The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention based in Atlanta, GA have announced The Collegiate Leaders In Environmental Health Program a 10 week summer environmental internship for undergraduate students that are majoring in environmental, physical, biological, chemical and or social sciences. Applicants should be passionate about the environment and/or interested in human health and the relationship between the two.A stipend of $500 per week will be provided as well as living expenses.
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's Chamblee 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 environmental health projects, interact with federal officials and scientists, and visit 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.
All Applications are due February 2, 2011.
Go to http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/cleh/default.htm for more information and the online application.
