Here is the list (as of 3-24-2026):
Arizona State University
Aurora University
Ben and Maytee Fisch College of Pharmacy
Claremont Graduate University
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Newcastle University
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Oregon Health and Science University
Oregon State University
Purdue University
Texas A&M University
University of Arkansas
University of Denver
University of Georgia, College of Public Health
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
University of Maryland
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Southampton (UK)
University of Texas at Dallas
University of Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Western Illinois University
Why Tellegacy can be such a strong fit for university students
University students are hungry for work that feels real. Faculty and future employers want more than enthusiasm alone. Graduate programs, health professions, and research careers look for students who can think clearly, communicate well, understand human complexity, and connect evidence with real world needs. Tellegacy sits right in that sweet spot.
Students in Tellegacy’s Internship Program gain hands on exposure to healthy aging, social determinants of health, intergenerational communication, social isolation and loneliness, and practical inquiry related to older adult care. Clinical and research training grows stronger when students learn how people actually live, what barriers shape health outside the exam room, and how communication, trust, stress, disconnection, purpose, and support can influence outcomes over time.
A preclinical lens matters. A biological foundation matters. Human experience matters too. Tellegacy helps students bridge those worlds.
Real experience that carries forward
Many internships give students tasks. Tellegacy gives students perspective, training, and applied experience that can travel with them into future research and practice. Students are not simply reading about older adults, healthy aging, or social care from a distance. Students are learning how to become thoughtful investigators in areas that truly matter.
Work within the internship can help students build strength in:
Healthy aging and social determinants of health
Students gain exposure to the real life conditions that shape well being, including social isolation, loneliness, communication barriers, and environmental or relational influences that affect quality of life.
Human centered research thinking
Research becomes stronger when investigators understand people as more than data points. Tellegacy helps students think carefully about lived experience, context, dignity, and what matters most to older adults and families.
Intergenerational communication
Communication across generations is not always automatic. Students learn how age, life stage, communication style, trust, and social expectations can influence connection and misunderstanding.
Practical inquiry in aging and social care
Students develop skills that prepare them for future roles in clinical research, program development, public health, healthcare systems, and academic inquiry.
Why nursing homes and healthcare systems matter in this work
A major strength of Tellegacy’s current direction is its attention to real organizational questions, not just theory. Nursing homes and healthcare systems are being asked to adapt quickly while caring for people with growing medical, emotional, and social complexity. Leaders in those spaces need better insight into what is working, what is missing, and where innovation may actually help.
Current Tellegacy inquiry includes looking more closely at needs assessments in nursing homes and related settings. Students can gain valuable experience by helping explore questions such as:
How strongly are organizations prioritizing social isolation and loneliness among older adults?
What kinds of communication, engagement, or intergenerational approaches seem most useful?
How open are nursing homes and healthcare systems to innovation?
How do leaders view artificial intelligence in relation to care, workflow, documentation, communication, training, or resident support?
Which uses of AI feel promising, and which raise concern?
What barriers do organizations see when considering new tools, new models, or new partnerships?
Questions like these matter because aging services and healthcare are entering a period where human connection and technological change are both becoming more important, not less. Students who learn how to ask these questions well are preparing themselves for the future of research and practice.
Tellegacy helps students become stronger investigators
A powerful research career rarely begins with technical skill alone. Strong investigators learn how to notice patterns, ask sharper questions, listen carefully, understand human context, and connect systems level thinking with real people’s experiences. Tellegacy helps students build exactly that kind of foundation.
A student who understands preclinical conditions, biological studies, psychosocial influences, communication barriers, and social care has a much stronger chance of contributing meaningfully to the future of healthcare and aging related research. Tellegacy gives students room to grow in that direction with practical, grounded, mission driven experience.
Why universities value the Tellegacy Internship Program
Universities are increasingly interested in experiential learning that prepares students for real leadership, real inquiry, and real service. Tellegacy supports that goal by giving students:
Meaningful exposure to older adult well being
Applied understanding of SDOH and healthy aging
Experience that connects research thinking with lived reality
Training that strengthens communication, empathy, and professionalism
A pathway into topics that matter across medicine, nursing, public health, psychology, aging services, and social care
A stronger internship experience benefits everyone involved. Students gain clarity. Universities gain an opportunity that aligns with professional development and human centered scholarship. Communities gain future professionals who are better prepared to care, research, lead, and communicate.
Looking ahead
Tellegacy’s Internship Program continues to grow because the mission is real and the experience is useful. Students do not need more empty professional buzzwords. Students need opportunities that sharpen judgment, build skill, deepen compassion, and prepare them to investigate the real drivers of health and well being.
A list of universities is exciting. A list of prepared future leaders is even better.
Don’t see your University in our list?
Have your university students contact social@tellegacy.com to learn how to sign up for the Tellegacy Internship Program.
