Please follow this link to find more information about the CAMS Summer Internship program including the detailed responsibilities of the supervisors and students who participate in this exciting opportunity.
If you are interested in participating in any of the internship opportunities listed below, you must contact the supervisor(s) of the project(s) in which you are interested using the contact information shown on this page. Please send the supervisor your current resume and a cover letter stating why you are interested in participating in that particular project. The supervisor will let you know if he/she would like to invite you to interview for the role.
Please keep checking this page; more internship opportunities will be posted as they become available!
CAMS Summer Internship opportunities currently available for summer 2013:
Title: Mentoring Program for Adolescents and Young Adults with ASDs -- Position Filled for Summer 2013
Brief project description:
- There are minimal existing community programs specifically developed for high functioning young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) in Manhattan. Young adults with ASDs benefit from identifying valued directions and receiving support in navigating behaviorally through multiple life areas, e.g., school, community, relationships. The Child Study Center’s Mentoring Program for Adolescents and Young Adults with ASDs is designed to provide young people on the autism spectrum, with average intelligence or higher, with high-quality support through the use of trained volunteers and a structured mentoring program following evidence-based standards (MENTOR, 2009).
Supervisor name & full contact information:
Name: Candice Baugh, MA, LMHC, One Park Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Phone: 646-754-4881; Email: candice.baugh@nyumc.org
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Title: CAMS Research Study -- Position Filled for Summer 2013
Brief project description:
- The Education Division at the Child Study Center, headed by Dr. Jess Shatkin, is currently conducting three research studies. One study is following a cohort of CAMS undergraduate students who are taking the two-semester “Risk and Resilience in Urban Teens” course; the second study is following a cohort of 9th graders at a New York public high school who are working with the undergraduates in the Risk and Resilience CAMS course; and the third study is following the population of NYU undergraduate students who take a CAMS course. Data has been collected from multiple time points, and we are about to embark on data entry/coding/analysis with a view to submitting one or two manuscripts to peer-reviewed journals later this year.
- We require two interns to assist with data entry, data coding & analysis, literature reviews, and writing preliminary sections of the papers connected with these 3 studies. Successful candidates will be named as co-authors on any papers published.
Supervisor name & full contact information:
Name: Ursula Diamond, One Park Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Phone: 646-754-5044; Email: ursula.diamond@nyumc.org
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Title: The History of Children's Services Research Project -- Position Filled for Summer 2013
Brief project description:
- Drs. Burns and Hoagwood are researching the history of children’s services research since the 1960’s. Archival records, historical documents relevant to the development of community services, and books and articles will be searched, abstracted, classified, and summarized. The goal is to document the sociological, political and scientific forces that gave rise to the children’s mental health services movement and the research that underpins knowledge about services, treatments, and systems. The product will be a book describing this history and drawing implications for integration with healthcare.
Supervisor name & full contact information:
Name: Kimberly Eaton Hoagwood, PhD, One Park Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Phone: 646-754-5210; Email: kimberly.hoagwood@nyumc.org
Name: Barbara J. Burns, PhD, Duke University Medical School
Phone: 919-687-4676; Email: bjb@geri.duke.edu
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Title: Research Support and Administration Project -- Position Filled for Summer 2013
Brief project description:
- The Research Division of the Child Study Center is developing shared tools to enhance collaboration between different research groups. A key part of that project is to identify existing resources and expertise, including software, datasets and related expertise, and develop a system to facilitate access by CSC faculty and staff. The intern will work with research admin professionals to catalog existing resources and design and implement a section within our existing SharePoint site to facilitate resource sharing.
Name: Betsy Howard, MBA, MPH, One Park Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Phone: 646-754-5086; Email: betsy.howard@nyumc.org
Name: Rachel Webb, One Park Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Phone: 646-754-5084; Email: rachel.webb@nyumc.org
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Title: Attachment Research in Rat and Human Infants -- Position Filled for Summer 2013
Brief project description:
- Project 1
Abused children learn to attach to their caregiver. In an attempt to better understand the neural basis of abusive attachment we have developed an animal model of caregiver abuse. Our results suggest that activation of the infant’s brain attachment circuitry suppresses fear learning – the amygdala. This neurobehavioral study will explore additional brain areas that functionally connect to the amygdala, such as the prefrontal cortex and striatum. Students will also analyze videotapes of rat behavior to define behaviors that correspond with brain activation. Procedures the students will learn include analyzing of brain function using 2-DG autoradiography, anatomy (potentially histology) and behavioral analysis. Note: Parts of this study is collaboration with researchers at The Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University at 1051 Riverside Drive (near 168th St), although your participation at this part of the study is optional. It would involve observations of rodent mother-infant interactions. - Project 2
Newborn infant begin to learn about their caregiver during the last trimester by learning the mother’s scent. After birth, this maternal odor guides infant behavior and attention towards the caregiver. In this project, newborn babies at Bellevue and NYU Tisch will be presented with odors with and without stress (following a heelstick for a routine blood test). We will assess whether the strength of the infant’s attachment to the mother and the infant’s prior experience with stress alter how an infant responds to the maternal odor. Infant and maternal behavior will be videotaped and analyzed at One Park Ave Child Study Center.
Supervisor name & full contact information:
Name: Regina Sullivan, PhD, One Park Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Phone: 646-754-5158; Email: regina.sullivan@nyumc.org
Name: Millie Rincon Cortes and Rose Perry, One Park Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Email: rosemarie.perry@med.nyu.edu; millie.rinconcortes@med.nyu.edu
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Title: Child Trauma Research Project -- Position Filled for Summer 2013
Brief project description:
- Study of concurrent validity of a brief child trauma screening measure, the Child Stress Disorders Checklist for Children (CSDC). This is a brief, 4-item scale, developed by Glenn Saxe, M.D., for screening of post-traumatic re-activity in children exposed to traumatic events. The intern will be trained to use an existing database of data from children who had been administered both the CSDC as well as the UCLA Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Reactivity Index (UCLA PTSD RI). The intern will be looking for the degree to which scores on the CSDC predict post-traumatic reactivity as measured by the UCLA PTSD RI. The intern, working in collaboration with a team member from the Center for Stress, Trauma, and Resilience, will seek to determine the scores on the CSDC that are predictive of a likely PTSD diagnosis as measured by the UCLA PTSD RI.
Supervisor name & full contact information:
Name: Adam Brown, Psy.D, One Park Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Phone: 646-754-5103; Email: adam.brown2@nyumc.org
Name: Margo Fenner, One Park Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Email: margo.fenner@nyumc.org
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Title: Fostering Collaboration in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry -- Position Filled for Summer 2013
Brief project description:
- The Departmental Leadership of the Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry has detailed a strategic plan which outlines the vision of the Chair, Dr. Glenn Saxe, and how we will reach this vision through (1) innovation, (2) collaboration, and (3) risk. The project, “Fostering Collaboration in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,” is directly in line with this vision. A CAMS summer student will work with Dr. Glenn Saxe’s administrative team and be responsible for providing administrative support for his team, planning events which foster a culture of innovation and collaboration and assist in creating an internal directory of faculty and staff.
Supervisor name & full contact information:
Name: Lauren Grimaldi, One Park Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Phone: 646-754-5189; Email: lauren.grimaldi@nyumc.org
Name: Zara Mogilevsky, One Park Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Phone: 646-754-5110; Email: zara.mogilevsky@nyumc.org
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Title: Relationship between Behavioral Measures of Psychopathology in Healthy and Neurodevelopmentally Disordered Populations Research Project -- Position Filled for Summer 2013
Brief project description:
- Individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders (ADHD, autism) exhibit a variety of behavioral, cognitive, social, and emotional difficulties. The Institute for Pediatric Neuroscience (IPN) is interested in examining the distribution of the severity of these measures (e.g., empathic ability) in individuals with and without these disorders with the purpose of identifying subgroups exhibiting specific patterns of impairment.
In this research project, one intern will:
1) Characterize the prevalence and frequency of behavioral and emotional impairment in individuals with autism and ADHD.
2) Perform statistical analyses to compare frequency and severity scores between groups, including healthy controls.
3) Identify clinically and behaviorally relevant subgroups.
The ultimate goal of these projects is to relate the measures to functional brain imaging data (fMRI) collected from these participants. If there is sufficient time and enthusiasm, the interns will have the opportunity to assist their supervisor in this analysis.
Supervisor name & full contact information:
Name: Adriana Di Martino, MD, One Park Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Phone: 646-754-5154; Email: adriana.dimartino@nyumc.org
Name: Christine Cox, PhD, One Park Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Phone: 646-754-5153; Email: christine.cox@nyumc.org
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Title: Summer Organizational Skills Treatment Component for the NYU Summer Program for Kids -- Position Filled for Summer 2013
Brief project description:
- In 2011 and early 2012, the findings from an innovative clinical research study that tested methods for building Organization, Time Management, and Planning Skills for children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders indicated that collaborators at the NYU Child Study Center had found a significantly effective way to improve the home and school functioning of children with this condition. The program used behavior modification strategies and practical instruction to build manageable routines for children with ADHD to track school assignments, manage school materials, improve their time management, and enhance planning abilities. Highly positive effects were found to enhance children’s school productivity, school performance, home and school organization, and reduce the level of family conflict that had been encountered because the children were losing their materials, forgetting about school assignments, and completing tasks poorly or past time limits.
The Summer Program for Kids (NYU-SPK) is a 7-week intensive day camp treatment for children with ADHD that has been shown to enhance social adjustment and level of cooperation of children that have often had major problems in summer camp situations. This year, we are adding an Organizational Skills Treatment Component to several segments of the NYU-SPK. We wish to train children to use methods in the Academic Learning Center, a daily classroom environment, in the Art Classes, in the Sports Program and at the arrival and departure times to overcome inattention to their personal items and ineffectiveness in managing classroom assignments and materials. For this pilot test implementation, we require dedicated undergraduates to assist the professional psychology staff in implementation, data collection, and qualitative analysis of the project’s impact.
Supervisor name & full contact information:
Name: Richard Gallagher, PhD, 215 Lexington Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-263-5840; Email: richard.gallagher@nyumc.org
Name: Karen Fleiss, Psy.D., Child Study Center, Long Island Campus, 1981 Marcus Avenue, Suite C-102, Lake Success, NY 11042
Phone: 516-358-1808; Email: karen.fleiss@nyumc.org
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