Alan Rosenfield Global Health Fellowship Program

by Alanna Shaikh · 2009-03-20 16:34:00 UTC
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Fellowships are one way out of the I-can't-get-experience-unless-I-have-the experience-to-get-the-job trap. They're designed for people starting a career, so they expect a lack of work background, and they're designed to give you credible experience for the future. You can get trapped into a cycle of fellowship after fellowship, but if you choose carefully it's a great way to get started. (My first full-time job in global health was supported by an Institute for International Education Professional Development Fellowship; I could never have afforded to live abroad without it.)

This is a pretty cool opportunity for anyone interested in global health; a fellowship with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The salary is low, but it provides some pretty cool experience and you won't starve. Having the CDC on your resume, and the experience you'd get there, has got to be good for finding your next job.

The Alan Rosenfield Global Health Fellowship Program is now accepting applications. It's open to US citizens and permanent residents who have received their degree since 2004, or by August 2009. Fellowships last twelve months, and during the twelve-month period, fellows work at CDC headquarters or an international location. It pays an annual stipend of $39,795.

The 2009 fellowship program areas are:

  • Global Surveillance Fellowship

  • Global Monitoring and Evaluation Fellowship

  • Global Epidemiology Fellowship

  • Global Strategic Information Fellowship

  • Global Program Management Fellowship

  • HIV Prevention (Atlanta-based only)

Good luck!

Alanna Shaikh
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