2027 Summer Internship - Research Analytics & Insights

Vizient•Chicago, IL

About The Position

Vizient’s full-time, paid summer internship program gives undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students practical experience in a professional setting and exposure to the healthcare industry. Interns receive a supervisor who mentors them, develops their business skills, and monitors their work. They set goals, work toward deadlines, participate in community service projects, and take part in formal training, mentoring, on-the-job learning, and opportunities to interact with senior leaders. The 10-week program runs from June 1, 2027, through August 6, 2027, and pays $25 per hour. The Research Analytics & Insights (RAIN) team uses Vizient data and research methods to produce evidence and insights that help healthcare organizations understand performance, quality outcomes, and emerging industry questions. The intern will receive hands-on training in the Vizient Clinical Data Base (CDB) and contribute to a defined healthcare analytics project. Working with the RAIN team, the intern will develop an analytic question, identify relevant data and literature, conduct and interpret analyses, and communicate findings in a concise presentation or other research deliverable.

Requirements

Currently pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree in health services research, public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, data science, health informatics, healthcare administration, or a related quantitative field; an undergraduate degree must be completed before the internship begins.
Coursework or applied experience in quantitative research methods, statistics, healthcare analytics, or study design.
Experience using at least one analytic tool or language, such as SQL, Python, R, SAS, Excel, Power BI, or Tableau, through coursework, research, employment, or a prior internship.
Demonstrated experience working with data, including cleaning or validating data, conducting analysis, interpreting results, and communicating findings.
Strong written and verbal communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage a defined project and collaborate in a hybrid team environment.
Interest in healthcare quality, outcomes, utilization, or health services research.

Responsibilities

Complete training in the Vizient CDB online tool and use its front-end interface to support healthcare data analysis.
Contribute to a defined research or analytics project addressing a RAIN team priority or client-relevant healthcare question.
Conduct focused literature and background research, refine analytic questions, and identify appropriate measures and datasets.
Perform data extraction, validation, descriptive analysis, and interpretation to identify meaningful trends and insights.
Collaborate with RAIN colleagues and cross-functional partners to review methods, findings, and implications.
Develop documentation, visualizations, and a final presentation or written research deliverable for technical and nontechnical audiences.
Support updates to internal SharePoint content and team knowledge resources, as needed.