Program

Collegiate Leaders in Environmental Health (CLEH)

Organization

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Opportunity Type

Internship

About the Program

This is a paid 10-week summer environmental internship for undergraduate students who are passionate about the environment, interested in human health, and curious about how they are linked. A healthy environment should sustain a healthy population; however, with over 7 billion people on the earth, there is a need for more sustainable interactions between humans and the environment. Environmental issues such as overpopulation, air pollution, food shortage, natural disasters, water contamination, and exposure to toxic substances provide challenges to human health. Human influence on the environment is the main focus of environmental studies; however there is a growing need to evaluate the effect that the environment has on human populations. Harmful environments can increase the risk of many health conditions: asthma, heart disease, cancer, neurological disease, infections, endocrine dysfunction, injuries, and more. Healthy environments, on the other hand, can promote good health in many ways—protecting people from toxic exposures, providing safe water and clean air, and encouraging healthy behaviors such as outdoor recreation. The link between the environment and health is aptly referred to as “environmental health.” Environmental health as a discipline focuses on the interrelationships between people and their environment, promotes human health and well-being, and fosters safe and healthy living. This branch of public health is concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment that may affect human health. Environmental health professionals engage in a broad and exciting range of activities—basic and applied research, surveillance and tracking, direct health protection efforts such as disaster preparedness and response, health education, patient care, policy support, and more. For students interested in the environment, health, or both, few fields are more fascinating. Interns will be placed in environmental health programs at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR) at CDC in Atlanta, GA (please note, the CDC has multiple locations in Atlanta and CLEH interns will be reporting to CDC’s Chamblee Campus and not CDC’s Roybal campus (the main CDC campus)). Over the course of the summer, interns will be exposed to a broad overview of environmental public health issues at the federal level. Interns will participate in a comprehensive program including environmental health project assignments, interaction with federal officials and scientists, and visits to important environmental health sites in and around Atlanta. Other activities include "brown-bag" lunches with CDC staff, as well as attending lectures from prominent environmental health leaders in the Atlanta area. In addition, interns will be able to attend the many seminars offered by CDC during the summer.

Program Location

Atlanta, GA

Program Start

June 17, 2020

Program End Date

August 21, 2020

Application Deadline

January 27, 2020

Application Website

www.cdc.gov/nceh/cleh/

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Pay Rate

Payment Method

Additional Benefits

Travel to Atlanta will be the student’s responsibility. Potential housing options will be provided in advance, though interns will be expected to make their own arrangements for housing and transportation. For potential housing options please visit program's housing and housing and transportation page.

Description

Eligibility Requirements US citizenship or Permanent Resident with a green card Full time enrollment at a college or university as a rising junior or rising senior by fall 2015 Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, and An academic major or demonstrated coursework concentration in environmental studies, environmental, physical, biological chemical and/or social sciences (if applicants are not majoring in one of these areas they can make the case for why their major or interests are applicable to this internship in essay #2) Note: Seniors graduating in Spring 2015 will not be accepted to this program. If you are an undergraduate student majoring in environmental health in a program accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC)External Web Site Icon you should apply for the Summer Program in Environmental Health (SUPEH). Stipend

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Minimum GPA

Year in School

• College Junior
• College Senior

Academic Requirements

An academic major or demonstrated coursework concentration in environmental studies, environmental, physical, biological chemical and/or social sciences (if applicants are not majoring in one of these areas they can make the case for why their major or interests are applicable to this internship in essay #2)

Enrollment Status

• Full time

Citizenship

• U.S. Citizens
• Legal Permanent Residents

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Contact

CLEH@cdc.gov

Organization Address

4770 Buford Highway, MS F-61
Atlanta, GA 30341

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