GRASP ORISE Fellowship – Rapid Response and Emergency Preparedness Support

GRASP ORISE Fellowship – Rapid Response and Emergency Preparedness Support

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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: Rapid Response and Emergency Preparedness 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.
  • Produce maps, develop GIS analyses, and contribute to research that enables CDC/ATSDR to better understand geospatial factors relevant to public health emergency responses as part of the Rapid Response and Emergency Preparedness Support (RREPS) Team within GRASP.

Possible project areas:
Domestic: projects supporting Hurricane response, Nuclear/Radiation Events, Chemical and HazMat events, etc.

International: projects supporting the Marburg Virus response, Global Polio Eradication Initiative, and others

Qualification & Application Details

Recent graduates or current undergraduate-, master-, or doctoral-level students with less than 4 years since graduation date.

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 Online, QGIS, R, Python, Tableau, PowerBI, SQL.

Preferred Qualifications – foreign language proficiency, professional or academic experience with one or more of the following: public health, emergency response, international work.

To Apply

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


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