More About the Program

Goal

To provide medical and veterinary students with population health experience in an international setting.

 

Description

Hubert fellows spend 6 to 12 weeks in a developing country working on a priority health problem with CDC staff. Fellows participate as a member of a CDC team investigating a global public health problem and conducting analyses of public health data.

Interested medical and veterinary students apply during their 2nd or 3rd year. The fellowship begins the following summer.

Hubert fellows receive a stipend to help pay for travel and living expenses during the fellowship.

Most schools award course credit.

 

Assignments

Fellows are assigned to one public health project in a developing country. See the list of 2009–2010 Assignment Opportunities (21 pages; 250 KB). Each assignment specifies the dates and required skills and languages.

Applicants may indicate a preference for up to 5 assignments. The program makes every effort to place fellows in one of their selected assignments.

Past assignments have included

• Health outcome evaluation of home drinking water treatment and storage methods in Guatemala
• Review of antiretroviral therapy in private practice, Kenya
• Study of the epidemiology of Lassa Fever in rural Guinea, West Africa
• Development of surveillance systems for surgical site infections, antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in a tertiary surgical center in Hanoi, Vietnam

 

More Information

Contact:

O.C. Hubert Student Fellowship in International Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1600 Clifton Rd, NE

Mailstop E-92

Atlanta, GA 30333

 

Phone: 404-498-6128

Fax: 404-498-6085

E-mail: HubertFellowship@cdcfoundation.org