Description

Spend Your Summer Improving Public Health!

• The USP Paid Summer 2022 Internship Program offers students of scientific and business operational disciplines the fulfilling opportunity to spend 12 weeks at USP working on a defined project that expands and enhances USP's core strategic initiatives. Selected applicants will work onsite in Rockville, MD, and remotely based on positions from May through August, 2022

Eligibility and Requirements

Undergraduate juniors and senior students majoring in chemistry, biology, biochemistry, pharmacy, bioengineering, chemical engineering, or a related field are eligible for scientific roles. Other majors will be considered for business operational internships, such as marketing, finance, management, public health, or accounting.

Application Procedures & Deadline

To apply, please submit the following documents:

• Resume or CV
• One letter of recommendation from professor or professional mentor
• Essay (no more than 300 words) describing your interest and aspirations in working for USP and making an impact on global public health

Dietary Supplements and Herbal Medicines Dept. (Remote 2-Positions)

#1

This internship position will draft a manuscript about organic acids in Cranberries based on work done by the USP labs. This position requires someone majoring in chemistry, preferably someone who has taken analytical chemistry. USP monographs for Dietary Supplements comprise tests and acceptance criteria for the identity, strength/composition, quality, and purity for dietary ingredients and finished products. USP standards for Dietary Supplements are developed with external contributions from different stakeholders (USP sponsors) and internal lab development projects. These projects also support the revision and modernization of current official USP monographs.

#2

This internship position will focus on Dietary Supplement Pre-admission Evaluation & Pre- Nomenclature. This project aims to provide support for Admission Evaluations and Nomenclature of dietary ingredient articles proposed for USP DS quality monograph development.

Admission Evaluations (AE) and Nomenclature precedes dietary supplement monograph development. AE determines whether or not a DS ingredient under consideration for monograph development will be admitted to the monograph development process, and nomenclature develops the title for monographs. The intern will review the literature related to the safety and nomenclature of an article for which USP dietary supplement monograph is proposed. The review will entail collating information from peer-reviewed literature and information from product labels and other pharmacopoeias by systematically following a provided list of resources. The incumbent will synthesize the information for use in the AE and Nomenclature. Students with a background in botany, biology, biochemistry, toxicology, pharmacology, pharmacognosy, and pharmacy are encouraged to apply.

COVID-19 Vaccination Policy (will apply to the selected candidate(s) hired:

As a condition of employment with the United States Pharmacopeial Convention's (USP) duty to provide and maintain a workplace free of known hazards, all employees and contingent staff hired after July 1st, 2021, must be fully present vaccinated unless a reasonable accommodation is approved. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and affirmative action employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment in all aspects of our work—from the standards we make to the partnerships and conversations we cultivate. An environment where every employee feels fully empowered and valued irrespective of, but not limited to, personality, race, ethnicity, physical and mental abilities, education, religion, gender identity and expression, life experience, sexual orientation, country of origin, regional differences, work experience, and family status. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities.

Note: USP does not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party recruitment agencies and is not responsible for fees from recruiters or other agencies except under specific written agreement with USP

Job Category Contingent Staff

Job Type Part-Time