We’re thrilled to have you join the LemasLab, led by Dr. Dominick Lemas, where we combine precision health, biomedical informatics, and early-life research to explore how maternal and infant exposures shape health outcomes.
Our lab focuses on:
- Causal relationships between early life exposures and perinatal health outcomes.
- Microbe-host interactions that influence pediatric obesity.
You'll play an important role in advancing this research while developing essential data science and scientific literacy skills.
As an ALP intern, you’ll support multiple aspects of our lab’s work, including:
- Refining onboarding/training documentation for future interns.
- Processing and analyzing data.
- Visualizing data.
- Literature review.
Your toolkit will include:
- R programming for data wrangling and visualization.
- Excel for managing participant data.
- GitHub for version control and team collaboration.
- Adobe Creative Suite (optional) for infographics or presentation materials.
A longitudinal birth cohort examining how maternal obesity and early-life nutrition impact infant growth and long-term child health.
A retrospective study that uses EHR data to assess how maternal health influences neonatal outcomes.
To get started, you’ll:
- Complete onboarding and volunteer forms.
- Read foundational literature to understand the research context.
- Tackle beginner-friendly GitHub “issues” that introduce you to our coding environment and collaborative workflow.
No experience with R or GitHub? No problem!
This is a learning-focused internship—we’ll provide all the guidance and resources you need.
- R Programming: Work hands-on with real-world health data.
- GitHub Collaboration: Learn version control and team-based project management.
- Scientific Literacy: Read and apply relevant biomedical literature.
- Professional Communication: Interact with researchers and contribute meaningfully to team discussions.
The work you do will directly contribute to improving our understanding of maternal-infant health—and help build a better onboarding experience for interns who follow in your footsteps.
We encourage curiosity, questions, and collaboration. Mistakes are part of the learning process, and you’re supported every step of the way.