Intern, Harrington Discovery Institute (HDI)

University Hospitals•Cleveland, OH

About The Position

This internship involves performing various projects and special assignments for the Harrington Discovery Institute (HDI), specifically supporting the Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre (OHC) programs and communications teams. Key responsibilities include developing outreach email campaigns to patient advocacy groups, collaborating with the OHC communications team to document patient stories, researching US policies impacting rare disease therapeutic development, and preparing post-Symposium content. The intern will also track the progress of Harrington Scholars and investment companies, research ways to increase diversity in applicant pools, update databases, develop social media content, and support marketing analysis through data entry and database management. The role requires compliance with all organizational policies and standards, including the safe and secure maintenance of Protected Health Information (PHI).

Requirements

Actively pursuing a bachelor’s degree in a health-related field.
Experience working with multiple departments and functions.
Experience with meeting deadlines.
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
Excellent writing skills and strong attention to detail.
Ability to work autonomously and meet deadlines.
Self-starter.

Nice To Haves

Previous office experience.

Responsibilities

Performs various projects and special assignments as requested by the assigned area.
Supports the Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre (OHC) programs and communications teams.
Develops outreach email campaigns to patient advocacy groups to introduce OHC to the rare disease community.
Works with the OHC communications team to identify patients and write up their stories of living with a rare disease.
Researches US policies that impact rare disease therapeutic development and makes recommendations on which policies and updates the OHC should comment on.
Prepares post-Symposium content (photos, videos) and leads the project to create a recap video with Harrington’s video agency.
Tracks progress of Harrington Scholars and Harrington investment companies through Google Alerts.
Researches and makes recommendations for increasing diversity in the Scholar-Innovator applicant pool especially with female physician-scientists.
Researchers and updates the Medical School Dean database for Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine.
Develops social media content under the direction of the Harrington Brand Manager.
Supports marketing analysis through data entry and database management, including email list clean-up, lead generation tracking, basic trend analysis, and responding to and routing inquiries from the OHC “Contact Us” website form.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Complies with all policies and standards.
Abides by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients.