Schedule and Programming

Schedule

The duration of the internship is ten weeks, from Wednesday, June 12th – Friday, August 16th, 2013. 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 the many facets of environmental health.

Week 1: Orientation
 

Orientation week includes security clearance, trainings and various introductions to the CDC and ATSDR at the Roybal and Chamblee campuses.

Week 2-8: Ongoing involvement in projects

• Weekly activities (journal club, brown bag lunches, field trips, etc.)
• Professional development/trainings
• Presentation on an environmental health topic

Week 9: Wrap up individual project work and prepare final presentation

Week 10: Final Presentations, Program Evaluations, Intern Graduation

• Final presentations
  • Summer experience
  • Summer projects
• Wrap-up lunch with interns and mentors
• Evaluation form, badge return, etc.
• Final writing requirement
  
  

Programming

• Shadowing of senior officials/scientists in NCEH/ATSDR
• Informal "Brown-Bag" lunches with CDC staff
• Environmental health field trips related to the week’s environmental health issue (Fridays)
• Interns will also have the opportunity to attend open CDC lectures/presentations
• Possibility of travel to meetings/conferences related to environmental health topics
• Professional mentors will be assigned to each summer intern

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