Climate and Health Graduate Intern

OHSU; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Multnomah County Public Health's Climate and Health Graduate Intern assists the Healthy Homes and Communities team in fulfilling the core public health function of addressing climate change health impacts. Your work will include research and analysis such as assessing heat risk, impervious surfaces, shade, and vulnerability indices, plus supporting updates linking determinants to health outcomes.

Engagement and dissemination activities involve surveys, focus groups, interviews, outreach events,

Responsibilities

• Research and analysis supporting climate-related determinants of health, including heat risk, impervious surface inventories, shade assessments, and vulnerability indices.
• Assisting updates to heat and cold vulnerability indexes and studies linking determinants to health outcomes.
• Contributing to community engagement plans through surveys, focus groups, interviews, and outreach events.
• Preparing materials and coordinating events to disseminate research findings to communities and partners.

Job description

We seek leaders, achievers and doers who bring skill and passion to a challenging and evolving environment. At the Multnomah County Health Department we are all inspired by the mission: We work with communities to advance health equity, protect the most vulnerable, and promote health and wellness for everyone and we uphold the values: Compassion and Care, Empowerment, Racial Equity, Creativity and Integrity. We create a culture of respect, trust and understanding for the highly diverse population we serve in our communities.

Multnomah County’s Public Health Division is a vital resource for residents, working to promote physical and mental health, prevent disease and injury, and ensure access to essential health services. Some of our key functions and services include: preventing and controlling diseases, supporting maternal and child health, addressing mental health and substance use, ensuring environmental health, and promoting health equity.

The Climate and Health Graduate Intern assists the Healthy Homes and Communities team in fulfilling the core public health function of addressing the health impacts of climate change.

As the Climate and Health Graduate Intern, your work will include:

Research and Analysis Conducting assessments of climate-related determinants of health, which may include:

• Analyzing high-resolution heat data, impervious surface inventories, right-of-way shade assessments, building-level heat vulnerability assessments, and cooling prevalence

Supporting updates to a heat vulnerability index, cold vulnerability index, and studies associating these determinants with health outcomes

Outreach and Engagement Supporting team members in designing and implementing community engagement plans, which may include:

• Surveys, focus groups, key informant interviews, and outreach events

Communications and Dissemination

• Preparing materials and coordinating events that help disseminate research and assessment findings