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What are public health fellowships?

Designed for recent college graduates interested in a specific training curriculum, centered around garnering mentorship and hands-on work experience. Fellowships aim to jump-start a career, generally last one year or longer, and are paid.

What can I expect from an internship in public health?

A temporary position for a student or early career professional to learn about the field, gain entry-level work experience, and/or satisfy requirements for a qualification. May be paid or unpaid.

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What are Service Programs?

A temporary experience providing opportunities to serve communities by supporting health programs. Generally, one or two years and are paid.

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Featured Experience: What is Public Health AmeriCorps?

Whether you’re looking for a way to spend a gap year or gain post-graduate experience, you can help address the public health needs of local communities across the nation with Public Health AmeriCorps.

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Public Health AmeriCorps Resource Survey

Worked as a Public Health AmeriCorps member? We would love to know your thoughts on your experience with the resources Public Health AmeriCorps' provided.

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Featured Public Health AmeriCorps Professionals

Jessica Baker

Jessica Baker

Educational Attainments:
BA – Health Sciences & Health Administration
Current Position and Public Health AmeriCorps service organization:
Public Health AmeriCorps Member, Henry County Health Department, Indiana
What have you most enjoyed about working in public health?
Working toward bettering people's lives every day. I end every day feeling I was part of a good team and with bright thoughts of the future. It's a joy to decrease the social determinants of health and increase health equity.
What advice would you provide to someone considering a degree or career in the public health field?
Take the leap, you won't regret it. I have encountered hundreds of intelligent people who genuinely care about others and helping them meet their needs.

Public Health AmeriCorps' Mission

  1. Address public health needs of local communities by providing support in state and local public health settings and advancing more equitable health outcomes for underserved communities.
  2. Create pathways to good quality public health-related careers through onsite experience and training, with a focus on recruiting AmeriCorps members who reflect the communities in which they will serve.

Source: Americorps

Get your Public Health AmeriCorps Badge here

Digital badges help individuals to store, verify, and present participant’s past achievements easily and are used by employers to make better recruitment decisions.

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Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)

APHL represents state and local governmental health laboratories in the United States; this includes public health, agricultural, environmental and other related laboratories. Its members, known collectively as “public health laboratories,” monitor, detect and respond to health threats.

APHL supports students and early-career scientists, offering professional development opportunities in laboratories across the United States.

Learn more about APHL Fellowships and Internships

Hear From Some Of Our Alumni

“This fellowship allowed me the hands-on experience I was searching for and has given me a front-row seat of how a public health laboratory functions. Public health programs, initiatives, and policy changes could not be possible without the work conducted in public health laboratories. Through the APHL Fellowship you will be learning real-life skills and seeing tangible public health results.”

Aurora Mills, former environmental health fellow (2024) at the New Jersey Division of Public Health and Environmental Laboratories

Seven Tips for Success When
Starting in Public Health

Pathway programs help new public health workers enhance their education and further their career, even though they do not offer a degree. They can be school-based internships or fellowships such as CDC’s Public Health Associate Program and service programs like Public Health AmeriCorps.

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Navigating Challenges in Public Health Pathway Programs

Public Health Pathway Programs (PHPP) build up the public health workforce by developing the next generation of public health professionals. PHPPs provide agencies with a stream of candidates equipped with the necessary skills and experience to strengthen and diversify the workforce. This document provides strategies and best practices for health agencies looking to leverage PHPPs in their own programs

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