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How these changes will impact marine ecosystems is an area of active research. How these ecosystem changes will in turn affect human health is a largely unexplored field.
This graduate training initiative is an effort to respond to this need by training doctoral students to reach across traditional disciplines to understand the linkages between the oceans and human health.
STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES
Research in Microbial ecology of marine & human pathogens, Aquatic toxicology, Ocean impacts & climate change
Internships with NOAA laboratories and public health agencies
Cross disciplinary curriculum, including traditional environmental and marine sciences along with health policy
INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS
Current PhD students are encouraged to apply for one-year of funding for stipend, research and travel to support research into the interactions between oceans and public health.
AWARD
- Graduate assistantship
- ~$21,000 annual stipend for one year
- $4000 travel support
- $4000 research budget
The goal of these one-year awards is to encourage interested students to extend or augment their current studies to focus on research that crosses the traditional fields of marine or environmental science and public health, especially health policy issues. These are not meant to be doctoral completion grants but rather an opportunity to branch out into this emerging interdisciplinary field. As part of the award, students will participate in internships with NOAA labs and/or public health agencies.
Applications are due APRIL 23, 2008 for awards beginning Fall semester 2008.
- Current UGA transcripts
- Statement of interest in oceans and human health research
- Proposal for research for award year (~ 5 pages)
- Letter of support from major professor
- Letter of support from one additional faculty member
Send all materials to:
Dr. Erin K. Lipp
The College of Public Health
Dept. of Environmental Health Science
144 EHS Bldg.
Or electronically to:
elipp@uga.edu