Promotion and Recruitment Tools
These recruitment tools are designed for use by current officers, alumni, supervisors, mentors, and other friends of EIS to speak about the EIS opportunity, the caliber of professionals we seek, and how their public health work protects Americans and the global community.
Click a link below to download slides and use them to present the EIS opportunity at conferences, medical schools, or other public health events. If you’re an EIS alum, you may customize the PowerPoint version by adding your action photos to tell your own EIS story.
You may download and share these graphics via newsletter, email, text message, or on social media.
Use these talking points as a reference to describe the EIS fellowship and the work that EIS officers do, provide application information, and recommend steps for interested candidates.
Download and share this flyer and share with your network. You may also print copies of the flyer to distribute during events that coincide with the application period.
Show a recruitment video in your presentations/talks and share the YouTube link with promising prospects and partners in your network. You may also provide the video link to event coordinators and ask them to play it during intermissions at public health events. If candidates want more, you can direct them to additional videos on EIS officers’ personal experiences and investigative work on the Hear Our Stories page.
EIS officer Charles Alpren, MBChB, shared insights into the life of a CDC disease detective. Hear how his interactions with other EIS officers motivated him to join EIS, his advice to potential applicants, and how an officer must rise to the challenge in order to solve public health problems.
During the 2019 Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) conference in Atlanta, GA, EIS officer Kendra McDow (MD, MPH) shared some insights into her life as a CDC disease detective. Of her experience as an EIS officer, she said, “I was motivated to join EIS because of my interest and desire to take my skills as a pediatrician and apply that on a national level. And through public health you can do that; you can make an impact on a national level.”
CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officers share their fellowship experiences, with the feature story focusing on how the EIS program has empowered him, as a physician, to impact the health of populations.
Share these Frequently Asked Questions with interested candidates to answer common questions about the EIS fellowship, including how assignments work and how officers learn through public health service. These FAQs should serve as a supplement to a presentation or talk and not a stand-alone resource.
Additional Assistance
If you have questions or need additional assistance or materials, please contact EISoperations@cdc.gov in advance of the event or presentation.
Public health partners: you can use these images and messages and share with your colleagues and networks.
How to use: Pair the message and accompanying photo to post in your social media channels, blogs, newsletters, and websites. To save and use an image, click on, “Download image file” then right click and select “Save picture as.” The image file name and format will display. Choose a file folder to save to.
From field investigations to presentations, CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service responds to health and safety threats around the world. Hear front line stories from CDC disease detectives by visiting https://www.cdc.gov/eis/what-eis-officers-do/stories.html
Epidemic Intelligence Service officers serve as both investigators and communicators. To learn more about the life-saving work of EIS disease detectives, visit https://www.cdc.gov/eis/what-eis-officers-do/index.html.
From investigation to data analysis, CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officers serve at the forefront of public health. CDC’s #DiseaseDetectives work alongside CDC experts, as well as local and state health leaders to solve complex public health challenges. To learn more about the life-changing and life-saving work of EIS disease detectives, visit https://www.cdc.gov/eis/what-eis-officers-do/index.html
CDC’s #DiseaseDetectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) collaborate with subject matter experts and state, local, federal, and international health officials to solve public health challenges! Hear these stories from the frontline disease detectives by visiting https://www.cdc.gov/eis/what-eis-officers-do/stories.html
Gain a new perspective in your career! CDC #DiseaseDetectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service investigate disease outbreaks and public health threats of all kinds from their desk or in the field. Picture yourself here? Learn more about EIS: https://www.cdc.gov/eis/application/index.html
EIS Officer Nicole Brown maps out the vaccine cold chain process during an Epi-Aid investigation in Alabama.
Become a Disease Detective and Make a Real Public Health Impact
CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) trains disease detectives who serve as boots-on-the-ground rapid responders. EIS officers collaborate with public health partners to investigate and respond to public health threats and emergencies.
As an EIS officer, you would have extraordinary opportunities to support public health response work that spans many areas and populations. From 2019 to 2023, EIS officers have been involved in emergency response for COVID-19 and mpox, in addition to many other investigations.
If you have clinical or doctoral training and are ready to open new doors to public health, this is your chance to become a real disease detective. We encourage you to attend an informational webinar and apply!
- Informational webinars will be held for fellowship applicants January 12-March 11, 2024. Register to attend a webinar . Topics include:
- What It’s Like to Be a Real Disease Detective in CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service
- Preparing Your Best Application to Become a CDC Disease Detective in the Epidemic Intelligence Service
- The application period will be open March 1-June 5, 2024.
- Check your eligibility.
- Start preparing your application information early.
In the meantime, visit the Epidemic Intelligence Service website to learn what EIS officers do and experience in their behind-the-scenes stories.
