Student will work in the GDD Operations Center (GDDOC), Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. The GDDOC is an epidemic intelligence unit which uses novel, event‐based surveillance techniques to provide CDC with a single source of reliable, comprehensive, and high quality information on international disease outbreaks and other health threats to better prepare CDC to respond to public health emergencies, within a One Health context. The student will work in CDC's Emergency Operations Center and learn to conduct event-based surveillance from doctoral-level epidemiologic analysts, have a project to deliver to the GDDOC and OSU CVM, and have opportunities to observe other areas of federal public health by attending seminars and networking with other veterinarians and veterinary students at CDC.
Student will have access to tools required to conduct event-based surveillance as well as an already-identified individual project, coordinated with the student in advance of arrival to CDC. In addition, the student will have access to CDC's electronic and physical libraries, which provide access to tens of thousands of scholarly journals, as well as expected to attend scientific seminars regularly given by CDC staff (not limited to veterinarians).
Student will be expected to complete an individualized project during his or her externship. If the finalized project is unable to be completed on time, student will work with GDDOC to be sure the project is completed as reasonably close to externship end as possible. Work hours are Monday through Friday, business hours.
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