Intern Opportunities
If you are interested in diabetes care management, the Allen Diabetes Center
offers a unique learning experience. Amongst other tasks and responsibilities,
a student intern can expect to:
- Contribute to various research projects by assisting with patient recruitment,
data collection and analyses, and submission of abstracts for conference
presentations. Publication opportunities may also be available based on
student’s contribution.
- Develop user friendly, culturally sensitive programs and materials for
the center’s diverse patient populations including women with gestational
diabetes, young adults with type 1 diabetes, and the elderly patients,
- Develop assessment measures for outcome evaluations of various diabetes
programs at the center,
- Review and further develop the diabetes education curriculum for newly
diagnosed patients,
- Shadow healthcare professionals and educators
In addition to our student intern program we also offer Registered Dietitian
Preceptorships.
Types of Rotations Available
Please direct any questions to [email protected]
See what our interns are saying about our program:
"I am delighted at the opportunity to be selected as the new MPH practicum-intern
for the Melinda Smith Hoag Center for Healthy Living (MSHCHL) in collaboration
with the Mary & Dick Allen Diabetes Center, Hoag Hospital (Newport
Beach). I am currently pursuing Masters of Public Health at the USC Keck
School of Medicine. My endeavor is to combine my optometric background
with my passion for reducing preventable vision loss in our underserved
communities. MSHCHL is making that vision possible. Recent nationwide
surveys underscore the importance of focusing on preservation of eye health.
I am designing culturally sensitive educational materials to increase
awareness of diabetes-related vision complications in our underserved
Orange County communities. Michaell Rose, LCSW, and Director of MSHCHL
along with Harsimran Singh, PhD, Clinical Research Scientist at the Allen
Diabetes Center will direct and guide all aspects of my practicum including
the development of needed educational materials. I am extremely grateful
and privileged to be a part of Hoag's dedicated community outreach
programs supported by its Community Benefit Program." - C. Caputo,
USC MPH Program
“Interning at Hoag’s Diabetes Center has been such a valuable
opportunity. I have enjoyed every second of my training experience as
I learn more every day about diabetes and preventing it. I am helping
their staff on a program that has just been approved. Viviendo Saludabe
is a community-based program that helps Latina Women who are prediabetic
learn more about prediabetes and the necessary tools to prevent it. As
an intern, I will be helping with the maintenance sessions of this program.
During the maintenance session, I will be inviting the women from the
program to come to the center and share their experiences with me. This
helps us as professionals understand how the women feel and what we can
do better to make a difference in their lives. As a fourth-year Public
Health student, at the University of California, Irvine it is an honor
to serve the community of Orange County. I am excited to be working with
such dedicated individuals that give their all to help their community
through prevention services and most of all support.” - B. Camacho,
UCI Public Health Policy and Social Policy