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Note: Application closed on May 12, 2025.
Internship overview
| Intern project | Project 8: Massachusetts Work-Related Motor Vehicle Crash Injury Surveillance |
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| Intern role | Massachusetts Work-Related Motor Vehicle Crash Injury Surveillance Intern |
| Targeted majors | Graduate students in current public health or relevant field master’s or doctoral programming. Graduates students who study epidemiology, occupational health, biostatistics, and/or data analysis are welcome to apply. |
| Hours per week | Part-time,15 hours |
| Internship length | 2 semesters (24 weeks) |
| Work arrangement | Hybrid |
| Work location | 250 Washington St, Boston MA |
Position overview
The surveillance system to identify work-related motor vehicle (MV) crash injuries in MA is a joint project of the Injury Surveillance Program (ISP) and Occupational Health Surveillance Program (OHSP) within the Bureau of Community Health and Prevention. The intern will have a central role in this project by contributing to the sustainability and utilization of this novel surveillance system. The surveillance system identifies fatal and nonfatal MV crash injuries among MV occupants, motorcyclists, pedestrians, and bicyclists in MA who were working at the time of the crash, including gig workers. This surveillance system utilizes multiple linked statewide data sources in the more comprehensive MA Crash-Related Injury Surveillance System (MA CRISS).
Responsibilities
In the first semester, under the supervision of ISP and OHSP staff, the intern will utilize four statewide data sources in MA CRISS: acute care hospital (or “case mix”), police crash report, Trauma Registry, and emergency medical services data to identify cases in the most recent years of data available, assess the validity of outlier cases (e.g., unusually young or old ages), and revise the SAS code to identify cases as needed. In the second semester, the intern will work with OHSP and ISP supervisors to select a specific type of work-related MV crash injury for additional analysis to inform measures to prevent such injuries. Over the semester, the intern will develop an analysis plan, conduct the analysis, and develop a data dissemination product. This is critical work as MV crashes are the second leading cause of fatal work injuries in MA and there are many barriers to identifying such injuries in statewide data sources.
Skills and qualifications desired
SAS (basic to intermediate experience), Excel, PowerPoint, detail-oriented, oral presentation skills.
For more information, please check out Program FAQs. You can also contact us by email dphinternship@mass.gov.