Key points
- PHIFP provides on-the-job training for qualified professionals.
- Fellows apply expertise in information science, computer science, and information technology to address current and future informatics needs.
- Through assignments at CDC, fellows help health departments and public health agencies solve complex public health informatics challenges.
Opportunities & Updates
Fellowship Application
The fellowship application period is closed. Check back in August 2024 for the next opportunity.
Overview
Public health informatics is the systematic application of knowledge about systems that capture, manage, analyze, and use information to improve population-level health outcomes.
PHIFP provides on-the-job training for professionals to apply expertise in information science, computer science, and information technology to address current and future informatics needs.
While working in CDC programs to enhance our agency’s informatics workforce, fellows help state and local health departments and international public health agencies solve complex public health informatics challenges.