CWS Identified Internships

Northwestern University’s Children’s Memorial Institute for Education and Research (CMIER)
American Cities Program - Chicago

This internship has a range of possible projects varying from laboratory based “bench” projects, using state of the art technology, to clinical investigations, using our extensive data base. In this translational research project, review of the literature and data analysis will be part of the approach to the problem. The intern may also write a paper during her tenure at CMRC, in order to understand how her work fits in with others in the field, and she will interact with our nine member research team. Specifically, she will participate in weekly lab meetings and institute-wide conferences. She will also visit the clinic to observe the physical and laboratory findings in children with Juvenile Dermatomyositis. The focus of the group’s investigation is now twofold: 1) to understand the mechanism of soft tissue calcifications that plague 30% of children with Juvenile Dermatomyositis, and 2) to dissect out the factors that occur at disease onset.

Internship Description:
Internship mentor, Dr. Lauren Pachman, typically has two or three students working with her each summer. As part of this institute-wide training program, the intern would meet other college and medical students (over 50 people), and would be requested to give a ten-minute presentation about her internship research topic at the end of the summer assignment, to the rest of the student body.

Ideal Internship Qualification: