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Best Intern Story Gets a prize from Switzerland!!

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Best Intern Story Gets a prize from Switzerland!!
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Current Class Level: Graduate Student

Current Intern?: Yes

Whats the lowdown about your internship?: I'll be interning for the World Health Organization (WHO) at their Geneva, Switzerland headquarters from May through August of 2008. I will be working on the global estimation of exposure to lead (Pb) for the 2010 Global Burden of Disease Project (GBD).

About Me:: (I'll edit that picture soon!)I have my BS in Mathematics from Mesa State College; MS in Biostatistics from the University of Vermont and am working on my MS in Environmental Health Epidemiology. I'm intensly involved in campus clubs and organizations at CSU such as EHSA, Society of Global Health Researchers, Black Issues Forum as well as off campus with the American Red Cross and the Rotary Club.
I am currently funded by CSU's Professional Research and Scholarly Excellence (PRSE) Grant and as a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences Teaching Assistant. I was also just awarded the 2009/2010 Rotary International Ambassadorial Fellowship which will pay for my travel, tuition and housing expenses for the 2009/10 school year at an international institution yet to be named!!

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Hello from Geneva, Switzerland!!

So much has been going on since I arrived! I had my first day interning for the World Health Organization on Monday, 2 June!! I has already been an amazing experience just walking into the building! I was given a WHO ID badge (which is really fun to walk around town with) ...no cool points in town for sporting the badge since everyone here seems to work for some big global organization - but it does kind of make it seem like you're less of a tourist. My supervisor is truly amazing and the work i… Continue

Posted on June 8th, 2008 at 4:54am — 1 Comment (Add)