The ASPH/CDC Allan Rosenfield Global Health Fellowship Program
The purpose of the fellowship program is to enhance the training of graduates of the schools of public health with an interest in global health to experience and participate in aspects of global surveillance, monitoring and evaluation, epidemiology, strategic information, program management, and HIV Prevention and accelerate their careers as leaders in global public health.
To be eligible, students must have received an MPH or Doctorate degree prior to the beginning of the fellowship (no later than July 2007). Early career professionals with MPH or Doctorate degrees (within 5 years of graduation) may also apply for the fellowship program. Applicants must receive their degree(s) from an ASPH member accredited school of public health and be a U.S. citizen or hold a visa permitting permanent residence in the U.S. to be eligible for the fellowship program.
An annual training stipend of $35,370 is provided and is intended to cover all living expenses.
In addition to the fellowship stipend, fellows will have allowances available to them to cover additional expenses (including health insurance and travel costs). Allowances will vary depending on location of fellowship site and anticipated travel needs.
Visit the ASPH website for more information.
Overseas Fellowships in Global Health and Clinical Research
The National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center, in partnership with The Ellison Medical Foundation, the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse, is offering a one-year clinical research training experience for graduate-level U.S. students in the health professions. This is an opportunity for highly motivated individuals to experience mentored research training at top-ranked NIH-funded research centers in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
This opportunity is designed primarily for advanced-level medical students at US medical schools and doctoral-level students at schools of public health. Eligible students will be from accredited medical, osteopathic, public health, dental or nursing schools or other accredited PhD health-related programs.
U.S. medical students must have completed their basic science courses and one year of clinical clerkship. Criteria for selection will include strong interest in and potential for a career in international health as well as exemplary academic qualifications. In addition, students must have the academic support of their home institution and a committed mentor.
Each Fellowship will be for a one year period. Applications available July 2007.
Visit the Fellowship website for more information.
Reproductive Biology and Immunology Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Population Council offers fellowships to persons who wish to pursue advanced study in reproductive biology and immunology. Fellows train in the laboratories of the Council's Center for Biomedical Research. There is an ongoing need in Council laboratories for highly skilled scientists who have been trained in modern medical science or in biomolecular research. In turn, young scientists from around the world need guidance and outstanding facilities to foster their transition to careers as independent investigators in the United States or in their home countries.
Candidates must have successfully completed an advanced degree—M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent—and be proficient in English. Applications may be made in anticipation of receiving the doctoral degree, but the fellowship cannot begin until after the degree has been awarded. Fellowships are open to individuals of all countries. If the applicant is other than a United States citizen and enters this country on a Population Council-sponsored J-1 visa, s/he must have a strong commitment to return to her/his own country upon completion of the fellowship.
Takemi Program in International Health Fellowships
The Takemi Program in International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health is an interdisciplinary research program that focuses on the problems of mobilizing, allocating, and maintaining limited resources to improve health. To address these issues, the program brings together at Harvard a small group of Takemi Fellows, mid-career professionals from around the world, with particular emphasis on fellows from developing countries. Through its activities, the program aims to advance knowledge about international health and to contribute to institutional development and improvement of national policy.
Applicants should have completed graduate degrees and demonstrated potential leadership capacity in their home countries. They are expected to show strong promise and appropriate preparation (including facility in English) to enable them to benefit from a period at Harvard. Further, they are expected to have made, or intend to make, a commitment to a career in health for which participation in the Program will be of significant value. Applications may come from any relevant discipline or profession (e.g., medicine, law, public health, economics, management, and social sciences).
Applications and proposals must be received by February 1 each year.
Visit the Takemi Program website for more information.
World Federation of Public Health Associations Internship
The World Federation of Public Health Associations offers unpaid internships in conjunction with the Education and Global Health Resources Unit of the American Public Health Association (APHA). The internships are available to students and graduates interested in international public health issues. Interns will work at the WFPHA Secretariat, housed in APHA headquarters in downtown Washington, DC, USA.
WFPHA offers a unique environment for an internship for students in international health and development. Interns are given substantial responsibility for performing activities such as researching and writing articles for the newsletter, establishing contact with health and development NGOs around the world, planning international conferences, and fundraising. Each internship is structured to suit the needs and interests of the intern, such as working on an individual research assignment, as well as the requirements of WFPHA. Interns may have the opportunity to participate in the formulation of WFPHA policy resolutions or papers, depending on circumstances.
Opportunities for internships are available year-round and can be developed for a 3-4 month period, an academic semester, or a full year. To ensure that the intern maximizes his/her experience, candidates must be able to work a minimum of 20-25 hours a week. Candidates who can work full time are preferred.
Visit the World Federation of Public Health Associations website for more information.
Biomedical Research in Nicaragua
This project will bring medical researchers from around the world into contact with researchers working at the Universidad Centroamericana in Managua, Nicaragua. The goal of this program is to advance scientific research and scientific education in Nicaragua by conducting research on infectious disease (with an emphasis on Chagas disease) and on other health and environmental problems.
This is a lab research based program that may or may not involve field work. Participants will be working in the lab alongside researchers from the Universidad Centroamericana and assisting them in ongoing projects or, in some cases, projects that participants have proposed and match the lab’s goals and objectives at that time.
This program is open to participants who are 21 or over at the time of participation. We accept students of all nationalities with interest in international health and relevant educational background. Participants may be graduate level in biological sciences or post-doctoral level in biological sciences.
This program is a minimum of 8 weeks in duration, up to 12 weeks.
Visit the Child Family Health International website for more information.
East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students
The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) provide U.S. graduate students in science and engineering: 1) first-hand research experience in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand or Taiwan; 2) an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure of the respective location; and 3) orientation to the society, culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research laboratory, and to initiate personal relationships that will better enable them to collaborate with foreign counterparts in the future. The institutes last approximately eight weeks from June to August. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) co-sponsor the Summer Institute in Japan.
Visit the EAPSI website for more information.
Candidates must have completed within the last five years — or anticipate completing by 30 June 2008—a master's or Ph.D. in the social sciences or public health, or a Ph.D. and/or M.D. in the biomedical sciences. All applicants should have previous direct experience with either biomedical research, program research, or policy-relevant social science research (preferably with one or more peer-reviewed publications).
Applicants must be legal citizens of a developing country and be proficient in English.
Visit the Bixby Fellowship website for more information.
