JIFSAN internships available

JIFSAN is accepting applications for internships to begin in the summer.

The JIFSAN internship program, a collaboration between the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration and the University of Maryland, has several positions
available beginning in the  summer of 2023. Positions will continue through
the 2023-24 academic year. JIFSAN interns must have completed at least two
college semesters and be enrolled as undergraduate students at the University
of Maryland, College Park during the time of their internship.

Interns are expected to work 30 hours/week during the summer of 2023 and part
time (8-10 hours/week) during the academic year.  These are intended to be
hands-on experiences in FDA laboratories, to the extent possible given the
ongoing pandemic. Applicants should be aware that FDA policies and protocols
relating to conducting work in federal facilities may require that internships be fully or primarily virtual.  Interns are paid  $15/hour.

Current freshmen, sophomores and juniors are encouraged to apply. Students
who plan to graduate in December 2023 are generally not eligible.

The application form and more information about the program can be found at
https://jifsan.umd.edu/research/internship-program. Complete descriptions of
the open positions can be found at
https://jifsan.umd.edu/research/internship-database. Applications should be
submitted as a single pdf file to the webform at go.umd.edu/jifsan.

Review of applications will begin around March 15. Late applications will
receive consideration as long as there are positions that remain unfilled.

  Interns are needed for the following projects:

• JIP-402 Development and Validation of Revised Protocols for the Detection of Cronobacter in Powdered Infant Formula, Environmental Samples and Other Infant Foods (PI Yi Chen)
• JIP-403 Evaluation of the Performance of the FDA Validated Method for Detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis on Different Water Sources (PI Mauricio Durigan)
• JIP-404 FDA New Era of Smarter Food Safety Tech-Enabled Traceability Project (PI Adam Friedlander)
• JIP-405 Research, develop, and perform IT quality control measures to curate CFSAN regulatory data (PI Berhane Girmay)
• JIP-406 Genomic characterization of Salmonella enterica virulence plasmids identified using bioinformatic and machine-learning methods (PI Gopal Gopinath)
• JIP-407 Development Support for FDA’s Central US Packaged and Restaurant Food Database (PI Kasey Heintz)
• JIP-409 Development and enhancement of structure-searchable toxicology databases derived from FDA in-house toxicity data (PI Leighna Holt)
• JIP-410 Trade Complaint Review Process Development and Implementation (PI Jamie Hughes)
• JIP-412 Studies of permeability and biomarker modulation in an in vitro model of intestinal epithelial tight junctions after exposure to food ingredients (emulsifiers) and dietary supplements (probiotics) (PI Sefat Khuda)
• JIP-413 Content Analysis and Variation in State Retail Regulations and Retail Food Safety Guidance (PI Girvan Liggins and Laurie Williams)
• JIP-416 Quantitation of gluten in fermented food products by a multiplex-competitive ELISA (PI Rakhi Panda)
• JIP-417 Development and validation of methods for the analysis of dietary supplements (PI Rahul Pawar)
• JIP-419 LC-MS-based Multi-mycotoxin Analysis for Regulatory Monitoring and Surveillance (PI Kai Zhang)

Contact Person: Kaci Thompson
Contact Email: kaci@umd.edu
Website URL: https://jifsan.umd.edu/research/internship-program