ENV H 417 Children’s Environmental Health

ENV H 417 Children’s Environmental Health: 3 credits
SLN: 13814 Tuesday and Thursdays 1:30 – 2:50
open to sophomores, juniors and seniors in all majors.

*Did you know…

  • Each year around three million children under the age of five die due to environment-related diseases.
  • Acute respiratory infections annually kill an estimated 1.6 million children under the age of five. As much as 60 percent of acute respiratory infections worldwide are related to environmental conditions.
  • Diarrheal diseases claim the lives of nearly 1.5 million children every year. Eighty to 90 percent of these diarrhea cases are related to environmental conditions, in particular, contaminated water and inadequate sanitation.
  • Nearly 1 million children under the age of five died of malaria in 2008. Up to 90 percent of malaria cases are attributed to environmental factors.

*From The World Health Organization

Instructor: Thomas Burbacher, Ph.D. 

Discussion of environmental health issues as they pertain to children’s health. Topics include historical perspective of public health research and policies directed at protecting children’s health, and emerging scientific and public health issues such as the risks and benefits of seafood consumption during pregnancy; the use of pesticides on food and in the home; air pollution and childhood asthma, and childhood injuries and the built environment.


University of Washington Environmental Health Summer Research Program

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Dates: June 23rd to August 22nd 2014 in Seattle, WA

Stipend: $5,200

Application Deadline: February 14th 2014

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The UW Environmental Health Research Experience Program (EHREP) is a funded, nine-week summer experience for undergraduates from any 2 or 4 year college or university with an interest in environmental health sciences. EHREP provides students with hands on experience in laboratories of leading researchers, introduces them to key environmental and occupational health issues while offering research exposure that will help them become competitive applicants for graduate study.  Students will work full-time under the supervision of a faculty mentor and will receive a stipend of $5,200.

To learn more about the program and the application process, please visit the website: http://deohs.washington.edu/ehrep

Or contact Trina Sterry at tsterry@uw.edu


University of Washington Environmental Health Summer Research Program

Dates: June 23rd to August 22nd 2014 in Seattle, WA

Stipend: $5,200

Application Deadline: February 14th 2014

The UW Environmental Health Research Experience Program (EHREP) is a funded, nine-week summer experience for undergraduates from any 2 or 4 year college or university with an interest in environmental health sciences. EHREP provides students with hands on experience in laboratories of leading researchers, introduces them to key environmental and occupational health issues while offering research exposure that will help them become competitive applicants for graduate study.  Students will work full-time under the supervision of a faculty mentor and will receive a stipend of $5,200.

To learn more about the program and the application process, please visit the website: http://deohs.washington.edu/ehrep

Or contact Trina Sterry at tsterry@uw.edu



The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR) are offering a paid 10-week summer internship program for students who are passionate about the environment, interested in human health, and curious about how they are linked. During the course of the internship, students are introduced to environmental health at the federal level through collaborative projects, experiential learning opportunities, environmental health presentations, journal clubs, field trips, brown bag lunches, and mentoring relationships at NCEH/ATSDR.  Interns will be based at NCEH/ATSDR’s Chamblee Campus and will be paid a stipend of approximately $600 a week during the course of the program.

Application due date: January 30, 2013

Program dates:  June 12 – August 16, 2013


For more information click here!


[internship] – Collegiate Leaders in Environmental Health

Collegiate Leaders in Environmental Health (CLEH)

Internship Opportunity Announcement

 

2011 Collegiate Leaders in Environmental Health

 

CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR) are offering a 10-week summer internship program for students who are passionate about the environment, interested in human health, and curious about how they are linked. During the course of the internship, students are introduced to environmental health at the federal level through collaborative projects, experiential learning opportunities, individual environmental health presentations, journal clubs, field trips, brown bag lunches, and shadowing and mentoring relationships at CDC/ATSDR.  Interns will be based at CDC/ATSDR’s Chamblee Campus and will be paid a stipend of approximately $600 a week during the course of the program.

Application due date: February 1, 2012

Program dates:  June 13 – August 17, 2012

“The internship gave me more perspective on what I would like to do in the future and how to exercise my passions through public service. My internship at CDC has not only made me realize the value of the public health sector, but also the need for more people to get involved in the field.”

 Kartik Amarnath, 2011 CLEH intern

 

Eligibility requirements for CLEH interns:

1.       US citizenship or Permanent Resident with a green card

2.      Full time enrollment at a college or university as a rising junior or rising senior by fall 2012

3.      Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale

Please visit our website for more information and application instructions: www.cdc.gov/nceh/cleh

Note: Seniors graduating in Spring 2012 will not be accepted into this program

For more information, please email LT Cory Kokko or Jay Nielsen at CLEH@cdc.gov