Alexis Furthers Her Experience in Healthcare

Name: Alexis Year: Senior Major(s): Neuroscience CFS Program: Field Studies in Public Health CFS allows you the chance to participate in an internship, discuss your experiences with your classmates, and learn about the internship experiences of your classmates, which is an incredibly unique opportunity in itself. Not only is the structure of the organization unique…

CFS Advisors Help Ashleigh Navigate the Internship Process

Name: Ashleigh Year: Junior Major(s): Statistics Minor(s): Global Health CFS Program: Field Studies in the Humanities My CFS experience has been nothing but positive from the very beginning. Finding and securing an internship can be a very intimidating experience for many students but with CFS, the process is more manageable. One of the most helpful…

Eric Gains Real-World Medical Experience

Name: Eric Year: Junior Major(s): Biology Minor(s): History CFS Program: Field Studies in Public Health I am so glad that I have found an internship that I love through Chicago Field Studies. As a premedical student, I wanted to get more direct exposure to healthcare and understand what makes for a good healthcare provider-patient interaction….

Julia Embraces Public Health

Name: Julia Year: Senior Major(s): Psychology Minor(s): Global Health CFS Program: Field Studies in Public Health Just as one would imagine, entering senior year without having any internship experience in the healthcare industry worried me that I was running out of time to get this so called “exposure” to the field. However, after learning about…

Tomás Dedicates His Time to Help Others at Heartland Alliance

Name: Tomás Year: Senior Major: Psychology Minor: Global Health Studies CFS Program: Field Studies in Public Health I have dedicated most of my experiences as an undergraduate to prepare for a career in public health. While most of it has been focused on health research and intervention development, I have always wanted to work at…

Mohan Takes on “Big Data” at NUTORC

Name: Mohan Year: Senior Major: Economics CFS Program: Field Studies in Public Health This spring I’m working under the Northwestern Transplant Outcomes Research Center (NUTORC), a research wing under the Comprehensive Transplant Center at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. My work deals with using relatively new machine learning methods to understand why a certain cohort of end…

Harmony Takes Care of Our Community

Name: Harmony Year: Junior Major: Anthropology Minor: Global Health CFS Program: Field Studies in Public Health The Northwestern Medicine External Affairs Department strives to ensure that the needs of the patients, staff, and neighbors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital are understood and served by building relationships with community leaders, elected officials, neighbors and employees outside a…

Janay’s Touching Experience

Name: Janay Year: Junior Major: Anthropology, Legal Studies CFS Program: Field Studies in Public Health I feel that my CFS Public Health internship is especially involved, especially challenging, and especially rewarding compared to any other experience, internship or otherwise, that I have had. I am an intern at a small children’s hospital in Hyde Park…

Laura On Her Experience With CFS Public Health

Name: Laura Year: Senior Major: Social Policy Minor: Global Health, Political Science CFS Program: Field Studies in Public Health I applied for my internship on a whim during the summer, thinking that it would be a good change of pace to work part-time and take classes part-time. However, taking two fewer classes was going to…

Kingsley Shares Insights From His Public Health Experience With CFS

Name: Kingsley Year: Senior Major/Minor: Biological Sciences – Neurobiology/Global Health CFS Concentration: Field Studies in Public Health Chicago Field Studies really helped make the internship application process smooth and painless. Having very little job search experience, they were able to give me the tools and guidance needed to find the internship of my choice. What…

Rachel Discusses Her Journey With Novacare

Name: Rachel Year: Senior Major/Minor: African American Studies/Psychology CFS Concentration: Field Studies in Public Health I remember walking into Novacare for my first interview and being incredibly nervous. My supervisor Josh was super friendly though and put me at ease. Immediately I was offered the internship and I made it clear that before anything else,…

Lyon Shares His Internship Experience With Health Leads

Name: Lyon Year: Junior Major/Minor(s): Biology/Global Health, Classics CFS Concentration: Field Studies in Public Health This quarter I am interning with Health Leads, a program that connects patients to basic, non-medical resources in the South Side community. My office is located in the Chicago Family Health Center. The CFHC provides medical care while Health Leads…