Prepare for your next career adventure by embarking on an opportunity at the University Hygienic Laboratory (UHL). As Iowa's public health and environmental laboratory, the UHL offers several ways for you to put your knowledge to work. Our team includes chemists, microbiologists, information technology specialists, trainers, administrators and many other professionals who help distinguish the UHL as a national leader in public and environmental health.

We invite you to consider furthering your career by joining the UHL in one of the following: Internships Practicum Fellowship Student employee Utilize the skills learned in the classroom by applying them on the job at one of the nations' leading state public health laboratories: The University Hygienic Lab. Internships can take place during the fall, spring or summer semesters, and may be paid or unpaid. Interns can receive a notation on their transcript or course credit for work completed at UHL while gaining valuable lab experience. Many UHL internships require a minimum of 10 hours a week for eight weeks in the summer, and 10 weeks during the fall and spring. Jobs must be 80 percent professional work. In a practicum, students must complete a required contact-hour project in a public health or environmental setting. Contact hours are determined by the educational institution. This practicum experience, including a final written report and oral presentation, constitutes the final examination for course work within a university college, such as the College of Public Health or the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The practicum may be funded and approved for course credit.

'I chose UHL because of the work that is done here. I was intrigued by the various environmental testing.' Intern James Riessen (left) with UHL's Greg Jacobs

'This internship gives me practical application for my education.' Intern Laura Czyzewicz (right) with UHL's Gabe Gerken

Fellowships provide students (generally post-secondary) an opportunity to apply the technologies, methods and practices related to their field of expertise in a professional environment. The fellow is assigned to a particular project, with some assignments lasting as long as two years. UHL participates in the Emerging Infectious Diseases Fellowship program sponsored by the Association of Public Health Laboratories and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A student employee (Work Study or otherwise) is a parttime hourly employee (20 work hours per week or less during the academic year) who is enrolled and regularly attending classes at The University of Iowa or other accredited college or university. Such employment, therefore, is temporary and incidental to the pursuit of an education.