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| EXTENDED DEADLINE: All applications for internships (CDC, NIOSH, NCHS, Cancer Prevention and Control) programs must be submitted by Friday March 7, 2008. All applications for fellowships (CDC, NIOSH, NCHS, *HIV/AIDS, *Environmental Health) programs must be submitted by Monday March 31, 2008.
* may be converted to a 3 month internship program depending on applicant's availability |
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| HSHPS/CDC Internship Program |
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9-week paid traineeship that places trainees at the CDC Headquarters in Atlanta, GA. The goal of the training program is to increase the overall knowledge of public health, to provide the necessary tools needed to enhance trainees’ careers in medicine and public health, and to increase the overall understanding of the CDC as an international public health agency. The HSHPS/CDC Internship Program also matches trainees with a mentor, an experienced scientist/researcher at the CDC, depending on their area of interest and experience. The trainee will assist their mentor with various aspects of a project, while at the same time attending weekly seminars and networking events that the CDC offers.
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HSHPS/CDC Fellowship Program
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6-month paid traineeship that places trainees at the CDC Headquarters in Atlanta, GA. The goal of the training program is to increase the overall knowledge of public health, to provide the necessary tools needed to enhance trainees’ careers in medicine and public health, and to increase the overall understanding of the CDC as an international public health agency. The HSHPS/CDC Internship Program also matches trainees with a mentor, an experienced scientist/researcher at the CDC, depending on their area of interest and experience. The trainee will assist their mentor with various aspects of a project, while at the same time attending weekly seminars and networking events that the CDC offers.
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HSHPS/NIOSH Internship Program
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9-week traineeship that helps assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by providing research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health. This federal agency which makes up part of CDC places trainees at one of three locations: Cincinnati, OH., Pittsburgh, PA., and Morgantown, WV.
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HSHPS/NIOSH Fellowship Program
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6-month traineeship that helps assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by providing research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health. This federal agency which makes up part of CDC places trainees at one of three locations: Cincinnati, OH., Pittsburgh, PA., and Morgantown, WV.
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HSHPS/NCSH Internship Program
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9-week traineeship that compiles statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of our people. NCHS is a key element of our national public health infrastructure, providing important surveillance information that helps identify and address critical health problems. This federal agency which makes up part of CDC places trainees in Hyattsville, MD.
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HIV/AIDs and Associated Comorbidities in the US-Mexico Border Fellowship Program
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6-month paid traineeship based at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Division of International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine. The goal of the program is to train the next generation of Hispanic public health and biomedical researchers to develop expertise in HIV/AIDS and comorbidities associated with HIV including alcohol and injection drug addictions; tuberculosis; sexually transmitted infections; and mental health issues.
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HIV/AIDs and Associated Comorbidities in the US-Mexico Border Internship Program
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3-month paid traineeship based at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Division of International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine. The goal of the program is to train the next generation of Hispanic public health and biomedical researchers to develop expertise in HIV/AIDS and comorbidities associated with HIV including alcohol and injection drug addictions; tuberculosis; sexually transmitted infections; and mental health issues.
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HSHPS/ U.S.-Mexico Border Environmental Health Fellowship Program
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6-month paid and mentored position for two fellows: One is at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) extended campus in Laredo and the other is at the UTHSCSA Regional Academic Health Center in Harlingen. Trainee will participate in an informative range of Border-related leadership and educational opportunities, including attending seminars, visiting clinics, health departments and hospitals on both sides of the border and spend time with families in colonias. These experiences will give you first hand knowledge of major health challenges confronting public health workers in this region, including obesity, tuberculosis, diabetes, and zoonotic diseases.
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HSHPS/ U.S.-Mexico Border Environmental Health Internship Program
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3-month paid and mentored position for two interns: One is at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) extended campus in Laredo and the other is at the UTHSCSA Regional Academic Health Center in Harlingen. Trainee will participate in an informative range of Border-related leadership and educational opportunities, including attending seminars, visiting clinics, health departments and hospitals on both sides of the border and spend time with families in colonias. These experiences will give you first hand knowledge of major health challenges confronting public health workers in this region, including obesity, tuberculosis, diabetes, and zoonotic diseases.
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HSHPS/ Cancer Prevention & Control Internship Program
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9-week traineeship based at the University of Puerto Rico, Graduate School of Public Health and the Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program of the University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center. This internship provides trainees with an increased understanding of cancer prevention and control through practical hands-on experiences on cancer research, community outreach, preventive clinical practice, seminars and workshops. The program specifically focuses on Hispanics with a special emphasis on health disparities in Puerto Ricans and other Hispanic/Latino populations.
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HSHPS/ FRONTERA: Focusing on the Border Area Internship Program
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10-week traineeship coordinated by the University of Arizona, College of Medicine's Hispanic Center of Excellence and Office of Outreach and Multicultural Affairs. The program provides participants with an increased understanding of public health disparities in the border region through practical hands-on research training, role-model mentoring and collaboration, and networking skills building in a supportive environment. Each trainee is matched, according to their area of interest, with a faculty mentor whose research has an impact on border health.
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