Student Research Opportunities

Interested candidates should email a cover letter and CV to hbhegenetics@umich.edu.

Description

The Roberts Research Group offers valuable research opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate students. Working with an interdisciplinary team of experts in the areas of genetic counseling, health behavior, health education, and bioethics (among others), qualified students can be given the opportunity genomics.

Through Summer Internship and Research Assistant positions, students are involved with the various ongoing research projects further developing skills in areas such as the following:

Research interviewing

Development of health education materials

Critical review of relevant literatures

Recruitment and outreach

Data management and analysis

Manuscript and grant preparation

Summer Internships are available and prioritized for U-M SPH students between their first and second years. Internships are an excellent learning experience and we encourage students to take advantage of these great opportunities.

Past Summer Interns

Natalie Bartnik
(2012-2013)
U-M School of Public Health
Health Behavior and Health Education

Gina Neshewat
(2011-2012)
U-M School of Public Health
Health Behavior and Health Education

Sarah Tersegno
(2009-2010)
U-M School of Public Health
Health Behavior and Health Education

Jill Cooper
(2008-2009)
U-M School of Public Health
Health Behavior and Health Education

Meena Chelvakumar
(2007-2008)
U-M School of Public Health
Health Behavior and Health Education

Past Research Assistants

Sydney Korsunsky
(2018-2019)
U-M School of Public Health
Concentration in Public Health Sciences; Pre-medical track

Meaghan Mones
(2018-2019)
U-M College of Literature, Science and the Arts
Major in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience; Pre-medical track

Emily Walsh
(2012-2013)
U-M College of Literature, Science and the Arts
Major in Neuroscience and Minor in Medical Anthropology

Dana Schlegel
(2011-2012)
U-M School of Public Health
Health Behavior and Health Education
U-M Genetic Counseling Program

Ashley Bowman
(2010-2012)
U-M College of Literature, Science and the Arts
Major in Cellular Molecular Biology

Molly Clark
(2009-2010)
U-M College of Literature, Science and the Arts
Major in Modern Greek; Pre-medical track