USP 2008 Summer Internship Program

USP's internship program offers the opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to spend twelve weeks at USP working on projects that support the organization's mission to advance public health through good quality medicines and foods. The projects focus on the quality of manufactured medicines, compounded medicines, food ingredients and dietary supplements; patient care; global public health; and health policy.

2008 USP Summer Internship Program Application Process

The Interns – Who's Here, What They're Doing

The six students listed below were chosen from an applicant pool of more than 100 students from around the world in a competitive selection process. Each receives a $10,000 stipend during their work at USP, which began on May 19, 2008.

Kamalika Datta: Pursuing a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Arizona
Project: Public Health Policy — creation of one or more legislative or health policy projects of substantial importance to key USP staff, Congress, and/or the practitioner community.

Alina Eisen: Pursuing a Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Pharmacy
Project: Global Public Health — research to support development of a comprehensive database of drug quality information for anti–infective medicines in South East Asia and a separate project developing an online course about drug quality.

Lauren Girard: Pursuing a Master of Science degree at American University
Project: Quality of Manufactured Medicines — investigation of the qualitative and quantitative determinations of hazardous contaminants in pharmaceutical polyols like Glycerin.

Loren Madden Kirk: Pre–veterinary student at North Carolina State University
Project: Quality of Compounded Medicines — literature review to obtain data to be used in compounded preparation monographs for veterinary use.

Diana Kwan: Pursuing a Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Midwestern University
Project: Quality of Patient Care — research aimed at creating standardized concentrations for intravenous infusions used in pediatrics, neonates, and adults.

Jeanne Sun: Pursuing a Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Project: Quality of Compounded Medicines — literature review to obtain data for use in compounded preparation monographs to be submitted to the Pharmacopeial Forum.

Orientation and Field Trips

In addition to working on a defined project, the interns have met with USP staff to gain an understanding of the scope and importance of USP programs and services. They have also had the opportunity to meet interns from other pharmacy associations. They joined other interns to visit professional associations to discuss practice and policy issues and learn about career paths available in public health. They also visited Capitol Hill to observe a legislative hearing on public health issues.

USP Hosts Pharmacy Interns from Several National Pharmacy Associations  (81KB)

Presentations

The students will present the results of their projects to USP staff at USP Headquarters in Rockville, MD on August 8, 2008. Their presentations will be posted when they are available.

2009 Summer Internship Program

Application information for the 2009 program will be posted on this Web site in the winter, sometime between December 2008 and January 2009.

For additional information, contact:

Marie Temple
+1–301–816–8355