Internship Applications for 2026-2027 Now Available!
Come join Students for a National Health Program (SNaHP) at UC Davis as a SNaHP Intern! Our chapter is committed to fostering awareness and advocating for healthcare that is fair, accessible, and of high quality. We believe that healthcare is a universal human right and one that must be provided as a public good.
As an intern, you'll gain hands-on experience working alongside student leaders and mentors from diverse academic and professional backgrounds, including public health, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, law, and the social sciences. Through meaningful projects and collaborative initiatives, you'll develop practical skills while contributing to advocacy efforts that promote a more equitable healthcare system.
The SNaHP Internship Program is designed to be low-commitment and high-impact, offering interns the autonomy to take ownership of projects while receiving guidance from experienced mentors. Whether your interests lie in research, public health, communications, finance, outreach, or program development, there are opportunities to build your resume and make a lasting contribution.
Please See Open Positions Below and then Fill out our Application!
Data & Evaluation Interns support the Education & Evaluation Chair by helping collect, input, organize, and review student feedback from SNaHP programs. This role helps SNaHP understand student learning, engagement, and program impact through surveys, focus groups, and evaluation tools.
Main Responsibilities:
Helping scan, organize, and review approximately 100–300 paper survey responses per quarter when collected.
Inputting paper survey responses into Google Forms or another approved data collection tool.
Organizing survey data into spreadsheets or shared tracking documents.
Assisting with reviewing survey responses for common themes and trends.
Helping support optional focus groups through outreach, note-taking, question preparation, and discussion logistics.
Supporting evaluation summaries that may later inform research posters, presentations, or policy briefs.
Maintaining confidentiality and professionalism when handling student feedback and survey responses.
Communicating with the Education & Evaluation Chair if I need help or cannot complete an assigned task.
Deliverables
Paper survey responses entered into Google Forms.
Organized survey responses and engagement data.
Survey response summaries.
Focus group notes and key takeaways, when applicable.
Basic analysis of student learning, participation, and advocacy engagement trends.
Evaluation materials that may support future research projects.
The Executive Intern for Membership & School Engagement supports the Mentorship Chair by helping track member onboarding, school representative updates, member feedback, and engagement across academic programs. This role helps keep the membership structure organized and helps leadership understand what is happening across schools and member groups.
Main Responsibilities:
Helping support quarterly onboarding for interns, fellows, and school representatives.
Helping collect updates from School Representatives.
Tracking whether School Representatives are completing at least one outreach, engagement, or mentorship effort per quarter.
Supporting the quarterly member feedback survey.
Helping identify if members, interns, or school representatives need additional support.
Attending mentorship or membership meetings when possible and taking notes on updates or next steps.
Reporting member engagement updates, concerns, or support needs to the Mentorship Chair.
Helping organize membership-related documents, trackers, and communication.
Supporting communication between school representatives, membership interns, and leadership.
Deliverables
School Representative update tracker.
Member onboarding support.
Quarterly member feedback support.
Monthly membership and engagement update.
Notes from mentorship or membership meetings when needed.
Follow-up tracking for school engagement efforts.
The Communications / Design Intern creates visual and written materials used across SNaHP UC Davis communications. This role supports event flyers, social media graphics, outreach materials, newsletters, presentations, and other promotional materials.
Main Responsibilities:
Designing flyers and graphics for events, workshops, campaigns, and meetings.
Creating graphics used for social media posts and digital promotion.
Assisting with visual materials for presentations, tabling, outreach, and advocacy campaigns.
Supporting design for newsletters, outreach materials, and internal documents when needed.
Maintaining consistent branding across SNaHP materials.
Collaborating with the Social Media Intern and Public Relations Fellow when visuals are needed.
Communicating with the Public Relations Fellow if I need help or cannot complete an assigned task.
Completing design tasks by agreed deadlines.
Deliverables
Event flyers.
Social media graphics.
Outreach and tabling materials.
Newsletter visuals.
Presentation or advocacy materials.
Branding-consistent templates or design support.
The Social Media Intern supports SNaHP UC Davis’s online presence by helping create, schedule, and publish content across social media platforms. This role helps promote events, advocacy initiatives, educational programs, and member engagement.
Main Responsibilities:
Drafting social media posts for Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, or other approved platforms.
Helping promote upcoming events, advocacy initiatives, educational programs, and outreach activities.
Capturing photos or short videos at events when assigned.
Helping schedule and publish posts according to the communications calendar.
Assisting with captions, event reminders, recap posts, and member highlights.
Supporting consistent and professional social media activity throughout the quarter.
Communicating with the Public Relations Fellow if I need help or cannot complete an assigned task.
Following SNaHP branding, tone, and posting expectations.
Deliverables
15–20 social media posts per quarter.
Event promotion posts.
Event recap posts.
Photo or video coverage for major events.
Social media captions and graphics coordination.
Consistent social media activity throughout the quarter.
Outreach & Presentation Ambassadors support SNaHP UC Davis’s campus engagement by helping promote the organization, recruit members, table at events, and deliver Healthcare Justice 101 presentations to student organizations and campus groups. This role helps expand awareness of healthcare justice and encourages students to get involved with SNaHP.
Main Responsibilities:
Staffing campus tabling events to promote SNaHP and recruit new members.
Sharing information about upcoming events, advocacy initiatives, and programs.
Helping deliver Healthcare Justice 101 presentations to student organizations and campus groups.
Supporting the development and improvement of presentation materials when needed.
Assisting with distributing outreach materials, flyers, and merchandise during events.
Engaging with students and answering basic questions about SNaHP’s mission, events, and opportunities.
Supporting outreach activities when events occur within specific schools or programs.
Communicating with the Outreach Chair if I need help or cannot complete an assigned task.
Deliverables
Monthly campus tabling events.
Healthcare Justice 101 presentations.
Student recruitment and event promotion.
Outreach and presentation materials.
At least one outreach or presentation effort per quarter.
The Advocacy Intern supports SNaHP UC Davis’s advocacy initiatives by helping translate healthcare policy issues into accessible materials and opportunities for student engagement. This role helps students understand how to participate in advocacy efforts in a clear and approachable way.
Main Responsibilities:
Helping develop advocacy materials that explain healthcare justice issues to students.
Assisting with advocacy guides or action resources, such as how to contact legislators or participate in advocacy efforts.
Helping organize and support one advocacy training per quarter.
Developing tabling talking points or scripts to help students discuss policy issues.
Supporting preparation for advocacy workshops, tabling materials, and educational events.
Helping make advocacy opportunities accessible and understandable for students.
Communicating progress, questions, or delays to the Policy & Advocacy Chair.
Attending check-ins and completing assigned tasks by agreed deadlines.
Deliverables
One advocacy training per quarter.
Advocacy talking points or scripts for tabling.
Advocacy guides or student action materials.
Advocacy workshop preparation.
Student-facing materials explaining healthcare justice issues.
The National Single Payer Advocacy Intern supports SNaHP UC Davis’s collaboration with the outside partner organization National Single Payer. This role helps with external advocacy coordination, student engagement, and national organizing efforts beyond the university setting.
Because this is a developing pilot role, responsibilities and deliverables may evolve throughout the year based on what is realistic, useful, and aligned with SNaHP’s mission.
Main Responsibilities:
Supporting external advocacy projects in collaboration with National Single Payer.
Assisting with advocacy efforts outside of UC Davis.
Assisting with collection of virtual signatures from individuals and community organizations, conducting follow-up with signatories and their elected officials.
Helping coordinate Zoom town halls, listening sessions, or informational meetings.
Supporting outreach to students, community members,elected officials and individuals running for office, or advocacy partners when appropriate.
Helping prepare talking points, meeting notes, outreach materials, or basic advocacy resources.
Participating in phone calls, Zoom meetings, or planning conversations with outside representatives or partner organizations.
Helping organize student participation in national advocacy efforts.
Tracking updates from partner organization meetings and reporting them back to the External Co-Chair.
Helping identify what types of external advocacy activities are effective, realistic, and meaningful for SNaHP students.
Maintaining professionalism when communicating with external partners, community members, and representatives.
Deliverables
Collection of virtual signatures from individuals and community organizations.
Outreach to elected officials and candidates running for office.
Zoom town halls, listening sessions, or informational meetings.
Notes or summaries from partner meetings.
Outreach tracking for phone calls, emails, or advocacy conversations.
Draft talking points or meeting materials.
Updates for the External Co-Chair on partner needs, project progress, and student involvement.
End-of-quarter reflection on what worked, what did not work, and whether this role should continue or be adjusted.
Revenue & Merchandise Interns support SNaHP UC Davis’s fundraising and merchandise efforts by helping design, produce, organize, and distribute merchandise or other creative revenue projects. This role helps raise funds for SNaHP programming while also increasing visibility and engagement around healthcare justice.
Main Responsibilities:
Helping brainstorm sticker, merchandise, or fundraising ideas.
Supporting design concepts, illustration ideas, or visual development when assigned.
Helping prepare merchandise designs for review or production.
Supporting sticker printing, merchandise ordering, or production logistics.
Helping track inventory, sales, or fundraising activity.
Assisting with campus distribution or fundraising events when needed.
Collaborating with the Communications/Design team when merchandise needs branding or promotional support.
Completing assigned tasks by agreed deadlines.
Communicating with the Finance Fellow if I need help or cannot complete a task.
Deliverables
Sticker or merchandise design ideas.
Merchandise production and distribution.
Inventory or sales tracking.
Fundraising events or tabling.
Creative fundraising ideas.
Promotional materials for merchandise or fundraising projects.
The Public Relations Fellow oversees SNaHP UC Davis’s communications strategy, digital presence, visual branding, and public-facing promotion. This role helps make sure events, advocacy initiatives, educational programs, and organizational updates are shared clearly and consistently across platforms.
Main Responsibilities:
By accepting this role, I understand that I am responsible for:
Developing a communications and marketing plan for the academic year or quarter.
Overseeing SNaHP’s digital presence, including Instagram, LinkedIn, website, and TikTok when applicable.
Coordinating messaging for events, advocacy campaigns, educational initiatives, and outreach efforts.
Managing or supporting the social media calendar.
Reviewing social media posts, flyers, and graphics before they are published.
Ensuring event coverage through photos, short videos, and digital content.
Maintaining consistent branding, tone, and visual style across SNaHP materials.
Supporting newsletters or communication updates when relevant.
Coordinating with other teams when they need promotional materials.
Supervising the Social Media Intern and Communications / Design Intern.
Communicating updates, concerns, or support needs to the Internal Co-Chair.
Deliverables
Communications or marketing plan.
15–20 social media posts per quarter.
Promotional materials for events and campaigns.
Updated newsletters or communication updates when relevant.
Branding templates or visual materials for leadership.
Social media calendar updates.
Review and coordination of graphics, flyers, and posts.