Research Intern (Academic Credit) - MAST Program - Department of Medicine - Per Diem (Onsite)

ID 14535 Location Los Angeles, California, United States Category Student/Intern/Trainee Date posted 02/20/2026 Description Overview of Department & Mentor Under the leadership of Dr Mark Pimentel, the Medically Associated Science and Technology (MAST) program at Cedars-Sinai is dedicated to the development of novel drugs and devices to diagnose and treat patients. This innovative program is working to develop new diagnostics and therapeutics to treat patients with illnesses related to imbalances or alterations in metabolism and the microbiome.

Role

Activities & Timeline Supervisor(s) and intern will meet in person to discuss goals and evaluate experience, outline curriculum and learning tasks, and evaluate progress in experience via rubric testing. Throughout the up to 6 months timeline, communication is a vital part of the experience and communication of progress, experience, and presentations will occur at weekly laboratory meetings. Feedback on presentations and annotation of study and data will also occur at these weekly meetings.

Month 1-2: Experimental projects: Will be participating in bench research, human and animal sample processing. Running assays on Reimagine Cohort. Also, gathering and preparing data analysis.

Month 3-5: Data analysis, compiling, graphing, write up of observations and findings. Month 6: Prepare results for presentation, publication.

Role

Summary & Objectives The internship will involve rudimentary bench research experience, including microbiology culture work, DNA extraction, sequencing, PCR, and other assays. Intern will learn about concepts and experimental findings associated with research on the human microbiome. Intern may also be involved in clinical research studies and data compilation and analysis.

We will also endeavor to provide interns career development insights.

Qualifications

Required

Education

& Experience Must be 18 years of age or older. Must have a HS Diploma or GED. Must reside in the greater Los Angeles area or surrounding cities while conducting all activities related to the intern or visitor appointment.

INTERNS: Those participating for academic credit must receive academic credit for the duration of the internship. VISITORS: Must be receiving funding from an eligible sponsoring institution (employer, educator, funder, etc.).

About Us

Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars- Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients.

Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents. About the Team Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 915 licensed beds, 2,993 physicians, 4,700+ nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff.

Choose this if you want to work in a fast-paced environment that offers the highest level of care to people in the Los Angeles that need our care the most. Req ID 14535 Working Title Research Intern (Academic Credit) - MAST Program - Department of Medicine - Per Diem (Onsite) Business Entity Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Category Student/Intern/Trainee Specialty Student/Intern/Trainee Primary Shift Day Shift Duration 8 hour Base

Pay

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