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<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">Full announcement and application instructions available here: </span><a href="http://orise.orau.gov/epa/description.aspx?JobId=6796" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">http://orise.orau.gov/epa/description.aspx?JobId=6796</span></a><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">.</span><br>
<br><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">Research Participation Program<br>Office of Research and Development<br>National Center for Environmental Assessment<br>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency<br>
Arlington, VA</span></b> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:12pt"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">EPA-ORD/NCEA-IO-2012-01</span></b><br><br><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">Project Description:</span></b><br>
<span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">A postgraduate research training opportunity is currently available at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) in Arlington, Virginia. The appointment will be served with the Global Change Assessment Staff (GCAS). The GCAS, located in the EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) in the Air, Climate, Energy (ACE) program, works to build the capacity of programs, managers, and other decision-makers to assess and respond to global change (i.e., climate and land use) impacts on the environment and human health in the United States. Research and assessment activities are focused on several areas: ambient air quality, ambient water quality, the built environment (including water, wastewater, green infrastructure and urban resilience), aquatic ecosystems, and human health. For more information about the GCRP activities in NCEA, visit </span><a href="http://www.epa.gov/ncea/global/" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">http://www.epa.gov/ncea/global/</span></a><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">.</span><br>
<br><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">This training opportunity allows the participant to apply rigorous statistical and quantitative analysis skills to complex, interdisciplinary assessments GCAS projects. GCAS projects have the overarching goal of improving the understanding of the implications of climate and land-use change for U.S. ecosystems (particularly wetlands and other aquatic systems), water quality, urban systems, and human health and well-being. This research will ultimately help EPA in reducing environmental and societal vulnerabilities to climate change through appropriate adaptation strategies.</span><br>
<br><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">This project involves (1) statistical or other quantitative analyses of ecologic, hydrologic, climate, and land use data using, for example, multivariate and non-parametric techniques, spatial statistics, or time series analyses, (2) quantitative analyses of data on urban resilience and vulnerability, and (3) interpretation and communication of analysis results including assisting with writing reports and journal articles. The research participant will have an opportunity to engage with a team of scientists at EPA on a variety of climate change and land use change projects to develop statistical and other quantitative analyses that will aid in environmental decision making.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">Meredith Pavlick Warren, AICP</span><br><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">ORISE Research Fellow</span><br>
<span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';COLOR:purple;FONT-SIZE:7.5pt">Global Change Research Program | USEPA Office of Research and Development<br>1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW (8601P) | Washington, DC 20460</span><br>
<span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';COLOR:purple;FONT-SIZE:7.5pt">Phone: <a href="tel:703-347-8534" target="_blank" value="+17033478534">703-347-8534</a> | <a href="mailto:warren.meredith@epa.gov" target="_blank">warren.meredith@epa.gov</a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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