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Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

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The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) is a U.S. Department of Energy institute focusing on scientific initiatives to research health risks from occupational hazards, assess environmental cleanup, respond to radiation medical emergencies, support national security and emergency preparedness, and educate the next generation of scientists.

HealthCommWorks communication tool to help health communicators more effectively disseminate key messages

ORISE partnered with the CDC to launch HealthCommWorks, which is designed to help health communication professionals develop and disseminate effective messages.

Supporting DOE’s mission to recognize outstanding scientists, engineers

In FY12, ORAU provided peer review and award ceremony support to several DOE Office of Science award programs.

Date Event
05/27/2013 National Health Security Preparedness Index
May 27-28, 2013
05/28/2013 Accreditation Webinars for Weatherization Training Centers
May 28-31, 2013
05/30/2013 Nuclear Radiological Communications Working Group Meeting
May 30, 2013
05/31/2013 Agents of Opportunity course
May 31-June 1, 2013
06/03/2013 Gamma Spectroscopy
June 3-7, 2013
06/17/2013 Radiation Safety Officer Training
June 17-21, 2013

Current Career Opportunities

Ref. No. Job Title Location
13-057 Operations Planner 2 Arlington, VA
13-049 Associate Dir STRI (Program Development) Oak Ridge, TN
13-060 Research Associate 5 Oak Ridge, TN
13-058 Research Associate 5 (Information Science) Oak Ridge, TN
13-056 Operations Planner 1 Arlington, VA
13-047 User Support Assistant 2 Oak Ridge, TN
13-050 Associate Dir STRI (Office of Science) Oak Ridge, TN
13-048 Laboratory Technician 2 Oak Ridge, TN
12-058 Latent Print Examiner Senior Quantico, VA
12-075 Forensic Photographers (Senior Personnel) Quantico, VA

ORISE recently partnered with the CDC to launch HealthCommWorks, which is designed to help health communication professionals develop and disseminate effective messages.


ORNL Video

WATCH: World Class Science. Big Ideas. (2:07)

Research participants placed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory through science education programs administered by ORISE share how access to world-class research facilities and staff has catapulted their careers in science and technology.