Graduate Student Opportunities
Earn a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Population Health and Aging
Gain interdisciplinary training at the intersection of medical sociology, social gerontology and demography.
This 15-credit Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) explores how social factors shape health and aging across the life course, complementing graduate work in sociology and related fields while preparing you for research, teaching and policy roles in academic, governmental and nonprofit settings.
Interested in how policy and place shape health and aging?
Explore the Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging (P3HA) Training Program, an NIH-funded opportunity for Maxwell School economics, public administration and sociology doctoral students.
Undergraduate Opportunities
Service Learning
Undergraduate students at Syracuse University can use the Healthy Monday campaign and promotional materials as a framework to develop public health promotion projects.
The Lerner Center also serves as a placement for PHP 442 (Public Health Capstone). Each spring semester, one senior public health student is placed with Lerner to take a deep dive into public health program development, implementation and evaluation.
Internship Opportunities
The Lerner Center offers undergraduate internship placements for students interested in population health. Internships are either paid or for course credit. Opportunities are based on the center’s needs and a student’s experience and interests. The Lerner Center offers three types of internships.
- Health Programming
- Health Communications
- Research
