PCCI’s Sachs Summer Scholar Interns Ready to Add Unique Perspectives to AI Healthcare Innovations
06/30/2026
STEM focused program offers a diverse set of students with hands-on experience at one of the most advanced AI for healthcare organizations
The Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation’s (PCCI) summer intern program, Sachs Summer Scholars, has kicked off, offering a talented group of students an opportunity to work side-by-side with top data scientists and clinicians to experience new, transformational concepts in the healthcare data science and technology industry.
The Sachs Summer Scholars program supports PCCI’s core mission as an innovation leader developing scalable solutions focused on responsible applications of AI-in-Medical Care for vulnerable populations. As one of the premier STEM-focused internships in North Texas, PCCI immerses students in meaningful, real-world projects with actual impact through practical applications of analytics, computing, and data science, all while advancing the spirit of mentorship and advancement. This program provides each intern with direct experience with healthcare innovations, including groundbreaking artificial intelligence programs and non-medical drivers of health (NMDOH) projects benefiting the community.
The 2026 class of Sachs Summer Scholars includes seven diverse students, five hailing from universities across the country and two students from North Texas high schools. The interns work closely with PCCI clinical and data science experts to advance real projects with direct patient impact. They are focusing on projects such as mental behavioral health, pulmonary health, expansion of the Community Vulnerability Compass, drug adverse events prevention, and AI-model management for health plans, to name a few.
The 2026 Sachs Summer Scholar interns are:
This internship class will present their end-of-term findings at a presentation on Thursday, August 6, 2026 from Noon to 2:30 p.m. Central Time at Pegasus Park (MAP), 3000 Pegasus Park Drive in Room 101. To join us and register for the program, please reach out to a PCCI staff or via our website.
Our full 2025 Sachs Summer Scholars End of Term program showcase can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/g2yVrz1aY_8