The Summer Externship Program is designed for Fellows and Scholars to augment the health policy studies taking place in the classroom with experiential, real-world, experience in a policy work environment. 

The Externs have paid or unpaid external learning opportunities during the summer months including housing and transportation at some of the nation’s most noted health policy organizations, academic research institutions, and governmental agencies. Previous externship sites have included: 

• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
• Institute of Medicine (IOM)
• Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Disparities Solutions
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• National Dental Association (NDA)
• National Institute on Aging
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• RWJF Center for Health Policy at University of New Mexico