Training and Networking on Health Disparities

The National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) supports or participates in a number of training opportunities, workshops, and meetings that address the issue of health disparities.  Many of these training and networking opportunities are focused on increasing the interest, representation, and competence of minority students, researchers, and health professionals in public health.

Training Opportunities

• CDC’s Office of Minority Health Training Opportunities
  NCHHSTP supports many training opportunities through CDC’s Office of Minority Health
• Ferguson Emerging Infectious Disease Fellowship Program
  Eight weeks in a rigorous program of public health research and/or intervention
• Infectious Diseases Training Opportunities for Minority Students
  NCHHSTP also supports training offered through CDC’s National Center for National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases
• Other Public Health Training Programs at CDC
  NCHHSTP participates in many of these programs

Networking Opportunities

• Office of Minority Health Resource Center Conference and Exhibits Program
  Lists governmental and nongovernmental conferences with contact information
• National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH) Conferences List
  Lists Web sites of upcoming and past conferences on minority health and health disparities