Research Intern (Academic Credit) - MAST Program - Department of Medicine - Per Diem (Onsite)

Overview of Department & Mentor

Under the leadership of Dr Mark Pimentel, the Medically Associated Science and Technology (MAST) program at Cedars-Sinai is dedicated to the development of novel drugs and devices to diagnose and treat patients. This innovative program is working to develop new diagnostics and therapeutics to treat patients with illnesses related to imbalances or alterations in metabolism and the microbiome.

Role Activities & Timeline

Supervisor(s) and intern will meet in person to discuss goals and evaluate experience, outline curriculum and learning tasks, and evaluate progress in experience via rubric testing. Throughout the up to 6 months timeline, communication is a vital part of the experience and communication of progress, experience, and presentations will occur at weekly laboratory meetings.  Feedback on presentations and annotation of study and data will also occur at these weekly meetings.

• Month 1-2: Experimental projects: Will be participating in bench research, human and animal sample processing.  Running assays on Reimagine Cohort. Also, gathering and preparing data analysis. 


• Month 3-5: Data analysis, compiling, graphing, write up of observations and findings.


• Month 6: Prepare results for presentation, publication.

Role Summary & Objectives

The internship will involve rudimentary bench research experience, including microbiology culture work, DNA extraction, sequencing, PCR, and other assays. Intern will learn about concepts and experimental findings associated with research on the human microbiome. Intern may also be involved in clinical research studies and data compilation and analysis. We will also endeavor to provide interns career development insights.

Required Education & Experience

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must have a HS Diploma or GED.
• Must reside in the greater Los Angeles area or surrounding cities while conducting all activities related to the intern or visitor appointment.
  INTERNS: Those participating for academic credit must receive academic credit for the duration of the internship.
• VISITORS: Must be receiving funding from an eligible sponsoring institution (employer, educator, funder, etc.).