Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Director: Cary Reid, MD, PhD
Supervisor: Patricia Kim, MSW
The Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life brings together social and behavioral scientists from Cornell University’s Ithaca campus with clinical researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine to conduct cutting edge research on later-life pain. TRIPLL offers a virtual eight-week Summer Research Internship (SRI) that provides undergraduate pre-medical or pre-health students with an aging-related research experience. The SRI includes mentorship from Cary Reid, MD, PhD, Professor of Geriatric Medicine and Director of TRIPLL and the Office of Geriatric Research; members of Dr. Reid’s research team provide direct supervision of the interns.
The application for the 2024 TRIPLL Summer Internship is now closed. The deadline to submit has passed. The TRIPLL Summer Research Internship will be taking a pause for the 2025 summer. Check back here next fall 2025 for information on the 2026 internship.
Qualifications:
Full Internship Description: TRIPLL Summer Research Internship – 2024
To Apply for the TRIPLL SRI:
Upload resume, cover letter, and 2-3 page writing sample to this: Application Link. In your cover letter, make sure to discuss any past experiences in research and the reasons for your interest in the field of aging and pain in later life. Please choose a writing sample that reflects your overall writing skills; acceptable examples include research paper excerpts, reflection pieces, newspaper articles, etc.
At this time, it has not been decided whether the internship will be virtual part-time (21 hours/week) OR in-person full-time (35 hours/week). In either format, the internship will be eight weeks long: Monday, June 3, 2024 through Friday, July 26, 2024. Students are provided with a stipend; for the in-person format, the stipend will be sufficient to cover (shared) housing and basic living expenses. In your application, please state your preference and/or ability to do virtual and/or in-person.
Deadline to submit application materials: January 31, 2024
Click here to view our past Summer Internship Webinar Series
2024 Summer Interns
2023 Summer Interns
Past SRI Projects:
- Age Differences in Chronic Joint Pain: This study’s aim is to determine how cognitive processing differs between younger (18-35) and older adults (60+) with chronic pain and to see if there are age differences in attention to pain, and how these differences affect pain.
- Influence of Cognitive Impairment: This study explored the influence of cognitive impairment on medical decisions of the seriously ill, hospitalized older-adult patients and their caregivers. Interns had extensive training to be able to recruit this sensitive population and were also involved with data collection.
- Understanding Older Adults’ Goals Regarding Pain Management: This study looked at the pain management goals from the perspective of older adult patients with chronic pain via an anonymous 10-minute survey. This study used various methods of recruitment including social media and senior center visits.
- Identifying Care Needs in the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit: This qualitative study aims to understand the palliative care needs of bone marrow transplant patients and caregivers.
- MyMee: eHealth Coaching for Chronic Disease Management: This study explored the impact of an application combined with personalized coaching on older adults with chronic pain. The project is a collaboration with Mymee, Inc.