Healthy Housing Research & Policy Intern

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Temporary or Intern (Paid) (Fixed Term) Summary:

JOB SUMMARY Habitat for Humanity's Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter seeks a graduate-level intern — MPH or MSc — to support Habitat's thematic work around healthy housing during the academic year, between 6- 8 months. The intern will contribute directly to an evidence base and a technical framework. This role will bolster the growing body of evidence that housing conditions are among the most powerful and modifiable social determinants of health outcomes. The intern will consolidate data and evidence around thermal comfort and heat-related illness, vector-borne disease and structural housing modifications, indoor air quality and respiratory health, climate resilience and disaster risk, and WASH integration that points to the contributions of housing conditions and health. Key Responsibilities: