Each health agency must identify a particular program area in which the Fellow will be placed:

• Injury
• Infectious Disease
• Chronic Disease
• Maternal and Child health
• Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
• Environmental Health
• Occupational Health

Application Process:

The Host Site Application is due on November 3, 2008. Health agencies must submit applications to CSTE that describe the Fellowship assignment within a specified program area, supervision, support structure, and workspace proposed for the Fellow. All renewing and new applications must be accompanied by a letter of support from the applicant's State Epidemiologist. Complete applications will be reviewed by the National Office and by one or more experienced epidemiologists and are evaluated on:

• The scope, quality, and diversity of experience offered to the Fellow,
• Experience of supervisors in management, epidemiology, academia, mentoring,
• Availability of office space, computer and office/technical support, and
• Letters of support to the agency seeking a Fellow.

Mentorship:

Proposals must include two designated mentors: a primary mentor and a secondary mentor. The primary mentor is required to hold a doctoral level degree, and it is preferred that the secondary mentor have doctoral level training as well. One or both of the mentors must devote four hours per week to spend with the Fellow during the first month of the Fellowship and two hours per week for the duration.

Successful host agencies will have experienced mentors, day to day activities that provide “hands on” epidemiology experience, and the ability to help the Fellow achieve all of the program goals.

Click here for host site application.