The CDC is looking for recent BS graduates for work in an analytical toxicology lab.
The Persistent Organic
Pollutants (POPs) Laboratory in the Division of Laboratory Science at the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses state of the art techniques to
develop analytical methods for monitoring human exposure to environmental
contaminants. The developed methodology is applied in studies aimed at
identifying and quantifying exposures to environmental contaminants in human
matrices, including human sera and milk. Our laboratory has two primary
functions: 1.) to assess people’s exposure to environmental contaminants, both
in the general population and in certain targeted populations at special risk of
exposure; and 2.) to identify the potential for adverse health effects observed
in these populations, that may originate from chemical
exposures.
The POPs Laboratory is devoted
to development and implementation of high throughput analytical methods,
utilizing a high degree of laboratory automation, to determine human body
burdens of chemicals such as: 2,3,7,8-subsituted chlorinated dibenzodioxins and
dibenzofurans, polychlorinated naphthalenes, polychlorinated biphenyls,
persistent organochlorine pesticides, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers. This
position will be responsible for biological sample preparation utilizing various
extraction techniques and laboratory instrumentation. The candidate should be
proficient in the general principles of analytical and organic chemistry be
comfortable working in a laboratory with biological
specimens.
The position, itself, will be
filled through a Fellowship program provided by the Oak Ridge Institute for
Science and Education (ORISE). For ORISE program information, please go to http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/dls/orise.html.
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Please contact:
Richard S Jones
rlj9@cdc.gov
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Centers for Environmental Health
Persistent Organic Pollutants Laboratory
Team Lead, Research Chemist
