion programming.
- Training in responsible conduct of research or human-subjects protections.
Appointment Details
This is a volunteer internship with flexible scheduling and a consistent weekly commitment. Academic credit may be arranged when supported by the intern’s educational institution. Interns will complete relevant onboarding, confidentiality, research-integrity, and project-specific training before participating in applicable activities.
If chosen for an interview, be prepared to share:
- A statement describing their research interests, relevant experience, professional goals, and interest in the internship.
- A short writing sample demonstrating academic, research, professional, or health-related writing.
- Anticipated start date, weekly availability, and preferred length of commitment.
Tellegacy welcomes applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences. Selection will be based on alignment with current research priorities, demonstrated readiness to contribute, learning goals, and available mentorship capacity. Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the application and internship experience.
Pay: From $1.00 per week
Work Location: Remote
