JEH Column, Foodborne Illness Outbreak E-Learning Video, Legionella Website and Article, Summer Program in Environmental Health, and EEK: Vectors Conference

Enhancing Environmental Health Knowledge (EEK): 

Vectors & Public Health Pests Virtual Conference

Join other environmental health professionals for this virtual conference sponsored by the National Environmental Health Association with support from CDC’s Environmental Health Services Branch. The conference is April 13-14, and abstracts that explore topics in vectors and public health pests are due January 29.

Summer Program in Environmental Health (SUPEH) 

Calling all students: Apply now through February 3 for CDC’s Summer Program in Environmental Health (SUPEH). SUPEH is a paid 10-week internship for students majoring in environmental health in a program accredited by theNational Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC). Interns gain environmental health experience and an understanding of environmental health work at the local, state, tribal, and federal levels.

*NEW* Legionella Website with Videos & Other Outbreak Resources

CDC has developed a number of resources on this website to help health departments investigate legionellosis outbreaks in their area, including 6 short environmental investigation videos, an environmental assessment form, sampling procedures, and other Legionella outbreak investigation resources for health departments.

Also, check out December 2015's JEH cover story,Legionnaire’s Disease Outbreak at a Long-Term Care Facility, for more information on a recent outbreak and how investigators resolved the situation.

e-learning on Environmental Assessments of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

Check out our short video promoting CDC’s fun, free, and interactive e-Learning on Environmental Assessment of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks. The skills needed to participate in an outbreak investigation are different from those needed to inspect restaurants, and the role of environmental health staff is critical. View the video to learn why you should register for this training today.

January/February JEH Column: Parks: An Opportunity to Leverage Environmental Health

Public health and parks and recreation departments have many synergistic goals that could be leveraged to make both more effective. In this column, Dee Merriam shares resources and a series of questions environmental health staff can use to explore collaboration opportunities with their local parks and recreation programs. This article was published in the January/February 2016 issue of the Journal of Environmental Health.