GRASP ORISE Fellowship Program

Hosted by the Geospatial Research Analysis, and Services Program (GRASP), Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in partnership with Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE).

Fellowship Details: Geospatial Epidemiology and Applied Research Team

The ORISE Fellowship is a one year, full time fellowship. The Fellow will:

• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary GRASP staff, contribute to spatial public health projects, and have opportunities to access GRASP training.
• Expand their knowledge in the use of GIS and public health methods, software, tools, and data.
• Build geospatial epidemiology skills and contribute to original research in environmental health. Activities May Include:
• Literature review; data management and cleaning; GIS analysis; data analysis and code review; review existing data sources; preparing results for internal reports, external guidance, or peer-reviewed manuscripts; collaborate with external partner agencies

Possible project areas:

Environmental justice, environmental burden, built environment, social determinants of health

Qualifications & Application Details:

Education – Recent graduates with a master- or doctoral-level degree OR current doctoral-level students with less than 4 years beyond graduation date. Degrees or coursework in public health, environmental or social sciences, or geography is preferred.

Preferred Skills – experience or competency with one or more of the following: ArcGIS, QGIS, R, SAS, Python, Tableau, PowerBI, SQL.

To Apply

If interested, please email Adonica Scott (rwq1 [at] cdc [dot] gov) using “ORISE-GEAR” in the subject line. Please respond by August 21, 2023.