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CRED and the University of Louvain has an active internship programme. The Centre accepts a maximum of 2 interns a year for a minimum period of 3 months and a maximum of 1 year. The selection is made according to the academic background of the applicant and preference is given to Universities of Tulane Schools of Public Health and Harvard Francis-Xavier Bagnoud Programme on Health and Human Rights with whom CRED has specific agreements.
 
In general, interns studying medicine or public health are accepted in the programme Depending on the applicant skills and available projects, a small subsidy for living expenses may occasionally be available.
 
For further information, please contact us.
 
Rose Nshimirimana February 2009 - January 2010:
Rose was CRED's Finance and Administration Officer. She has a bachelor’s degree in Management Sciences from the University of Burundi. While in Burundi, she worked with Médecins Sand Frontières (MSF) as finance and Administration assistant and with UN-OCHA as information assistant. In Belgium, she used to be staff member of the Belgian Red Cross, the Brussels CPAS and St Luc University Clinic.
 
Marijn Kraaikamp (Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen, the Netherlands) - September - December 2006:
After obtaining a Master’s degree in Psychology, Marijn started with the European Master in International Humanitarian Action, NOHA. Her internship at CRED is part of this Programme, she will help to populate a resource website for South-East Asia (RE-DAT) and to prepare a workshop on mental health.
 
Emma Scott (Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen, the Netherlands) - September - December 2006:
Within the context of the European Masters in International Humanitarian Action, (NOHA), Emma’s internship at CRED focuses on the CEDAT database. She is involved in creating country profile’s where there are affected by complex political emergencies (CPEs).
 
Navita Astuti (Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen, the Netherlands) - September - December 2005:
Having worked for 2 years and 10 months in the refugee camp in West Timor, Navita encountered a lack of analysis capacity among the staffs. There were many events, information and data about refugees, but few things were done to analyse the problems and make recommendations based on scientific research on refugees. Based on this experience and in the framework of the NOHA course, she intends to learn how research is conducted in the field and to learn about the process of analysing data conducted in CRED
 
Lian Parry (Brussels, Belgium) - September - November 2005:
As part of her NOHA European Masters in International Humanitarian Action, Lian's internship at CRED was a way for her to strengthen her experience and skills in public health issues and epidemiology within a context applicable to the humanitarian field. Her work at CRED has focussed on the CE-DAT database and in the research and compilation of relevant background papers for target countries.
 
Till Sterzel (Berlin, Germany) - March - May 2005:
In the context of its Geographic Study in Humboldt-University, Till is currently creating geodatabases with worldwide disaster related geodata and specifically for Dengue epidemics in Southeast Asia. He is also analyzing and mapping temporal and spatial development of dengue cases in the latter region with GIS.
 
Vicente Teran (Barcelona, Spain) - 2005:
Vicente's internship was mainly focused on survey analysis in complex emergency situations, in the context of the CE-DAT project.
 
Mélanie Cornez (Brussels, Belgium) - 2003 and 2004:
In the context of her European Masters in Multimedia Projects, Mélanie spent a few weeks at CRED working on the updating, restructuration and design of the website
 
Olivier Degomme (Universiteit Gent Belgium) - 2003 and 2004-2005:
Internship within the context of his medical programme, Olivier work addressed epidemiology and surveillance data on the Iraq crisis and its impact on children health. His study focussed more specifically in the research of the impacts of sanction and the potential impact of the conflict on children in a context of chronic vulnerability.
 
Koji Nabae, MD (Harvard School of Public Health) - 2003:
Koji spent his internship for his MPH degree working on infectious disease surveillance and resistance patterns in the Western Pacific Region of Asia.
 
Patrick Haenggi (Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland) - 27 October 2003 - 24 January 2004:
His internship took place in the context of his "Master in International Health". His work was focussed on the analysis of landmine injuries and mortality in Cambodia and Afghanistan
 
Kachina Chawla (Tulane University USA) - October 2002 - October 2003:
In the context of a Master Degree of Public Health in International Health and Development, Kachina received practical training in epidemiology and public health issues in developing countries, particularly in relation to disasters and civil conflicts. She focussed on various aspects of emergencies in the South and South East Region including institutional collaboration and regional data collection.
 
Wilbert Van Panhuis (Vriye Universiteit, Amsterdam Netherlands) - 15 September 2002 - 30 December 2002, Recurrent 2 week periods in 2003 and 2004:
In the context of his Medical studies, Wilbert van Panhuis internship qualified for medical research option in his academic programme. His study was focussed on the epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases (cholera, dengue). The objective of the internship was to reinforce his capacity in undertaking researches in the health area and give him a practical experience as a researcher. He also did a 3 month field placement at the WHO-Regional Office for the Western Pacific in Manilla (Philippines).
 
Emel Bozkurt (Turkey) - 15 September 2002 – 15 December 2002:
Sponsored by the Ministry of Health of Turkey, Ms Emel Bozkurt made a 3 months internship at CRED. The objective was to reinforce her knowledge, from a nursing perspective, of the organization of an emergency service in a country like Belgium and adapt this experience to the Turkish context, in order to improve the quality and pedagogic programmes in Turkey work in her country.
 
Xavier Vanderplancke (France) - 1999-2000:
In the context of his Geography Master Degree (Université de Savoie, Chambery), he wrote his Master’s thesis on epidemiological risks using the EM-DAT data.
 
Caroline Michellier (France) - 15 december 1998 - 30 june 1999:
In the context of her Master degree in Geography (Université de Savoie, Chambery), Ms Caroline Michellier made a 6 months internship to realize a study on "Cartographic application and evaluation of the CRED EM-DAT database".
 
Sam Sina MdD and Sinath Ouksophea MD (Cambodia) - 15 July 2000 - 15 January 2001:
In the context of the CUD/CIUF project, CRED has hosted two trainees from Cambodia. The aims were to adapt and translate in Khmer different modules in public health and epidemiology, integrated in the Third Cycle of the National Institute of Public Health (Cambodia) and to receive a disaster database training.
 
Kevser Vatansever, MD, MPH (Turkey) - 28 September 1998 – 28 March 1999:
Kevser came on a WHO post doctoral fellowship to develop a health emergency plan for Turkey under supervision in CRED. She spent a year developing the plans, attending lectures and spent time at the St Luc emergency room for practical experience in Belgium.