Environmental Health Officers
Commissioned Corps of the
U.S. Public Health Service
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EHOPAC
Marketing and Recruitment Subcommittee
Our Mission
Protecting, Promoting,
and Advancing
the
Health and Safety of
the Nation.
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America’s Health Responders
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Examples of missions:
• Natural disasters
• Multistate outbreak investigations
• Mass gatherings
• Terrorist attacks (9/11, Anthrax)
• International humanitarian assistance
Commissioned Corps Officers:
• Over 6,000 well trained, highly qualified
public health professionals.
• Essential component of the largest public
health and response program in the world
• Highly motivated with an attitude of
service
Commissioned Corps Officers:
• Desire to improve the health of
humankind, both within and beyond our
borders
• Enjoy the prospect of a highly varied and
dynamic career
How We Serve
• Environmental Health & Protection
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Environmental Health Officer with the IHS
• Disease control and prevention
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Epidemiologist at CDC
• Biomedical research
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Researcher at NIH
• Regulation of food and drugs
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Consumer safety officer at FDA
• Mental health & AODA treatment
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Therapist at BOP
• Health care delivery
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Physician at IHS
• International health
• Emergency and humanitarian response
USPHS Commissioned Corps
One of the Seven Uniformed Services
Executive Branch
DOD
DHHS
DHS
Commerce
Army
USPHS
Coast Guard
NOAA
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Disciplines within the
Commissioned Corps
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Environmental Health
Officers
Physicians
Dentists
Nurses
Pharmacists
Dietitians
Engineers
Mental Health Specialists,
(clinical psychologists and
clinical social workers)
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Optometrists
Physician Assistants
Scientists/Researchers
Therapists (occupational
therapy, physical therapy,
speech language
pathology, respiratory
therapy, and audiology)
Veterinarians
Other health-related
disciplines
A PROUD HISTORY
From Ellis Island…
…To tribal lands.
Across America
Around the World
PROTECTING
PUBLIC HEALTH
AND SAFETY...
…FOR 215 YEARS
Source: www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/phs_history/intro.html
Commissioned Corps Timeline
• 1798 — Sick & Disabled Seamen Relief Act
• 1870 — Centralized Marine Hospital Service
• 1871 — John Maynard Woodworth
• 1889 — Formalized as US Uniformed Service of MHS
• 1902 — MHS to PHMHS (Ellis Island/State quarantine)
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• 1912 — PHS; broadened power; investigate diseases, sanitation
• 2012 — Over 6,000 active-duty officers within 13 disciplines
Environmental Health Officers
History …
• Established as the Sanitarian category in 1943
• Strength grew from ~75 officers to nearly 400 today
• Traditionally focused on food sanitation, water and wastewater
treatment, and vector-borne disease
• Now serving on the front lines in the Nation’s fight against
disease undertaking highly specialized services in broad areas of
public health
Where We Are Assigned
(Not all agencies
and programs are
represented)
What it takes to be an Officer
in the Commissioned Corps:
Meet Basic qualifications:
• U.S. citizen
• Less than 44 years of age
• Medically qualified
• Qualifying degree from an accredited institution
(varies depending on profession)
Additional requirement:
• Current, unrestricted professional license (if
applicable)
Some of the benefits
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30 days of paid vacation per year
Competitive starting pay that increases with promotions and years
of service
Noncontributory retirement based on a 20 to 30 year career
Full medical and dental
Low-cost health and dental for dependents or no cost at uniformed
services facilities
Veteran’s Administration benefits
Paid sick leave
Thrift Savings Plan
Use of military commissaries, exchanges, and other programs
Five Pillars
EHO
health need but can only be filled
with a Commissioned Corps officer
5. Addresses an important public
4. Requiring regular
engagement with other
uniformed services
3. Being available for rapid
deployment
2. Serving in hardship locations
or difficult to recruit position
1. Serving the needs of
vulnerable or medically
underserved population
• 1. Serving the needs of vulnerable or
medically underserved populations,
• 2. Serving in hardship locations or difficult to
recruit positions,
• 3. Being available for rapid deployment,
• 4. Requiring regular engagement with other
uniformed services,
• 5. Addresses an important public health need
but can only be filled with a Commissioned
USPHS
Corps officer
Duty Locations Coast to Coast
COSTEP Opportunities
Junior COSTEP
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One year in a qualifying program
Two years in specific health disciplines
Work one to four months during school
No obligation after graduation
Senior COSTEP
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Full-time students in specific public health disciplines
At least eight months remaining in their final year*
Obligated to work for twice the amount of time
Sponsored by the Corps
Environmental Health in the
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experience as an EHO]
Surgeon General:
Vice Admiral Regina Benjamin
“Prevention is the foundation
of public health, and
prevention is the foundation
of my work as Surgeon
General. If we want to truly
reform health care in this
country, we need to prevent
people from getting sick in
the first place, and stop
disease before it starts.”
Vice Admiral Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A.
Questions?
For more information please contact:
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Telephone: 000-000-0000
E-mail: asdf@aaa.gov
EHOPAC
Marketing and Recruitment Subcommittee