Publications Data Management Intern

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international organization that provides medical care to the people who need it most. The organization cares for people affected by conflict, disease outbreaks, disasters, and social exclusion in more than 70 countries. MSF offers medical humanitarian assistance solely based on need, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, or politics. Our international project teams include medical, logistical, and administrative staff, most of them hired locally and working with their own communities. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence, impartiality, and neutrality. We also bear witness and speak out about the experiences of our colleagues and patients. 

MSF USA is one of 24 sections supporting the global movement, primarily through staff recruitment, fundraising, advocacy, and communications. We welcome candidates who bring a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences to join us in working toward MSF’s social mission.  

Role Overview 

As part of our humanitarian mission, MSF conducts hundreds of research studies every year to help us improve patient care and advocate in an evidence-based way for better global health programs and policies. The MSF Science Portal is an online one-stop-shop where you can find the outcomes of this work—in our peer-reviewed medical publications, MSF Scientific Days conference presentations, and other content relevant to our research activities. The Science Portal team consists of the Scientific Editorial Director and the Data Manager, with support from two MSF-USA software engineers and a Product and Innovation expert.  

The Publications Data Management Intern will work with the Data Manager on keeping the platform updated regularly and implement data quality improvements across the front end of the website within the content management system, and to the database directly. The Intern will support data entry, cleaning, and descriptive analysis as needed. The Intern may also participate in initiatives to monitor and improve initiatives to improve visibility of the platform in the digital space and/or to develop content promoting the Portal on social media and other outreach channels. A diverse student profile will be considered, with an emphasis on coding abilities, experience with relational databases, and an interest in or exposure to medical sciences and scholarly publications.

Role Specific Outcomes 

Publications support

Create a weekly list of new MSF-authored publications based on reviewing PubMed, Google Scholar alerts, and other data sources, and add them to the Science Portal using its content management system 

Data cleaning support 

Support the Portal team in improving data cleanliness, requiring direct queries to the database and updating data using code to conduct bulk updates or manual cleaning 

Communications and website visibility 

Support communications and raising awareness of the Science Portal, including but not limited to implementing SEO improvements and monitoring website analytics 

Desired Qualifications & Experience 

• Advanced undergraduate or graduate degree student or recent graduate. A variety of backgrounds will be considered with database and coding experience as the most important qualification
• Ability to identify and use appropriate data management and analytic software and languages, e.g., R, Python, etc
• Experience using SQL and querying relational databases
• Experience working with large data volumes, including collection, aggregation and manipulation
• Understanding of data management and related policies and procedures
• Interest in global health and in MSF’s mission
• Experience with scientific/medical publications is preferred but not required

The application must be submitted by:

December 13th, 2024

Position Locations

Hybrid out of one of our offices: Washington DC, NYC or Oakland, CA

Hours per week

20 hours

Compensation 

$18.00 per hour