• CDC Disease Detective Camp and CDC Junior Disease Detective Camp
The David J. Sencer CDC Museum is pleased to announce the 2014 summer programs: CDC Disease Detective Camp, and CDC Junior Disease Detective Camp. Both are academic day camps held at CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
Identical sessions of each camp are held twice during the summer. Application to the camp is open to the public. There are no camp fees, but each camper is responsible for bringing or buying his or her lunch. See below for information about each camp, and please visit http://www.cdc.gov/museum/camp/ for complete information, and application forms.
Please note that admission to the camps is quite competitive. Applications are ranked by an independent panel, so it is important that essays are thoughtfully written and all required components are included.
If you have further questions, please first visit http://www.cdc.gov/museum/camp/ then contact Judy M. Gantt at 404 639 0831.
Announcement Point of Contact: jgantt@cdc.gov
  • HSIP Fellow Applications will be accepted: February 3- March 31, 2014

CSTE in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO), the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), and the Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) established the fellowship to train practitioners experience in epidemiology or medicine in the expanding field of public health and primary care integration.  The HSIP Fellowship is designed for practitioners with a doctoral degree or at least four years of experience and a master’s degree

Health Systems Integration Program. The HSIP Fellowship aims to place public health practitioners with a strong background in epidemiology or informatics at public health departments.  Historically, public health and primary care professionals have worked in isolation, but the recent push for better outcomes in population health has called for these two sectors to align and collaborate more effectively together. Over the one year program the Fellow will be involved in projects that address community epidemiologic surveillance to support community health needs assessments, the public health interface and use of electronic health records, and sharing lessons learned from successful public health and primary care professional partnerships.  Fellows will have a Master’s degree or higher with a commitment to working in applied public health.

Fellows are supported through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and are matched to available host site locations. Assignments will begin in July 2014 and the program commitment is one year.

Training & Benefits The HSIP Fellowship offers an opportunity to work closely with highly trained and experienced epidemiologists, health officers, and informaticians at the state, local and federal levels.  The Fellow will be provided a competitive stipend ($85,000). In addition to the stipend, up to $320 per month ($3,840 per year) will be available to defray the costs for individual health insurance coverage selected by the Fellow.  Professional development, conference travel, and relocation funding is also available.

How to Apply:

 Please visit http://www.aphif.org/?page_id=283 for complete information and the link to the electronic application. Fellow Applications will be acceptedFebruary 3-March 31, 2014.

If you have any questions about the Health Systems Integration Program Fellowship or the Fellow application, contact Jessica Pittman atjpittman@cste.org or Amanda Masters at amasters@cste.org or 770-458-3811.

 

  • David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality
Deadline: April 17, 2014.
 
The Larson Fellowship is a post-doctoral fellowship for advanced research in the field of health and spirituality. Made possible by a generous endowment from the International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality (ICIHS), the fellowship is named in honor of the Center’s late founder, David B. Larson, an epidemiologist and psychiatrist, who focused on potentially relevant but understudied factors which might help in prevention, coping, and recovering from illness. The fellowship is designed to continue Dr. Larson’s legacy of promoting meaningful, scholarly study of these two important and increasingly interrelated fields. It seeks to encourage the pursuit of scholarly excellence in the scientific study of the relation of religiousness and spirituality to physical, mental, and social health. 
 
Conducting full time research on-site at the Library of Congress, the fellowship provides an opportunity for a period of 6 to 12 months of concentrated use of the collections of the Library of Congress, through full-time residency in the Library’s John W. Kluge Center. A stipend of $4,200 per month supports the Fellow.
 
  • Summer Internship Program (SIP) in Biomedical Research
Deadline: March 1, 2014
 
SIP is for students who are at least sixteen years of age or older at the time they begin the program. To be eligible, candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. U.S. citizens are eligible to apply if they are enrolled at least half-time in high school or an accredited college or university as undergraduate, graduate, or professional students. Students who have been accepted into an accredited college or university program may also apply.
 
(At the National Institute of Health)
 
  • ASPPH/NHTSA Public Health Fellowship Program
Deadline: 04/01/2014
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Safety Programs
Impaired Driving and Occupant Protection
Behavioral Safety Research
The ASPPH/NHTSA Fellowship Program is a unique opportunity for early-career public health professionals with strong research and analytic skills who are dedicated to reducing the economic impact of traffic injuries in the United States.  The selected fellow(s) will have the opportunity to take a first-hand look at the workings of the federal agency dedicated to reducing motor vehicle crashes and become involved in NHTSA’s role in addressing motor vehicle and highway safety.
The fellowship position is a full-time opportunity for a one-year period (August 2014 – August 2015). Detailed program information, Request for Applications (RFA), and all application instructions can be accessed at
To qualify for this fellowship, candidates must have graduated from an ASPPH-member school or program within the last five years and be a U.S. Citizen or permanent resident (Green Card). Preference will be given to candidates with a Certification in Public Health.
  • NHSC Loan Repayment Program
    The deadline for submission is March 20, 2014.
     
    The NHSC Loan Repayment program provides loan repayment assistance to licensed primary care medical, dental, and mental and behavioral health providers who serve in communities with limited access to health care. There are both full-time and half-time options for service commitment. The dollar amount of assistance and length of service depend on participation in either the full- or half-time and on the need on the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) score of the site.
     
    In order to apply for the loan repayment program, you must
     
    be licensed to practice in an NHSC-eligible discipline,
    have a job at an NHSC-approved site, and
    have unpaid, qualifying educational loans
  • Quest for Excellence Program
Deadline: March 26, 2014
 
The Quest for Excellence program is an innovative initiative for talented, low-income high school juniors and seniors, and serves as a powerful complement to the College Prep Scholarship and National College Match programs. Quest for Excellence Awards are designed to enhance educational exploration for qualified juniors and seniors with a range of backgrounds and interests.
 
WHY should you apply?
 
The key benefits of the Quest for Excellence program include:
 
·         Valuable awards such as laptops, iPads, or expense-paid visits to one of our partner colleges.
 
·         Focused, specialized categories that enable you to apply on the basis of your specific professional interests, talents, geography, ethnicity, and other individual qualities, such as being of the first generation in your family to go to college.
 
·         A focus on high-achieving low-income high school students.
 
·         A free, simple component of the College Prep Scholarship or National College Match application.
 
WHO should apply?
 
Learn more about our selection criteria.
 
HOW do you apply?
 
The application is a supplement to the College Prep Scholarship and National College Match applications. Follow these simple instructions to apply for Quest for Excellence Awards.
 
  • NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP)
March 3, 2014 – Application Deadline
 
UGSP offers competitive scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related research. The program offers scholarship support, paid research training at the NIH during the summer and paid employment and training at the NIH after graduation.
 
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
 
You must meet all of these requirements in order to be eligible for admission into the UGSP.
U.S.A. citizen or U.S.A. permanent resident
Enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a full-time student at an accredited 4-year undergraduate institution located in the United States of America
Undergraduate University Grade Point Average of 3.3 or higher on a 4.0-point scale or within the top 5 percent of your class
Having ‘Exceptional Financial Need’ as certified by your undergraduate institution financial aid office
 
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