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Please check with the Office of Student Enrichment Programs website or contact Adrienne Morgan, Director at 585-275-7203 for more information about programs listed below or to identify other opportunities.

The CDC Experience--Applied Epidemiology Fellowship

SYNOPSIS: The fellowship will provide medical students with an applied hands-on training experience in epidemiology and public health. Ten competitively selected third- and fourth-year medical students from around the country will spend up to one full year at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. While at CDC, with the guidance of experienced CDC epidemiologists, they carry out epidemiologic analyses in areas such as birth defects, injuries, chronic diseases, infectious diseases, environmental health, reproductive health and minority health.

OBJECTIVES: Fellows learn through hands-on training and formal seminars as well as participation in field epidemiologic investigations. Training and work assignments provide opportunities to perform epidemiologic analyses and research, design public health interventions and assist in public health field investigations. This challenging and intellectually stimulating environment provides multiple opportunities to enhance skills in research and analytic thinking, written and oral scientific presentations, preventive medicine and public health.

Graduates of The CDC Experience will have a greater appreciation of the role of epidemiology in medicine and health, be able to apply their knowledge and skills to enhance their clinical acumen, and to work within the larger health system. The CDC Experience graduates have the potential to become future physician-leaders and substantially contribute to the quality of the health care system.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be: currently enrolled in an allopathic or osteopathic school of medicine in the United States, a medical student who has completed their second or third year of medical school and has some clinical/clerkship experience, and a citizen of the United States.

FUNDING: The fellowship will be ten to twelve months in duration. A stipend is provided for living expenses.

CONTACT:

Catherine Piper, Program Coordinator

Career Development Division

Office of Career and Workforce Development

1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop E-92

Atlanta, GA 30333

E-mail: cdcexperience@cdcfoundation.org

Web Site: http://www.cdcfoundation.org/sitefiles/CDCE_application07.pdf

Program URL: http://www.cdcfoundation.org/fellowships/cdcexperience/index.aspx

Tel: 404-498-6151