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Fellowship

The CDC Science Ambassador Fellowship is the only program of its kind offered by CDC for STEM teachers and educational leaders interested in bringing public health sciences into middle- and high- school classrooms. This competitive fellowship includes a 5-day summer course at CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and a 1-year distance-based professional development opportunity.

Prior to the summer course, fellows:

During the summer course, fellows will:

After the summer course, fellows will:

  • collaborate remotely with CDC for one year,
  • work with CDC experts to finalize public health STEM lesson plans,
  • pilot public health STEM lesson plans in the classroom,
  • present public health STEM lesson plans at local teacher conferences or meetings, and
  • consult on the development of public health STEM-based resource materials for middle- and high- school teachers nationwide.

 

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