CHIP Summer 2026 Internship in Computational Health Informatics and AI – June 8, 2026 to August 14, 2026
The Computational Health Informatics Program (CHIP) Computational Health Informatics and AI Internship at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School is an opportunity for current undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent graduates to engage in faculty-mentored research on machine learning and artificial intelligence approaches to fundamental challenges in biomedicine and public health.
CHIP is located in a beautiful, newly-designed space at 401 Park Drive, in the heart of the Fenway neighborhood of Boston, and surrounded by wonderful dining, entertainment, and sports.
Interns will attend weekly didactic sessions, seminars, and journal clubs.
Interns may have a paid or course/thesis credit option and will be admitted to intern in-person, hybrid, or remotely.
Subject areas include
- Analysis of large healthcare datasets spanning tens of millions of individuals
- Digital surveillance and machine learning approaches for public health
- Clinical decision making using high-throughput molecular and clinical data (e.g. whole-exome sequencing).
Our research at CHIP and the various faculty labs explore the intersection of medicine/bioinformatics, public health, the social sciences, and computation within a variety of fields such as AI/machine learning, natural language processing/LLMs, genomics, population health, regulatory science, technology development, data science driven social justice/political science, and more.
Our faculty have been recognized by and advise various institutions, including the White House, the CDC, the US Department of State, USAID, NASA, and many others. Additionally, CHIP has established partnerships with companies like Uber, Lyft, Quest Diagnostics, and Eli Lily and have developed platforms, such as pioneering/inventing the first personally controlled health records and APIs mandated by law, that have been widely adopted by Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and others.
Additionally, CHIP graduates hold leadership positions in academia and industry, both nationally and globally, that provide students access to an extensive alumni network for their professional development.
Students at universities that operate on a quarter system are eligible for accommodations for their internship start date.
Qualifications
Being an intern at CHIP means taking on meaningful skill-building tasks and projects designed to set you up for success in your future career. Interns are/have:
- Strong quantitative and computer science skills in R/Stata/Python or other comparable programming languages
- Hardworking, detail-oriented, and efficient
- An ability to multitask, work independently, and be self-directed
All students regardless of previous experience, skillsets, or background are encouraged to apply and will receive a holistic review and equal consideration.
Boston Children’s Hospital strongly encourages women and minorities underrepresented in STEM to apply for this position. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for admission and employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.
Admissions
Essays, a résumé, an unofficial or official transcript, and 1 or 2 letters of recommendation are due by February 9, 2026.
Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as early as possible.
Admission decisions will be released by March 31, 2026.
Referees should send their letters of recommendation directly to Admissions.CHIP@childrens.harvard.edu
Questions & Contact
For more information, visit https://www.chip.org/internship/chip-ai-internship or contact the Office of Admissions at admissions.chip@childrens.harvard.edu