1. UW IHME Post-Graduate Fellowship (PGF) – The Post-Graduate Fellowship is an intensive training program that provides opportunities both for self-directed research and interdisciplinary collaboration in health metrics. Strong candidates for this program have graduate-level training in quantitative methodology from one of the following areas: health policy, economics, mathematics, computer science, statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology, health services, demography, engineering, physics, medical sciences, or other related fields. The Fellowship is open to national and international candidates with a PhD or MD degree.
2. Baylor’s Global Health Corps http://bayloraids.org/corps/ - Formerly known as Baylor’s International Pediatric AIDS Corps is now called the Baylor’s Global Health Corps. Participants in the Pediatric AIDS Corps are asked to commit to a minimum one-year assignment (two year commitment preferred) to a primary health care setting affiliated with one of five Children’s Clinical Centers of Excellence in Africa. Pre-service training is provided. Compensation: In-country housing will be provided. A competitive annual stipend plus benefits, is offered. Student loan debt relief is no longer universally available. Eligibility: Board eligible or board certified pediatricians, family practitioners, or medicine/pediatrics graduates.
3. Fogarty Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars (ICRF) - http://www.fogartyscholars.org/fellows. US Medical and doctoral students may apply to become a Fellow or Scholar. The US academic sites will be identified by May 2012, through which applicants will then be able to apply.
4. The David N Pincus Global Health Fellowship at CHOP (Pediatrics) – http://www.chop.edu/about/chop-in-the-community/global-health/pincus-fellowship/ - The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine recently announced this new fellowship for pediatricians motivated in global health early in their careers. This is a 2-year academic fellowship working at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and primarily in one of partner country: the Dominican Republic or Botswana/South Africa. Prospective fellows must have completed an accredited pediatric or medicine-pediatric residency program and must be U.S. board eligible or board certified in pediatrics. Pincus Fellows will have clinical, educational and research opportunities throughout the two-year Fellowship and will be supported by Children’s Hospital Global Health faculty. Applications typically accepted through September, with the fellowship starting in July.
5. The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) - http://www.cdc.gov/eis/index.html - EIS is a unique 2-year post-graduate training program of service and on-the-job learning for health professionals interested in the practice of applied epidemiology. Since 1951, over 3,000 EIS officers have responded to requests for epidemiologic assistance within the United States and throughout the world. EIS officers are on the public health frontlines, conducting epidemiologic investigations, research, and public health surveillance both nationally and internationally.
6. GO Health Fellowship - The GO (Global Opportunities) Health Fellowship provides financial assistance to a graduate student, professional student, or medical resident at the University of Washington so that they may gain valuable international fieldwork experience in global health. The funds have been generously provided by donors committed to the education of global health professionals from diverse disciplinary backgrounds. Applications are AVAILABLE NOW (1/27/12). LOI due 2/15/12, full application due 3/14/12.
7. GO Health Kenya Fellowship - In 2010, the Department of Global Health had the unique opportunity to provide 1-2 graduate students or residents a GO Health-Kenya Fellowship to work on a public health project with UW Department of Global Health faculty and their colleagues. The project site, Merrueshi Village Clinic, although it has accomplished a great deal, is unable to meet the full spectrum of needs of its community members.
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