The duration of the internship is 10 weeks. Interns will be based in NCEH/ATSDR
offices where they will engage in summer-long projects; they will also
participate in trips and activities that expose them to many facets of
environmental health.
Week 1: Orientation
Day 1: Trip to CDC Roybal campus to get fingerprinted for identification badges, take a tour of the campus, and view the current exhibit at CDC’s Global Health Odyssey Museum. Introductions to senior staff, safety orientation, tour of Chamblee campus, general information orientation.
Day 2: Group orientation of CDC/ATSDR to learn about environmental health, led by Howard Frumkin, M.D., Dr. P.H. Director of NCEH/ATSDR. Introduction to public health, meet with mentors, panel introduction of Divisions, introduction to project supervisors and personal projects.
Day 3: Welcome from ORISE, Environmental health lab tour, history of CDC, introduction to environmental health, computer safety training. Interns will have a chance to set up offices and get acquainted with their supervisors. Evening fun activity.
Week 2-8:
Week 9: Wrap up project, prepare final presentation, and work on climate change presentation.
- Ongoing involvement in projects
- Weekly activities (journal and current event clubs, brown bag lunches, field trips, etc)
- Speaker’s Bureau Training
Week 10: Final Presentations, Overall Wrap-Up, Next Steps, Evaluations
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