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Contact the Danbury Health Department to discuss with them? See if there are any jobs listed on the DAS website in that area. (Barbara Pickett)
Some generic suggestions: look in the blue pages for city agencies like the Health Department but depending on your training and interests you may find possibilities in the Board of Ed., DEP, Inlands/wetlands, Social Services, Human Resources, Senior Centers, Parks and Recreation, etcetera. But then ask whether there is any directory of social service agencies in the area (often put together by a group like Youth and Family Services, or the Community Health Center). The idea also is to call each place, or even go to as many as possible for a direct contact and a reading for yourself of what that agency is like. It also would be an interesting introduction for you to get a pulse on the city's health assets...and ask everywhere you go for any leads or ideas for you to follow next.
People usually want to help you, especially if they feel bad that they have no jobs to offer you, they often feel better by trying to send you elsewhere! The other idea is to seek to develop the help and networking to fund your ideal job...then write the grants to make it happen...this would take being a self starter, and ability to promote yourself. Look for help from local grant writers for the City, the Health Department, Board of Education or local colleges/universities.., and any local employment websites...like asking Betty! Good luck helps, too! And I think showing up, making yourself known as you survey the possibilities...make up a stand out business card to leave everyone with a way to contact you if they think or hear of anything later. (Yours in health --- Eric Triffin, MPH)
Try these sites
http://careers.apha.org/search.cfm
http://www.epidemiologic.org/jobs/
http://www.naccho.org/careers/
http://www.astho.org/index.php?template=employment.php
http://chronicle.com/jobs/
(Sheree Boulet)
Here is a link for public health opportunities posted by Emory (Rollins School of Public Health) . (Jeannine Capria)
Check my Job Index Page for links to job search Webpages on this Web site. You can also sign up for the Public Health Jobs E-list that now goes out daily. I also just posted a new job search engine you can use to find what's available anywhere. You can find this on any of the job search pages, but I have made it available here as well. All you do is type in a job title in the "what" box, and a geographic location in the "where" box. Generally, a broader term works best, like program, data, epidemiologist, service, etc. For location, type in a state instead of a specific town or city. (Betty)
Has the person checked out USAjobs.gov . This is the federal hiring site and there are so awesome Public Health jobs listed there (especially in the field of Env. Health). Hope this helps! Take Care! (Brian Wnek, MPH, RS)
I'm not that familiar with the entire area, but in Neptune NJ there is a hosptial called Jersey Shore Medical Center that the student can check on their wellness/public health programs. Or I would talk to the volunteer department of the Medical Center to see if they would have any further information. Jersey Shore is part of the Meridian Health System that has one of the most comprehensive wellness programs in the area. Also in Freehold (which is about 25 minutes from Neptune), Centre State Hospital has a Health and Wellness Center that they probably would work with some interns. I hope this helps. Please let me know if there is anything else I may be able to provide for you. (Jeannine Capria)
I think your best bet, if you are interested in pharmaceuticals, is to contact one of the pharmaceutical companies, i.e. Wyeth, Glaxo Smith Kline, Merck, - and request that a representative in your area contact you. They have $ set aside for educational opportunities - I am confident that a representative in your area would be more than happy to meet with you during the times you requested. Hope this helps. (Linda Greengas)
I think he could Google pharmaceutical companies around him. He could talk to his local health director for some input: Health Officer: Stephen L. McKee, 3 Penelope Lane, Middletown, NJ 07748-2594 (Located adjacent to the Middletown Town Hall), Phone: 732-615-2095
Fax: 732-671-8697
He could speak to the pediatrician in charge of a local pediatric practice or the pediatric department of a hospital. I think when he's saying "meet" with this mentor for 3 hrs a week, he means intern with the mentor-I imagine there would be something he would be working on. He could also contact a local university/college. Hope this helps. (Barbara Pickett)
I would suggest he call either his pediatrician or perhaps even the local health department and see about coordinating plans and needs around pandemic flu planning, having something of a vested interest in him as their patient, student, resident , or future health care professional, maybe one or a combination of all would invest in this project of self and collective development. (Yours in health, Eric Triffin, MPH)