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Opioid Internship Interest

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Please tell us why you are interested in our program.

I am interested in this program because I want to assist in clinical research at a top medical institution working to find new technologies and treatments for currently unmet medical needs, and the Brigham and Women’s hospital is an ideal fit. The clinical research I would be working on through this internship interests me because opioid use is a problem facing the medical field today and I want to help in researching new technologies to eradicate today’s opioid problem. Participating in clinical research to treat pain would not only allow me to get firsthand experience in health care and clinical research in a field I would like to be a part of. The clinical research skills I would be

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