APHL-CDC Food Safety Fellows

Fellows apply their skills to a range of important and emerging public health problems while gaining experience in areas such as regulatory food testing, genomic characterization of enteric pathogens, foodborne pathogen outbreak detection, and food laboratory accreditation.

Open To
Bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or doctoral degree in microbiology, biology, public health, virology, chemistry, food science, epidemiology, other related science fields

Length/Salary
1-2 Years, paid

Application Period
Rolling applications with flexible start dates

^*Denotes fellowships offered in partnership with CDC

APHL Public Health Laboratory Fellowship Program

The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) offers a fellowship program to prepare scientists for careers in public health laboratory science. This is a collaborative initiative with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Who is eligible?

• Scientists interested in public health laboratory careers.

What are the benefits?

• Gain hands-on experience in a public health laboratory setting.
• Work on real-world projects in various areas like bioinformatics, biosafety, environmental health, food safety, infectious disease, and more.
• Collaborate with experienced scientists and mentors.

How to apply:

• Applications are now open.
• Visit the APHL website for more details and application instructions.

Important dates:

• Application deadline: Information not provided in the given content.

Apply Now