The Associate Opportunity

Associate Benefits

Associate benefits include:

• Employees of CDC are recognized as part of the nation's leading public health agency, and receive a salary, paid sick and vacation leave, health insurance, and access to a variety of support services and resources.
• Assignments give associates a portfolio of public health experiences and the opportunity to demonstrate competency in a wide variety of activities related to the delivery of public health services.
• Associates receive extensive supervisory and mentoring support throughout the entire program.
• Associates develop valuable career skills, on-the-job training, and become well-rounded public health professionals.

Associate Testimonials

"PHAP is the stepping stone that allows recent college graduates to gain relevant work experience that will catapult them to the top of the public health workforce. I feel like PHAP has helped me to realize that I can be a young leader in the public health arena." – Chelsey Chmelar , (Class of 2010), Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Parma, OH

"PHAP is a really great program, with amazing support at the CDC, and endless opportunities at the host sites. It is an amazing way to start your public health career." – Laura Ann Coelho, (Class of 2011), Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA

"This program has given me invaluable public health experience. I have been able to push myself farther and develop skills that I wouldn't have otherwise. There is no substitute for having the opportunity to receive hands-on field training." – Rachel Holloway, (Class of 2010), Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, Charleston, WV

"I believe that I am experiencing in two years with PHAP what might have otherwise taken six years and three jobs in a more conventional route. My confidence in my abilities is already increasing, and I am learning things that I am certain will be valuable moving forward." – Ben Paly, (Class of 2011), Walla Walla County Health Department, Walla Walla, WA