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Hall Center Students Pursue Externships
09/08/2020
Passionate about health law, IU McKinney 2L Hannah Smith found her perfect externship match over the summer of 2020 with the Indiana Rural Health Association.
Smith is from Flint, Michigan, and was working for U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee of Michigan’s fifth congressional district, during the city’s water crisis, which left the city's 100,000 residents with unhealthy levels of lead in their water.
“Through that experience, I was able to see how public health touches every aspect of life and how important health policy is to every person,” Smith said. “Indiana has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the country, so I was very excited to work on a project for the Indiana Rural Health Association’s Healthy Start program. The organization is really impressive in their work to bring quality healthcare to people who need it.”
Smith worked on compliance issues, researching federal and state guidelines to write policies for the Indiana Rural Health Association to reach their audiences through social media platforms without breaching privacy.
She praised Edye T. Edens, J.D., ’08, Externship Program Director at the Hall Center for Law and Health.
“Professor Edens is very valuable to our health law community,” Smith said. “She really truly cares about the students and the outcomes. I wouldn’t have had this opportunity without her.”
Smith was just one of more than a dozen students who worked with the Hall Center to find externships over the summer and during the fall semester.
Other IU McKinney Law students with 2020 summer externship placements include:
Connor Armuth - Indiana Rural Health Association
Farris Ahmad - Roche Diagnostics
Sarah Barrett, John Starbuck - Indiana Legal Services/Medical Legal Partnership
Drew Frazier, Shelby Knop - IU Health, Revenue Cycle Services
Smith and Knop received funding for their externship experience thanks to the Sandy and Bernie Miller Health Law Fellowship. The fellowship is for students working during the summer in an unpaid position related to health law.
Fall 2020 externship placements include:
Lisa Roane - Springbuk
Caulin McGraw, Courtney Oliver - Fairbanks CME
Emily Burchfield - Roche Diagnostics
Ashlyn Carter, Khawaja Saad, Brandyce Sallee - IU Health Revenue Cycle
Emily Stultz - MDwise
Sarah Barrett – Indiana Rural Health Association
Jess Kolanowski - Fiorvento Law Firm
Moyosoluwa Ogunyemi - American Medical Women's Association​
