Professional associations are a great place for graduating students and alumni to advance their careers and continue their education.
These associations offer many benefits:
- Networking & Leadership Opportunities
- Continuing Education Opportunities
- Access to Mentor Programs
- Specialized Job Boards
Here is a brief list of professional organizations by their field of study.
Environmental Health
- Air and Waste Management Association
- American Association for Aerosol Research
- American Chemical Society
- American Society for Microbiology
- International Society of Exposure Science
- National Environmental Health Association
- NEHA Job Center
- Society for Occupational & Environmental Health
- Society for Risk Analysis
- SRA Job Opportunities
- National Association of Environmental Professionals
- WA State Environmental Health Association
Industrial Hygiene & Safety
- Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals
- American Biological Safety Association
- Board for Global EHS Credentialing
- American Industrial Hygiene Association
- AIHA Employment Services
- Pacific Northwest Section of AIHA
- American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
- ACGIH Job Board
- American Society of Safety Engineers
- American Chemical Society
- Board of Certified Safety Professionals
- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Food Safety
- Association of Food & Drug Officials
- International Association of Food Protection
- Washington Association of Food Protection
- Conference for Food Protection
- Institute for Food Technologists
Occupational & Environmental Medicine
- American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- ACOEM Career Center
- Association of Occupational & Environmental Clinics
Public Health
- American Public Health Association
- APHA CareerMart
- PublicHealthJobs.org
- APHA Student Assembly
- APHA Caucuses (identity & interest groups)
- Asian Health Coalition
- Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
- Black Women & Public Health Research Collective
- CDC’s LGBT Health-Related Relations/Coalitions
- CDC Tribal Public Health
- Public Health at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs
- National Indian Health Board
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
- Washington State Public Health Association
Toxicology
- American Academy of Clinical Toxicology
- American College of Medical Toxicology
- American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Environmental Mutagens and Genomics Society
- International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
- International Union of Toxicology
- Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening
- Society for Chemical Hazard Communication
- Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry
- Society of Toxicology
- SOT Career Resources
- Pacific Northwest Association of Toxicologists
- Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention