"Summer Program in Environmental Health (SUPEH)
Summer 2012 Internship Opportunity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) is offering a 10-week summer internship program for students majoring in Environmental Health.
Selected interns will participate in activities with the NCEH’s Environmental Health Services Branch from June 13-August 17, 2012. During the course of the internship, students are introduced to environmental health activities at the federal, state, and local levels through project collaboration; site visits; temporary field assignments; and CDC shadowing and mentoring relationships.
Interns will be based at CDC’s Atlanta-Chamblee Campus where NCEH is housed. Temporary field assignments may include federal, state, and local environmental public health agencies such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Park Service, CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and county and state health departments in the state of Georgia.
Interns receive a weekly stipend of approximately $600 to cover living expenses during the course of the program. Please go to our Web site for more information and application instructions. Applications are due February 15, 2012, by 5pm EST.
SUPEH applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements:
· Environmental health major in a program accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC).
· U.S. citizenship or Permanent Resident with green card.
· Full-time enrollment at a college or university as a rising junior, senior, or graduate student. Students must be returning to school to complete degree requirements at the end of their internship OR the internship must serve as needed academic credit to complete degree requirements.
· Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
Please direct questions to ehinternship@cdc.gov"
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CDC SUPEH-Atlanta- Feb. 15
Posted - 02/02/2012 : 10:42:03
