The CDC-Emory Elective introduces Emory medical students to applied epidemiology and the link between medicine and public health, all under guidance of experienced CDC epidemiologists. This is a joint program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the CDC Foundation, and Emory.  Students may select a domestic assignment, under the CDC Epidemiology Elective Program for Senior Medical and Veterinary Students, or an international assignment, under the CDC-Hubert Global Health Fellowship. Students from Emory University School of Medicine or students in their MD/MPH year at the Rollins School of Public Health are eligible.

The CDC-Hubert Global Health Fellowship, endowed by the O.C. Hubert Charitable Trust, is designed to encourage students to think of public health in a global context. Medical and veterinary students are competitively selected to gain public health experience in an international setting. Emory Hubert Fellows spend six to twelve weeks in a developing country working on a priority health condition in conjunction with CDC staff. Fellows receive a stipend from the CDC Foundation of $4,000. 
The deadline for the CDC-Hubert Global Health Fellowship application is February 17, 2012.  To apply:
1) Fill out and return form to Dr. McGowan.
2) Fill out application online at http://www.cdc.gov/owcd/HubertFellowship.

Students not accepted into the CDC-Hubert Global Health Fellowship who also apply to the Epidemiology Elective will automatically be considered for the CDC Epidemiology Elective Program described below.

Eligibility

All fellowship applicants must meet the following general program eligibility requirements:

• You must be attending either Emory University School of Medicine or enrolled in the MPH year of the MD/MPH program at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University
• You must have completed your clinical block rotations
• You must be either a U.S. citizen or valid green card holder
• You must submit the complete online application by the application deadline listed above

The fellowships are directed primarily to students from this group who do not have previous public health experience in applied field epidemiology.  Students who have previously received an award from this source may not reapply for funding from this fellowship program.

After selection, fellows are matched with a CDC program in their area of interest, if applicable, by the CDC program coordinator. Each fellow then is assigned to work with a CDC mentor who will assign a project to the student and oversee the experience, but will not necessarily directly participate in day-to-day activities.

The duration of the fellowships is six to twelve consecutive weeks depending on the student’s program of study and elective schedule.  This is a full-time rotation at CDC and does not allow for part-time activities at Emory or elsewhere during the rotation. Students must arrange their senior year elective schedule to permit this timing.  The stipend is not intended to support meeting attendance, travel for observation of practitioners or for survey to "see how things are done."  Payments for students selected for the domestic program will be made on the last day of each month after the fellow has submitted a completed invoice, signed by their CDC mentor, to the CDC Foundation program officer for this project.