Promotion and Recruitment Tools
Help Us Find the Next Laboratory Leaders
Want more people to know about this one-of-a-kind fellowship? Here are tools to help spread the word.
Public health partners: you can use these images and messages to share with your colleagues and networks.
How to use: Pair the message with the 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.
Click a link below to download slides and use them to present the LLS opportunity at conferences, medical schools, or other public health events. If you’re an LLS fellow, you may customize the PowerPoint version by adding your action photos to tell your own LLS story.
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fb icon PhD scientists: train to be a lab leader in public health! As a fellow of CDC’s Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS), you can make a difference through hands-on training in leadership, lab safety and quality, communications, and applied lab research projects. Apply to LLS to lead work that has an impact well beyond the bench. https://www.cdc.gov/lls/application/index.html
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linkedin icon Calling all laboratory scientists: transition your career to public health by joining CDC’s Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS)! Through hands-on training with public health experts, LLS fellows lead projects in the lab, either at CDC or in the field. Learn More: https://www.cdc.gov/lls/
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twitter icon From the lab bench to the stage, Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS) fellows share stories about their outbreak investigations and cutting-edge work. Learn more about this unique public health training experience: https://www.cdc.gov/lls/
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insta icon CDC’s Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS) is looking for laboratory scientists who want to explore public health and address emerging threats. LLS fellows lead projects in the lab and in the field often collaborating with CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) #DiseaseDetectives and other public health experts. Learn more about what could be your next big career move! https://www.cdc.gov/lls/
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LLS fellow Nicholas Wiese and EIS officer Springer Browne work collaboratively in a field lab, testing for rabies in the local mongoose population in the U.S. Virgin Islands, December 2019. LLS often partners with EIS to provide critical lab support for field investigations.
Laboratory Scientists Can Become Disease Detectives, Too
Build Leadership Skills and Gain Unparalleled Experience in the Field and Public Health Labs
CDC’s Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS) is looking for PhD laboratory scientists who aspire to develop leadership skills, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and apply laboratory expertise to help solve real-world public health problems, advancing their careers in the process.
Get ready to apply, starting April 1, 2021. Attend one or more informational webinars to learn about the program, the application process, hear experiences from fellows/alumni, and get your questions answered.
As a fellow, there are a breadth of opportunities to apply your expertise while working in a CDC, state or local public health lab. You could be the next disease detective to collaborate with CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) or other public health experts on an emergency response, lead a laboratory capacity-building project, or provide expert and critical laboratory support to partners during a short-term deployment.
For example, LLS fellow Jessica Prince-Guerra had the chance to bring her lab expertise into the community as she worked on the frontlines of public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Being in the lab all the time, you don’t always have a full appreciation of the human component of the work you are doing,” Jessica says. “Going into the field, I was in testing centers hearing people’s personal stories, which was very impactful for me. All different walks of life, each person with their unique situation and story plays into public health decisions…”
Visit the LLS website to hear more stories from current and past fellows and learn what fellows do.