Work Experience Opportunities

Key points

  • If you have already started your career, we offer several work experience and training opportunities.
  • Gain knowledge and skills related to protecting the public’s health or public health science.
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Who can participate

Professional Development Programs

Program Description
*The CDC E-learning Institute (ELI)
 The CDC E-learning Institute (ELI) is an online fellowship designed to cultivate skills of public health training professionals with limited experience designing or developing e-learning products. ELI offers access to CDC-developed materials and subject matter experts, as well as the opportunity to learn from peers in a positive, experiential environment.

Open To
Public health professionals and university or hospital teaching professionals who are involved in public health and responsible for developing training products

Length/Salary
6 Months, unpaid

Application Period
Due to postponement of the 2020 session, applications will not be accepted for 2021
CDC Policy Academy Offers thorough, structured, competency-based training focused on core policy and related skills such as policy analysis, policy evaluation, systems thinking, and translation.

Open To
CDC full-time employees, GS 11-14 (all job series are considered)

Length/Salary
8 Months, Paid for Atlanta-based participants

Application Period
Applications due March 15 annually. Contact Scott Miller at ajq1@cdc.gov or 404-639-5948
*Data Science Team Training (DSTT) This team-based, on-the job training program provides upskilling in data science at state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies.

Open To
Teams of 3-5 individuals with at least one health department epidemiologist

Length/Salary
1 Year, unpaid

Application Period
November to December
Environmental Health Traineeship Program Opportunities for hands on laboratory experiences focusing on technologies practices that benefit environmental public health.

Open To
Current full-time employees of APHL-member public health laboratories nominated by their laboratory director

Length/Salary
2-6 Weeks

Application Period
Varies
The Opioid Policy Fellows Program The Opioid Policy Fellows Program is focused on health policies and programs being addressed by state legislatures across the country, such as strengthening prescription drug monitoring programs, developing prescribing guidelines, increasing naloxone access, and supporting access to treatment and recovery services.

Open To
Interested legislators

Length/Salary
1 Year

Application Period
February
*Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) Fellows apply their technical/entrepreneurial skills to modernize the functionalities within CDC.

Open To
All mid-to-senior-level experts in data and Artificial intelligence (AI), engineering product, design and experience, and digital strategy

Length/Salary
1 Year, Paid

Application Period
May
Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship (PHEM) Fellows gain an understanding of the structure of a public health emergency management program and an understanding of how to manage and operate a public health Emergency Operations Center during steady state and in a response.

Open To
Master’s (MPH), doctoral (MD or PhD), or equivalent in public health or a related field (only international students selected by their Ministry of Health may apply)

Length/Salary
4 Months

Application Period
Contact: Karen Ossorio
Country Support Team Lead
Global Emergency Management Capacity Development Branch (proposed) Division of Emergency Operations
OPHPR, CDC
Kcu7@cdc.gov
Science Ambassador Fellowship The Science Ambassador Fellowship is a 1-year professional development opportunity that provides training in curriculum design and teaching strategies that engage students in math and science using real-life epidemiology and public health science examples.

Open To
Middle- and high-school STEM teachers and educational leaders

Length/Salary
5-day course at CDC headquarters in Atlanta, GA, and a 1-year distance-based opportunity, not paid; program arranges and covers costs for travel, food, and lodging.

Application Period
mid-November to mid-January
Science Rotations in the CDC Office of Science Supports professional development of CDC scientists pursuing a career track in the field of science leadership, management, and policy.

Open To
CDC full-time employees in job series 101, 401, 403, 601, 602, 1320, 1529 and 1530, GS 13-15 and Commissioned Corps officers

Length/Salary
8 to 12 week temporary duty assignment, Paid (by home program)

Application Period
Every two years. Rotations begin January 2020. Contact Dr. Mary Ari at mkb9@cdc.gov or 404-639-2492.
The Strategic Scholars Program The Strategic Scholars Program, a program developed and implemented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI), uses a community of practice cohort model and multiple learning modalities to build governmental public health workforce capacity in eight strategic skill areas. Each cohort will focus on one strategic skill during their six month experience.

Open To
Governmental public health practitioners in state, Tribal, local, and territorial health departments

Length/Salary
6 Months, unpaid

Application Period
January 2021

*Denotes fellowships offered in partnership with CDC

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