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Event ID: 1009561
| Organization: | Tokum Capital Management |
| Location: | 900 Third Avenue, 11th Floor (54th and 55th Streets) New York | Google Map |
| Geographic Location: | New York Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Emil Westergaard, AB'89 (Music) |
| Host Title: | CEO |
| About the Organiztion: | Healthcare Focused Hedge Fund |
| About the Host: | Emil Westergaard has expertise in: Portfolio Management and Healthcare Equity Research. His present duties include being a CEO and Portfolio Manager. He received his AB in Music from the University of Chicago in 1989. |
Event ID: 1009955
| Organization: | The Children's Memorial Hospital |
| Location: | Children's Memorial Hospital, Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery 2300 Children's Plaza, Chicago, IL 60614 |
| Geographic Location | Chicago Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Tord Alden, AB'89 (Statistics)1 |
| Host Title: | Assistant Professor/Surgeon within the Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery |
| About the Organiztion: | Staffed with top pediatric specialists and award-winning nurses, Children’s Memorial Hospital is a freestanding hospital exclusively for kids. CMH offers the newest technologies, provides kid-focused experiences and is dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. As the pediatric teaching facility of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, this commitment drives CMH to be a leader in: pediatric health care delivery, research into the prevention, causes and treatment of diseases that affect children, education for physicians, nurses and allied health professionals and advocacy for the general well-being of all children. As a charitable organization, CMH serves children and their families to the best of its abilities and the limits of its resources. For more information, please visit: www.childrensmemorial.org |
| About the Host: | Tord Alden is a cutting-edge neurosurgeon at Children’s Memorial Hospital and an assistant professor of neurosurgery at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. His clinical interests include epilepsy surgery, congential malformations, spine, hydrocephalus, oncology, craniofacial disorders, hydrocephalus, and minimally invasive techniques in neurosurgery. His current research centers on the use of stem cells and nanotechnology in the setting of cerebral ischemia. He trained in neurosurgery at the University of Virginia and the Auckland District Health Board in Auckland, New Zealand. He has completed fellowships in pediatric neurosurgery at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle. He is a former research fellow for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons where he studied gene therapy and tissue engineering in neurosurgery. |
Event ID: 1009343
| Organization: | National Institute of Mental Health |
| Location: | National Institute of Mental Health Room 4S237A Building 10 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20892 | Google Map |
| Geographic Location | Washington, DC Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Joel Kleinman, SB'66 (Biochemestry), MD'73, PhD'74 |
| Host Title: | Section Chief |
| About the Organiztion: | The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Federal government's principal biomedical and behavioral research agency. NIH is part of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The NIMH mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior. This public health mandate demands that NIMH harness powerful scientific tools to achieve better understanding, treatment, and eventually, prevention of these disabling conditions that affect millions of Americans. For more information about NIMH, please visit: www.nimh.nih.gov |
| About the Host: | Dr. Kleinman received his SB, MD and PhD from the University of Chicago in 1966, 1973 and 1974, respectively. His graduate studies with A. Heller and P. Hoffmann involved the effects of monoamines on carbohydrate metabolism in the rat brain. Dr. Kleinman did an internship at San Francisco General Hospital and residencies in psychiatry and neurology at Massachusetts Mental Health Center and George Washington University, respectively. He joined the NIMH as a Fellow in 1976, became a Section Chief in 1984, and has done research on schizophrenia for 29 years with an emphasis on postmortem studies. The research of the lab has identified twenty to thirty genes that increase the risk for schizophrenia. Dr. Kleinman is a past President of the Society of Biological Psychiatry and a recipient of the A. E. Bennett Award and an Outstanding Service Medal from the U.S.P.H.S. His section explores the neuropathology of schizophrenia. |
Event ID: 1009954
| Organization: | Argonne National Laboratory |
| Location: | Argonne National Laboratory Physicist 9700 South Cass Avenue Argonne, IL 60439 | Google Map |
| Geographic Location | Chicago Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Eric Landahl, AB'94 (Physics) |
| Host Title: | Physicist |
| About the Organiztion: | Argonne National Laboratory is one of the US Department of Energy's largest research centers. It is also the nation's first national laboratory, chartered in 1946. Today, the laboratory has about 2,900 employees, including about 1,000 scientists and engineers, of whom about 600 hold doctorate degrees. Argonne's annual operating budget of about $475 million supports upwards of 200 research projects, ranging from studies of the atomic nucleus to global climate change research. Since 1990, Argonne has worked with more than 600 companies and numerous federal agencies and other organizations. Argonne occupies 1,500 wooded acres in DuPage County, Ill. The site is surrounded by forest preserve about 25 miles southwest of Chicago's Loop. The site also houses the US Department of Energy's Chicago Operations Office. Argonne is operated by the University of Chicago for the US Department of Energy's Office of Science. For more information about Argonne, please visit: www.anl.gov |
| About the Host: | Eric graduated from the College in 1994 with a degree in physics. He is a physicist at Argonne National Laboratories. He went to graduate school right away after graduating from the University of Chicago and received a large grant at the end of graduate school which carried his research for another year or two. He switched research slightly when he went to Argonne to join a great group. He is developing ultrafast x-ray techniques for probing the atomic structure of matter on sub-picosecond timescales. He works with different rotating groups of scientists in condensed matter, atomic physics, laser science, and some chemists. He enjoys the work around the clock, and intense atmosphere of working at the western hemisphere's brightest x-ray source. |
Event ID: 1010297
| Organization: | Pfizer, Inc |
| Location: | 235 East 42nd Street New York, NY 10017 | Google Map |
| Geographic Location: | New York Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Amy Bauer |
| Host Title: | N/A |
| About the Organiztion: | Pfizer Inc discovers, develops, manufactures and markets leading prescription medicines for humans and animals and many of the world's best-known consumer brands. Our innovative, value-added products improve the quality of life of people around the world and help them enjoy longer, healthier, and more productive lives. The company has three business segments: human health care, animal health and consumer health care. Our products are available in more than 150 countries. |
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| Special Requirements: | The extern will be exposed to some confidential information and is expected not to share that information. |
Event ID: 1009957
| Organization: | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Location: | N/A |
| Geographic Location | Los Angeles Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Amy Ryan, AB'72 (History) |
| Host Title: | Senior Member, Technical Staff |
| About the Organiztion: | JPL is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center, managed for NASA by the California Institute of Technology. JPL’s charter includes development, design and fabrication of robotic spacecraft for solar system exploration; space science (astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, environmental chemistry/physics, etc.) for analysis of data collected by spacecraft; and development, design and fabrication of instruments to collect science data on spacecraft. The Electronic Nose project is a small instrument designed to be used in the crew area of spacecraft and other space habitats as an air quality monitor. For more information about JPL, please visit: http://jpl.nasa.gov and for more information on the Electronic Nose project, please visit: http://enose.jpl.nasa.gov |
| About the Host: | Margaret Amy Ryan received a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, with a focus on semiconductor electrochemistry and photoelectrochemistry. She also holds a BS in Chemistry from Metropolitan State College in Denver and an AB in History from the University of Chicago. She is now a Principal Member of the Technical Staff in the Power and Sensor Systems Section at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA. Before coming to JPL in 1989, she worked at the French National Laboratory (CNRS) in Meudon, France, at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley MA, and at the Solar Energy Research Center in Golden CO. Her work has included research and development of chemical sensors and sensing systems for air quality monitoring, development and studies of materials and processes for direct thermal to electric energy conversion, and materials and cells for solar energy conversion. In the area of thermal-to-electric energy conversion at JPL, Ms. Ryan has worked on electrochemical deposition of semiconductors for thermoelectric applications and has led the effort in development of thermoelectric nanowires, both for power conversion and for chemical sensing applications. She came to JPL to work in development of materials and studies of mechanisms of operation and degradation for the Alkali Metal Thermal to Electric Converter (AMTEC), and worked on AMTEC for several years. She has also worked in the field of sensitized metal oxide solar cells and maintains a collaboration with the CNRS in development of nanostructured solar cells. |
Event ID: 1009393
| Organization: | National Science Foundation |
| Location: | N/A |
| Geographic Location | Washington, DC Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Samuel Scheiner, AB'78 (Biology), MS'80, PhD'83 |
| Host Title: | Directorate of Biological Sciences, Division of Environmental Biology |
| About the Organiztion: | NSF is the leading funding source for basic academic research in the federal government. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" With an annual budget of about $5.92 billion, NSF is the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America’s colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing. For more information about NSF, please visit: www.nsf.gov. |
| About the Host: | Samuel Scheiner (B.A. Biology 1978; M.S. 1980; Ph.D. 1983) is Program Director for the Directorate of Biological Sciences, Division of Environmental Biology at the National Science Foundation. He manages competitive grants programs in the areas of ecology and evolution. |
| Organization: | UC Berkeley |
| Location: | UC Berkeley; Hearst Memorial Mining Building RM 291 |
| Geographic Location | San Francisco Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Ravi Nemana, AB'90 (History) |
| Host Title: | Executive Director, Service Sciences |
| About the Organiztion: | A premier University that is part of the University of California system. http://www.berkeley.edu/ |
| About the Host: | Ravi Nemana holds an AB'90 in HIPSS from the University of Chicago and a MBA from the University of California-Davis. His expertise is in healthcare, medical technology development and research, management of scientific programs, innovation and services. As the Executive Director of Services Science, his duties include managing development of the emerging discipline of service science, creating a new healthcare research cetner, teaching course in health information services, etc. Before coming to UC Berkeley, Mr. Nemana has developed clinical information systems, ran national telemedicine program (delivers care remotely), worked for a health care think tank; researched service innovation mechanisms and solutions; developed health services technologies (multiple patents); and established and ran research programs; etc. Before coming to UC Berkeley, Mr. Nemana has developed clinical information systems, ran national telemedicine program (delivers care remotely), worked for a health care think tank; researched service innovation mechanisms and solutions; developed health services technologies (multiple patents); and established and ran research programs; etc. |
| Special Requirements: | Be prepared to walk comfortably; business casual attire. |
| Organization: | Dinosaur Fund |
| Location: | N/A |
| Geographic Location: | Washington, DC Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Peter Kranz |
| Host Title: | President |
| About the Organiztion: | The Dinosaur Fund is a not-for-profit organization to help raise money for dinosaur research in the National Capital Region. http://www.glue.umd.edu/~gdouglas/dfund/index.html |
| About the Host: | Peter Krantz holds a PhD'72 in Geology from the University of Chicago and has expertise in Paleontology. As the President of Dinosaur Fund, he researches and teaches about dinosaurs. The extern who is awarded this externship will join a group of adults and children on Dinosaur digs and museum visits. |
To apply for externships, please follow the instructions:
- Please go to Monstertrak.com
- Once you have entered your username and password on the MonsterTRAK login page under student username and password on the right, you will be taken to UChicagoTRAK from which you can click on the Interview/TRAK tab at the top right.
- Once in InterviewTRAK, you can search for externships two ways:
- Under “include results with” at the top, find “resume submission deadline” in the drop down menu and make sure that 1-21-08 is included in the time window you select.
- To locate a specific externship, enter the 7-digit EVENT ID # listed in the externship description. Enter this ID in the search box titled “Search only with ID.”
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- You may apply to as many externships as interest you. Each externship requires a different cover letter, though you may use the same resume for all.
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