The National Center for Health Statistics Postdoctoral Research
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Deadline: January
To assess the effectiveness of public health interventions and evidence-based decision-making. Qualifications: Applicants must hold a PhD (or equivalent) with all requirements completed prior to the start of the fellowship; traditional track: eligible degrees include: economics; agricultural economics; health services research; public health; other related quantitative field; applicants with degrees obtained at a non-U.S. institutions must also provide documentation of an academic credentialing evaluation to ensure degree requirements are equivalent; applicants who are non-U.S. citizens must be legal permanent residents or eligible for J1, TN, H-1B, OPT-EAD (STEM Extension) or other suitable visa prior to the program's start date; analytics and modeling track: eligible degrees include: epidemiology; infectious disease modeling; disease ecology; applied mathematics; operations research or industrial engineering; biological science; data science; evolutionary or analytic biology; other related quantitative field. Selection criteria: Selection will be based program about 10 Traditional Track fellows and 10 Analytics and Modeling Track fellows each year. How to apply: Applicants must submit online application form and following details: resume or CV; gather all information about their education; graduate training and skills; work and volunteer experience; publications, presentations, and grants; working papers; honors and awards; write a personal statement; obtain unofficial copies of transcripts for all earned and in-progress college degrees; recommendations; written in English; a minimum of three recommendations are required; a maximum of five are allowed; two of the recommendations must be from people who are non-CDC employees; applicant will provide their name, organization, title, phone, email, relationship to applicant; if any of applicant degrees were obtained from an institution outside the U.S., their will also need a course-by-course credential evaluation. Focus: Economics; Engineering, Industrial; Health sciences; Health services administration; Operations research.