Internship Projects

The JIFSAN internship program allows undergraduate students at the University of Maryland, College Park to participate in research at FDA facilities, including the Harvey Wiley Building in College Park and the MOD1 & MOD11 facilities on Muirkirk Road in Laurel, MD. Internships require a time commitment of 8-10 hours/week during the semester and 30 hours/week during winterterm and summer.

Internships generally begin in the summer and continue through the subsequent academic year. Currently, projects seeking interns are posted in February and for best consideration, applications should be submitted by March 15. Students may apply by submitting a complete application including: 1) JIFSAN Paid Internship Initial Application, 2) Resume/CV, and 3) Unofficial transcript (including courses for which you are already registered). All three items should be assembled into a single PDF document and uploaded to the webform located at go.umd.edu/jifsan . Please do not reach out to FDA mentors directly in regards to JIFSAN internships. All queries and applications should be routed to Dr. Kaci Thompson or the JIFSAN office.

Concentrations

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Biological Sciences

JIP-420
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Defense Applied Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Friend or Foe Government Transition with FDA CFSAN ORS.

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JIP-421
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Molecular detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis in herbs and soil

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JIP-422
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Development and Validation of Revised Protocols for the Detection of Cronobacter in Powdered Infant Formula, Environmental Samples and Other Infant Foods

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JIP-423
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Evaluation of the use of a gut-on-a-chip system for in vitro Propagation of Cyclospora cayetanensis.

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JIP-424
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Evaluation of the Performance of the FDA Validated Method for Detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis on Different Water Sources Using a New Generation of Detection Methods Targeting the Organellar Genomes.

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JIP-427
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Development of subtyping methods using molecular and genome-wide targets for speciating Cronobacter strains using genome comparisons.

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JIP-428
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Genomic Characterization of Stress Adaptation in Major Foodborne Pathogens in Food Products and in the Food Processing Environment

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JIP-429
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Development and enhancement of structure-searchable toxicology databases derived from FDA in-house toxicity data

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JIP-430
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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)

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JIP-432
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Database and predictive models for skin permeability of chemicals

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JIP-433
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Horizon Scanning in Plant Biotechnology

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JIP-435
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Quantitation of gluten in fermented or hydrolyzed foods by a multiplex-competitive ELISA.

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JIP-436
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Determine a DNA extraction method that will yield high quality DNA for metagenomic targeted amplicon sequencing.

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JIP-437
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Shotgun Metagenomics for Detecting and Identifying Insect Contaminants in Food

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JIP-440
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Evaluation of the use of a gut-on-a-chip system for in vitro Propagation of Cyclospora cayetanensis.

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Chemistry

JIP-438
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Development and validation of methods for the analysis of products marketed as dietary supplements.

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JIP-441
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Further Advancing LC-MS-based Multi-mycotoxin Analysis for Regulatory Monitoring and Surveillance

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Nutritional Sciences

Other

JIP-434
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Assessment of media perception/interpretation of communications messaging on CFSAN issues.

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Public Health

JIP-425
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FDA New Era of Smarter Food Safety Tech-Enabled Traceability Project

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JIP-426
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Research, develop, and perform Data quality control measures to curate CFSAN regulatory information

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JIP-431
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Data Preparation and Annotation for Machine Learning Applications.

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JIP-439
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Identifying trends in the production and use of cosmetics by analyzing industry and consumer inquiries

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JIP-442
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Trade Complaint Review Process Development and Implementation

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