JIFSAN Internships

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 2024. Positions will continue through
the 2024-25 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 2024 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 thatinternships be fully or primarily virtual.  Interns are paid  $16/hour.

Current freshmen, sophomores and juniors are encouraged to apply. Students
who plan to graduate in December 2024 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-420 Defense Applied Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Friend or Foe Government Transition with FDA CFSAN ORS (PI: Shashi and Allard)
• JIP-421 Molecular detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis in herbs and soil (PI: Almeria)
• JIP-422 Development and Validation of Revised Protocols for the Detection of Cronobacter in Powdered Infant Formula, Environmental Samples and Other Infant Foods (PI: Chan)
• JIP-423 Evaluation of the use of a gut-on-a-chip system for in vitro Propagation of Cyclospora cayetanensis (PI: Cinar)
• JIP-425 FDA New Era of Smarter Food Safety Tech-Enabled Traceability Project (PI: Friedlander)
• JIP-428 Genomic Characterization of Stress Adaptation in Major Foodborne Pathogens in Food Products and in the Food Processing Environment (PIs: Hoffman & Zheng)
• JIP-429 Development and enhancement of structure-searchable toxicology databases derived from FDA in-house toxicity data (PI; Holt)
• JIP-430 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: Khuda)
• JIP-431 Data Preparation and Annotation for Machine Learning Applications. (PI: Kwegyir-Afful)
• JIP-432 Database and predictive models for skin permeability of chemicals (PIs: Li, An and Fairman)
• JIP-433 Horizon Scanning in Plant Biotechnology (PI: McMahon)
• JIP-434 Assessment of media perception/interpretation of communications messaging on CFSAN issues (PI: Naum)
• JIP-436 Determine a DNA extraction method that will yield high quality DNA for metagenomic targeted amplicon sequencing (PI: Patel)
• JIP-437 Shotgun Metagenomics for Detecting and Identifying Insect Contaminants in Food (PI: Pava-Ripoll)
• JIP-439 Identifying trends in the production and use of cosmetics by analyzing industry and consumer inquiries (PI: Metro)
• JIP-440 Evaluation of the use of a gut-on-a-chip system for in vitro Propagation of Cyclospora cayetanensis (PI: Sahu)
• JIP-441 Further Advancing LC-MS-based Multi-mycotoxin Analysis for Regulatory Monitoring and Surveillance (PI: Zhang)

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