Summer Health Internship Programs (SHIP)
Summer Internships (Mid-July to Mid-August)
The AHEC Summer Health Internship Programs (SHIP) matches high school and college students who are underrepresented in the health professions with healthcare providers in their communities for six-week internships. Internships are 15-20 hours per week; and stipends are available.
These internships are for:
High School Students
Undergraduate/Pre-Med College Students in their 1st and 2nd year
High school and college students will:
- Learn about health professions
- Learn about the health issues affecting their community
- Develop lasting relationships with preceptors/mentors
- Understand the steps to pursuing a health career
- Attend seminars with health professionals
- “Shadow” health professionals on the job
- Work on health research projects
- Participate in public health education programs
The SHIP programs are run by the Bronx-Westchester AHEC, the Brooklyn-Queens-Long Island AHEC, and the Manhattan-Staten Island AHEC. Please select the office nearest your home and contact them for more information. Or, you may download and fill out an application; there is a separate application for each program.
Brooklyn-Queens-Long Island AHEC
Download Brooklyn-Queens-LI application and send to:
Gabrielle Kersaint, Executive Director
BQLI AHEC
400 Jay St., Suite 400
Brooklyn, NY 11202
Fax: (718)-797-5390
Tel: (718)-797.1558
E-mail: gkersaint@bqliahec.org
Learn more at their website: www.bqliahec.org
Bronx-Westchester AHEC
Download Bronx-Westchester application and send to:
Patricia Jeudy, MPA, Director of Programs
Bronx- Westchester Area Health Education Center (BW-AHEC)
Lehman College of the City University of New York
Room C-241
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Bronx, New York 10468
Fax: (718)-590-7300
Tel: (718)-590-1110
E-mail: patricia.jeudy@lehman.cuny.edu
Learn more at their website: www.bwahec.org
Manhattan-Staten Island AHEC
Download Manhattan-Staten Island application and send to:
Rossmery Barzey, Program Director
Manhattan-Staten Island AHEC
43 Central Park North, Suite 1A
New York, NY 10026
Fax: (212) 534-2478
Tel: (212)-534-2432
E-mail: rbarzey@institute2000.org
Learn more at their website:www.msiahec.org
