Intern, Student (Molecular and Special Chemistry)

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Summer Lab Internship

The Summer Lab Internship Program at Quest Diagnostics offers students the opportunity to gain experience in the clinical and toxicology laboratory environments while working at the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, services, and information that patients and doctors rely on to make better healthcare decisions. Summer Lab Interns work with whole laboratory specimens to perform a wide range of tests ranging from simple to complex, applying a combination of manual lab procedures/ techniques and state-of-the-art instruments. Interns will also have the opportunity to apply their background and skills gained in education to various process improvement projects.

This is an Onsite position

Program Eligibility & Qualifications:

To be eligible to participate in the Summer Lab Internship Program, students must meet the following qualifications by the start date of the program:

• Completed Junior Year in a four-year baccalaureate program in medical laboratory science, chemistry, human biology, microbiology, molecular biology, molecular genetics or another human biomedical science-related field
• A minimum of 90 credit hours from an accredited institution with a 3.0 or better overall GPA
• Credit hours completed must include:
  • 15 Hours of Biology
  • 15 Hours of Chemistry
  • 3 or more hours in Math

Required documentation to upload when applying:

• Resume
• Cover Letter, including the reason for applying and what the candidate is expecting to learn from the internship
• Transcripts from Registrar's office
• A Reference Letter from a college professor

In the Northeast, common tick co-infections include Lyme disease, babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis, which can be transmitted by the blacklegged tick. Due to factors like changing weather, tick populations are expanding geographically, and co-infections are becoming more common, with some studies showing that many patients with Lyme disease are also co-infected. Co-infected individuals may experience a more diverse range of symptoms or a longer duration of illness. The intern will be involved in learning how clinical labs identify this tick-borne disease both serologically and molecular methods and identify the coinfections with various infections in our area. The Intern will be exposed to a Variety of technologies, including Immunofluorescence, Immunoblot and molecular PCR assays. At the end of the project the intern will assess the percent of infections of each tick disease and also assess the number of co infections.