Internship and fellowship postings as of February 1, 2023

POSITION: Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) Fellowship

ORGANIZATION: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be accepting applications for their Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) until February 3, 2023.

PHAP is a unique training opportunity for recent graduates (including those graduating before July 1, 2023) interested in a career in public health. The program is a paid, two-year commitment that gives early career professionals the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the everyday operations of a public health organization. Associates are paired with one of the following: state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies; nongovernmental organizations; public health institutes and associations; community organizations; and academic institutions.

Strengthening Public Health
Associates build workforce capacity and fill staffing shortages at their host sites while they gain invaluable hands-on public health experience working on some of the most pressing public health priorities, including:
• Chronic disease prevention and health promotion
• Environmental health
• Global migration and quarantine
• Immunization
• Injury and violence prevention
• Maternal and child health
• Public health preparedness
• Prevention of STD, TB, HIV, and other communicable disease

For additional information, visit the PHAP website or watch ASPPH’s webinar: ASPPH Presents: CDC PHAP Informational Session. Email phap@cdc.gov with any additional questions.

To view the official posting click here

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POSITION: Promising Futures, Thriving Communities, Healthy Lives Fellows (multiple fellowships)

ORGANIZATION: NY Community Trust (NYCT) 

The New York Community Trust (The Trust) is offering FIVE paid fellowships for full-time graduate students. The Trust, established in 1924, is a community foundation dedicated to improving the lives of residents of New York City and its suburbs. We bring together individuals, families, foundations, and businesses to build a better community and support nonprofits that make a difference. We apply knowledge, creativity, and resources to the most challenging issues in an effort to ensure meaningful opportunities and a better quality of life for all New Yorkers, today, and tomorrow.

Thriving Communities Fellowship Trust grants protect and create affordable housing, promote equity in the arts, improve civic engagement, and protect our environment. The Trust supports agencies working on these issues at the neighborhood level, as well as government and nonprofit institutions developing and influencing policy. Grants also support efforts to improve the functioning of nonprofits and government.

Fellowship Eligibility and Details:
• Applicants must be in a full-time graduate program.
• Applicants must have existing authorization to work in the United States.
• Starts in May 2023 (date flexible) and ends in May 2024. Fellows must commit to the entire period.
• Fellowship pay is $22/Hour; 
• Fellows work up to 35 hours a week from May 2023 through August 2023 and, to accommodate class schedules, 15 to 20 hours a week between September 2023 to May 2024.
• Fellows must remain enrolled as full-time graduate students for the entire Fellowship.
• Fellows’ field of graduate study must match an aspect of the Fellowship.
• Fellowships are intended as learning experiences to complement Fellows’ graduate study.
• This is not an entry-level position at The Trust or intended to lead to one.
• The Fellow will work on-site at The Trust’s midtown offices and adhere to indoor workplace rules and protocols. Fellowships are not virtual or remote positions although The Trust’s policy does allow for some remote days. 

To Apply: Email  resume, cover letter, and short writing sample as a single PDF document to Marc Schell at msc@nyct-cfi.org. Writing samples should be between 500 and 1500 words and solely authored by the candidate.
In email Subject Line: please put your First Name, Last Name and the Fellowship # for which you are submitting the application. You may only apply for one of the Fellowships. If we conclude that your qualifications may fit a different Fellowship than the one for which you applied for, we will share your application with other hiring teams.

Application Deadline: Received by 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 22, 2023.

To view the official job posting description, click here.    

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POSITION: Fellow, HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention

ORGANIZATION: Fordham University – Research Ethics Training Institute (RETI)

Summer training & Research Funding for Early Career Investigators

• Receive a $30,000 grant to conduct a mentored research
  study that will contribute to evidence-based HIV & drug
  use research ethics practice
• Join an international network of scholars examining
  current challenges in HIV & drug abuse research ethics
• Attend two summer training programs with fully funded
  travel and lodging: July 9-17, 2023: In-Person (New York City); in-person NYC, 2024 TBD

How and When to Apply:

• Visit fordham.edu/RETIapply for the application requirements and form,
• or contact Dr. Celia Fisher at ethicsinst@fordham.edu for more
  information.
• Applications due: February 15, 2023.
• Applicants will be notified of award decisions by April 30, 2023.

For more information, please visit the website .

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POSITION: Faculty positions (multiple openings)

ORGANIZATION: Rowan-Virtua School of Transnational Biomedical Engineering & Sciences

The newly established Rowan-Virtua School of Translational Biomedical Engineering & Sciences invites faculty applicants for the Institute for Health Equity, an emerging institute part of a recent affiliation between Rowan University and Virtua Health, which also includes the School of Medicine and School of Nursing and Health Professions. With over $200M investment, plans include the development of multiple institutes, the hiring of over 50 new faculty investigators, and new facilities and programs.

The School of Translational Biomedical Engineering & Sciences invites applicants for open rank tenure-track faculty position(s) at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level. We seek candidates who have a Ph.D. in life sciences, engineering, DrPH in public health, or closely related disciplines, and/or a medical degree (D.O./Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D., D.O., M.D.).

Successful candidates are expected to develop, sustain, and lead an active, highly visible, externally-funded research program with outstanding scholarship and to demonstrate excellence in teaching and mentoring undergraduate, graduate, medical, and/or professional students. Clinician and clinician scientist/engineer candidates will also work with our affiliated partner, Virtua Health in aligned clinical practices to improve patient care and train the workforce of the future.

To view the official posting and apply click here

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POSITION: Post-Doc, Digital health and health disparities

ORGANIZATION: NIH – National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Population and Community Health Sciences Branch 

Position description:

Seeking one full-time postdoctoral fellow to join the Digital Health & Health Disparities Research Lab. The lab is housed in the Population and Community Health Sciences Branch of the Intramural Research Program at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health. The mission of the lab is to leverage digital technologies for health promotion and disease prevention among minorities and health disparity populations.

Candidates must have completed a PhD in social or behavioral science, biostatistics, epidemiology, or a closely related field and have no more than five years of relevant research experience since receipt of their most recent doctoral degree. Candidates must have expertise or an interest in developing expertise in health disparities and digital health. 

Expertise in quantitative research methods and advanced statistical analysis is a must. Expertise in natural language processing, machine learning, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is highly desirable. 

The fellow will assist with study design and implementation, data analysis, and publication of study findings. In addition, the fellow will work on secondary data projects. The postdoctoral fellow will develop his/her own research questions related to digital health and health disparities. 

Fellows receive multidisciplinary training and mentorship at NIH. They also receive support in developing a K-series or similar grant proposal during their fellowship. They can also apply for internal funding mechanisms. They are encouraged to participate in grant writing courses and trainings. Postdoctoral fellows can participate in journal clubs, in-person speaker series, and webinar series. Travel funds will be available to travel to 2 conferences a year to present their research and network. 

Employer name: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Position location: Bethesda, Maryland.

Salary: Commensurate with experience. 

Duration: This is a full time 2 to 3-year appointment with year-to-year renewal up to five years based on satisfactory performance and availability of funds. Eligible U.S. citizens and permanent residents who have recently received a doctoral degree can come to the NIH as Postdoctoral IRTAs (Intramural Research Training Awardees) to complete up to five years of postdoctoral research. Eligible international scholars who are recent doctoral degree recipients can conduct up to five years of postdoctoral research at the NIH as Visiting Fellows; they generally come to the NIH on J1 visas. Both groups are considered NIH trainees, rather than employees. See www.training.nih.gov/programs 

Instructions: Applicants should submit: (1) a curriculum vitae, (2) a two-page synopsis of their research interest, including a brief description of their career plans related to digital health and health disparities, (3) three representative publications or working papers, and (4) three letters of recommendation. 

Email applications to Sherine Eltoukhy sherine.el-toukhy@nih.gov with subject line: Last name, First name, Postdoc application. 

Position available for immediate hire. Applications will be accepted and screened on a rolling basis until the position is filled. 

Women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. 

The NIH is dedicated to building a diverse community in its training and employment programs.

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POSITION: GSEP Fellowship Program 

ORGANIZATION: Graduate Student Epidemiology Program (GSEP)

The Graduate Student Epidemiology Program (GSEP), a leadership program and internship opportunity with state/tribal/local health agencies, is now accepting applications for Summer 2023!

GSEP 2023 will be a paid, full-time, 40 hour per week remote experience requiring no relocation.  Accepted interns will participate in an orientation and 10-week summer internship experience led by the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) and will receive a $7,000 stipend. 

Host sites representing state/tribal/local health agencies should be committed to high-quality mentoring with projects that can be completed in 10 weeks.

Application Deadline: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 

To view the official posting click here 

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POSITION: NYC Epi Scholars program Summer Internship (paid)

ORGANIZATION: NYC DOHMH

Since 2007, the Epi Scholars Program has provided rigorous training through a full-time, paid 10-12 week summer internship program in applied epidemiology to stellar graduate epidemiology students at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). The Epi Scholars program is committed to expanding the research capacities of urban health departments to improve population health, while providing a training ground for students to put theory and research into action and develop as future public health leaders. This is a full-time work opportunity. Selected interns are expected to be available for 35 hours per week during the regular workday of the program (e.g. 9-5 pm EST). 

Students in the Epi Scholars Program receive:

• An allowance to defray expenses for a full-time 10-12 week summer internship.
• Mentoring by some of the nation’s leading epidemiologists and researchers.
• Enhanced academic opportunities and seminars in methods, theory, and public health practice.
• Practical experience in statistical analysis using programs such as SAS®, SPSS ®, STATA®, or SUDAAN®.
• Opportunities to present project findings to senior epidemiologists, key stakeholders and their peers.
• Opportunities to interact and collaborate with Epi Scholars and senior public health professionals from across the country.
• The possibility of working on publishable reports and thesis support.

Application Deadline: February 15, 2023. For consideration, applications must be submitted in full by the application deadline. A complete application includes:

1. An electronic application
2. A current cv/resume
3. A personal statement/ essay
4. School transcript from your current institution (unofficial transcripts are accepted)
5. One letter of recommendation and recommendation form

For Applicant Guide 1-page Tip Sheet, click here

Additional information:             

• The position is expected to be in-person and will update the selected candidates, if the circumstances change.
• Please visit the Epi Scholars website
• Questions, reach out via email at epischolars@health.nyc.gov

To view the official posting and to apply click here

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POSITION: HRTP: A Public Health Internship Program

ORGANIZATION: NYC DOHMH

HRTP: A Public Health Internship Program at the NYC Health Department is one of the oldest and largest public health traineeships in the country. The program is open to graduate and professional school students of public health, health education, laboratory sciences, medicine, social work, environmental engineering, public administration, law, nursing, the social sciences, and many other majors. HRTP offers dynamic internships in public health research, community health outreach and education, fieldwork, laboratory work and public health administration. 

Application Deadline: February 15, 2023. For consideration, applications must be submitted in full by the application deadline. A complete application includes:

1. An electronic application
2. A current cv/resume
3. A personal statement/ essay
4. A school transcript from your current institution (unofficial transcripts are accepted)
5. One letter of recommendation and recommendation form

View Applicant Tip Sheet to find information for students on how to submit an application. 

For additional information

• To learn more about HRTP, visit www.nyc.gov/health/hrtp
• To schedule an HRTP information presentation for your students, or for general questions, please contact us at hrtp@health.nyc.gov

For Applicant Guide 1-page Tip Sheet, click here

To view the official posting and to apply click here

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POSITION: Public Health Fellowship (ASPPH/CDC)

ORGANIZATION: Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)

The Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) offers recent graduates from ASPPH-member schools and programs an exciting opportunity to gain practical public health experience at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Applications are currently being accepted for the 2023 ASPPH/CDC Public Health Fellowship Program. The deadline to apply is Thursday, March 2, 2023.

The ASPPH/CDC Public Health Fellowship Program offers culturally relevant and applied mentored learning experiences for early career professionals with graduate degrees in public health (Masters and Doctoral level). This next generation of public health leaders will have an opportunity to round out their academic training and gain practical public health experience through exposure to state-of-the-art technology and databases; acquisition of skills and knowledge to enhance their careers; and interaction with technical experts in their chosen fields.

ASPPH is seeking to fill 21 new fellowship opportunities in various tracks including Health Education, Interpersonal Violence, Overdose Prevention, Suicide Prevention, Mental Health, Health Equity, Emergency Preparedness, and others.

Fellowship assignments will be based at CDC offices in Atlanta, GA and are full-time training opportunities for one year beginning in September 2023. There is the possibility of extension for up to three years. Detailed program information can be accessed on the ASPPH website; applications may be submitted through the ASPPH online application system.

To qualify for this fellowship, candidates must have received their masters or doctorate degrees from an ASPPH-member, CEPH-accredited, school or program of public health within the last five years and also be U.S. citizens or permanent residents (green card status).

A full list of CEPH-accredited, ASPPH-member schools and programs can be found here.

Questions may be directed via email to ASPPH Graduate Training Programs at trainingprograms@ASPPH.org.

To view the official posting and apply click here

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POSITION: John D. Solomon Public Service Fellowship 

ORGANIZATION: NYC Emergency Management 

NYC Emergency Management is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and employer. The agency believes that a diverse workforce, representative of the City it serves, is critical to our success as a leader in emergency management. NYC Emergency Management seeks a diverse pool of candidates, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, race, religion/creed, sexual orientation, military service or veteran status, immigration or citizenship status, national origin, marital or partnership status, caregiver status, pregnancy, sexual and reproductive health decisions, credit history, salary history, unemployment status, pre-employment marijuana testing, arrest or conviction record, and status as victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, or stalking.

To Apply click here

• App opens Monday, January 24 – Application period begins
• App Deadline: Monday, March 21 – Applications due (by midnight)

For more information, please visit the website

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POSITION: CDC Fellowships and Training Opportunities

ORGANIZATION: CDC 

Whether you are on a career track or deciding on which career you would like to pursue, CDC has many diverse fellowship, internship, training, and volunteer opportunities for students and professionals.  Many of these opportunities provide invaluable experience and potentially offer clear cut paths to exciting careers with CDC.

To view the official posting and apply click here 

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POSITION: Feature Fellowships (non-citizens may apply)

ORGANIZATION: CDC