Physiology Research Intern

The Leidos Performance and Readiness Division, under the Health Sector, has an opening for a Physiology and Nutrition Research Intern. The intern will work within the Warfighter Performance Department Food Utilization and Energy Laboratory (FUEL) Research Team at the Naval Health Research Center. This is a chance to gain hands-on experience in a field-based research setting on a military site, supporting projects that aim to improve the health and performance of warfighters and military personnel.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support recruitment of active duty, wounded warrior, and civilian subjects for human subjects research protocols, including pre-screening and meetings to obtain informed consent under human-use approved principles.
• Follow Institutional Review Board protocols and procedures for government research studies.
• Operate laboratory equipment, follow standard operating procedure documents, and keep equipment secure.
• Interact with and collect physiological, biological, cognitive, and health data from human subjects, in line with human research protection regulations.
• Conduct experimental preparation, testing, data collection, and organization in field and laboratory settings.
• Support data management and data analysis under the direction of research leads.
• Communicate regularly and effectively with project leads and principal investigators.
• Complete required compliance training on time.
• Model Leidos Values at all times.