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March 2, 2010

 

University of Georgia Environmental Health Internship Program

 

As part of their Environmental Health graduate degree program, University of Georgia students are required to log 300 hours (in a semester) working as an intern for firms or organizations that perform environmental health related services.  This is a requirement for graduation.  With the economy as it is, students are reporting significant difficulties identifying and securing these internships.  Students get no help from UGA in securing internships.  Payment for the student's internship efforts is up to the firm or organization that brings on the intern.

 

UGA has established a list of "core competencies" (skills required to be learned during the internship), as follows:

 

 

1.    Understand the basic mechanism by which environmental and occupational pollutants impact health (i.e., the linkage of pollutants’ source, media, and receptor and health effects).

 

2.    Understand the basic sciences deemed most relevant for the study of environmental and occupational health.

 

3.    Be able to collect, analyze and interpret environmental and    occupational data.

  

4.    Demonstrate the ability to implement an occupational or environmental health investigation or project and clearly report on the result.

 

5.    Specify approaches for assessing, preventing and controlling environmental hazards that pose risks to human health and safety.

 

6.    Describe the direct and indirect human, ecological and safety effects of   major environmental and occupational agents.

 

7.    Specify current environmental risk assessment methods.

 

8.    Describe relevant factors that affect susceptibility to adverse health outcomes following exposure to environmental hazards.

 

9.    Discuss various risk management and risk communication approaches in relation to issues of environmental justice and equity.

 

10.   Explain the general mechanisms of toxicity in eliciting a toxic response to various environmental exposures.

  

11.   Describe federal and state regulatory programs, guidelines and authorities that control environmental health issues.

 

Georgia EIA has long believed that developing youth interest and competency in Environmental Health and Safety in particular, and the sciences in general, is a core element of our mission. We hope you seriously consider taking advantage of UGA's Environmental Health Internship opportunities.

 

For more information, contact Erin Hutto:

Office - 770.786.0764

Cell - 678.687.4630

email - ehutto@aet-environmental.com

 

 

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For more information, please call Dave Hogue, 770-427-3600