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HOME > About NEHA > Award Information > NEHA/UL Sabbatical Exchange Program

NEHA/UL Sabbatical Exchange Program

Study environmental health on the international level through the NEHA/UL Sabbatical Program!

There are no borders to environmental health. What concerns one country concerns all others; what affects one people affects the world. That's why NEHA and UL are proud to present an opportunity for a NEHA member to spend a two-to-four-week sabbatical in an IFEH member country, observing, questioning and sharing environmental health practices and information.

Sponsors
Administered by the National Environmental Health Association, this sabbatical is sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories (UL).

Awards
The award is given annually, for either a two-week, or a four-week sabbatical. The four-week sabbatical stipend is $4000, plus round trip airfare up to $1000. Stipends are adjusted accordingly for a two-week sabbatical, which is the minimum to be taken. A commemorative plaque is also awarded.

Criteria

Applicant must be a NEHA member at the time of application and while on the sabbatical.

Applicant must complete an application (available from NEHA) and include a 2000-word essay on the specific area to be studied.

The sabbatical must be completed within one year of the award presentation.

Sabbatical winner must present a report to NEHA within three months of the completion of the sabbatical. The report will be shared with UL.

The application deadline for the sabbatical is March 1.

Follow-up
Any publication resulting from a sabbatical will include identity of the sabbatical winner, NEHA, and UL.

The decision of the selection committee is final. For more information, please contact Terry Osner at tosner@neha.org.

How to Apply
Please click here for the Sabbatical Exchange Award application and instructions.

Sabbatical Exchange Award Winners

2012	Dhitinut Ratnapradipa, PhD Department of Health Education and Recreation Southern Illinois University
2011	Julia N. Campbell The Georgia Department of Public Health Atlanta, GA Sabbatical Report (PDF)
2010	Doug Farquhar National Conference of State Legislatures Denver, Colorado Sabbatical Report (PDF)
2009	Marcy Barnett Emergency Preparedness Liaison California Department of Public Health Sacramento, California Sabbatical Report (PDF)
2008	M.L. Tanner, DHEC Bureau of Environmental Health Division of General Sanitation Columbia, South Carolina Sabbatical Report (PDF)
2007	Dixie Fullerton Environmental Health Specialist Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health Mason City, Iowa (England) Sabbatical Report (PDF)
2005	No Award Given
2006	Michele Morrone Ph.D., R.S. Associate Professor Environmental Health Science Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (Canada) Sabbatical Report (PDF)
2004	Troy L. Ritter, REHS Environmental Health Specialist Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Anchorage, Alaska
2003	Sara Forsting Epidemiologist Center for Public Health Preparedness DeKalb County Board of Health Decatur, Georgia (Canada) Sabbatical Report (PDF) Dr. R. Steven Konkel Associate Professor Program Coordinator Graduate Program – Environmental Health Services Eastern Kentucky University (England) Sabbatical Report (PDF)
2002	No Award Given
2001	J. Shannon Swann Park Sanitarian Lake Mead National Recreation Area National Park Service Lake Mead, Nevada
2000	Rick Miklich Food Program Manager Snohomish Health District Everett, Washington Sabbatical Report (PDF)
1999	Martha Patnoad Associate Professor and Food Safety Education Specialist Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition University of Rhode Island
1998	Larry Yates Chief of Environmental Health Loudon Dept. of Health Leesburg, Virginia
1997	Darryl B. Barnett, Dr. P.H. Chair, Dept. of Environmental Health Services Eastern Kentucky University Sabbatical Report (PDF)
1996	Brian Bennion Bureau Manager Salt Lake Valley Health Dept. Salt Lake City, Utah
1995	Mia Zmud NuStats International Austin, Texas
1994	Dave Robbins Flagstaff, Arizona
1993	Chuck Hart Environmental Safety Coordinator Dept. of Environmental Health & Safety Ohio University Sabbatical Report (PDF)
1992	Gary Coleman Underwriters Laboratories Food Safety Program Apex, North Carolina Sabbatical Report (PDF)
1991	Enrico Baroga Olympia, Washington