Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator Internship (Global.Health)

Department & Position Summary

Through the creation of the Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator, Boston Children’s reinforces a commitment to, and investment in pediatric innovation. We are combining our data, clinical expertise, and healthcare technology development experience, with leading worldwide industry partners – including start-ups – to transform health care. We work to surface, support and accelerate Boston Children’s innovations for the purpose of improving pediatric care Until Every Child is Well. Today, there is a new level of investment and urgency behind accelerating innovations and expanding our reach globally. Read more about our Digital Health, Accelerator and Healthmap sub-teams within IDHA.

The mission of Global.health (G.h) is to enable the rapid sharing of trusted and open public health data to advance the response to infectious diseases around the world. We believe in equitable health research that serves committees of all backgrounds and means, regardless of geography, organizational affiliation, technical aptitude, or financial resources. Our goal is to cultivate a global community invested in improving health outcomes for all through open and secure data sharing built on accessible, sustainable technology.

We’re looking for an intern to join the Global.health team within the Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA) at Boston Children’s Hospital. This will be a hybrid position, with the expectation that interns are onsite most Tuesdays. Tentative program dates are February 2 – December 3, 2026.

Key Responsibilities

• The Global.health Curation Team works closely with project managers, who set the scope, scale, and timeline of outbreak response
• Curators compile epidemiological outbreak data from openly-accessible sources to create a standardized line-list dataset; curators may also integrate other data types including, animal outbreak data, genomic data, wastewater data, climate data, and response.
• Curators contribute to a sourcing strategy to find trusted media sources and identify, vet, and log relevant outbreak information.
• Curators consistently apply methods and best practices to ensure high-quality data.
• Curators contribute to project status updates with G.h partner organizations and our community through newsletters and other written and oral communications.
• Provide occasional ad hoc support to other IDHA projects, as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in epidemiology, statistics, public health or related field.

Experience

• Familiarity in epidemiology, data entry, and analysis.
• Technical proficiency in MS Office required; familiarity with Google Drive, Slack, Github preferred.
• Critical and logical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.