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2024 Summer Food Additives Internship

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Center for Science in the Public Interest

Feb 13

Applications are closed

  • Internship
    Full-time
    Summer Internship
  • Healthcare
  • Washington, DC
    Remote

Requirements

  • Currently enrolled in a graduate degree program (master’s or doctoral) in toxicology, public health, environmental health, food science, or a related field. A late-program (at least a 3rd-year) undergraduate in these fields may be acceptable
  • Excellent research and writing skills with ability to read, analyze, interpret, and summarize scientific research
  • Exceptional attention to detail
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently and manage tasks appropriately to achieve project goals
  • Interest in food additives and safety
  • Experience in toxicology research, conducting systematic reviews or science writing is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Chemical Cuisine is one of CSPI’s most visited webpages and provides easy-to-understand safety ratings with brief summaries of the scientific evidence for chemicals added to our foods. The intern will assist the Food Additives Team in conducting chemical-specific literature reviews for Chemical Cuisine entries. The intern will identify and collate chemical-specific safety information relevant to Chemical Cuisine entries from the scientific literature and publications from authoritative bodies and thereafter assist CSPI’s Staff Scientist for Food Additives in screening and evaluating the evidence. Specific tasks will be based on the intern’s level of education and experience. The intern will have the opportunity to develop web content (e.g., blogs, social media posts) on behalf of CSPI and may have the opportunity to review and synthesize the relevant body of evidence into written summaries. They will also participate in CSPI’s ongoing advocacy efforts aimed at reforming federal food additive regulations.
  • Providing technical and research assistance to support CSPI’s work on food additive safety
  • Assist the Staff Scientist in evaluating the safety evidence
  • Creating and refining chemical-specific search terms for PubMed and other scientific literature databases.
  • Conducting searches to identify relevant peer-reviewed literature and performing initial screening of titles and abstracts for use in chemical safety assessments.

Center for Science in the Public Interest

Your Food and Health Watchdog

Government
Industry
11-50
Employees
1971
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a non-profit health-advocacy group based in Washington, DC, that focuses on nutrition and food safety. CSPI publishes Nutrition Action, one of the nation’s largest circulation health newsletter, and has led efforts that resulted in healthier diets, more-nutritious school foods, safer foods, and more honest food labeling. CSPI provides objective information to the public and represents citizens’ interests before legislative, regulatory, and judicial bodies. CSPI is supported largely by subscribers to Nutrition Action, individual donors, and foundation grants.