Fellowships

EID lab fellows North Carolina Public Health Laboratory 

Through its fellowship and traineeship programs, APHL prepares students for careers in public health laboratories and supports specialized training for practicing scientists.

Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory Fellowships            

The Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Laboratory Fellowship Program, sponsored by APHL and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prepares scientists for careers in public health laboratories and supports public health initiatives involving infectious disease research. The EID Advanced Laboratory Training Fellowship is a one-year program designed for bachelor’s or master’s level scientists, with emphasis on the practical application of technologies, methodologies and practices related to emerging infectious diseases. The EID Laboratory Research Fellowship is a two-year program designed for doctoral-level scientists to conduct high-priority research in infectious diseases.

BeginquoteThe EID Fellowship Program showed me that there is a career in public health where I can have an effect on people everyday.Endquote

Leslie Wolf
PhD, director of the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health

Environmental Health Traineeships and Fellowships

The Environmental Health Traineeship Program offers short term (2-6 weeks) specialized training in environmental health to public health laboratory scientists. The Environmental Public Health Laboratory Fellowship program offers member laboratories the chance to host a fellow for 1-2 years.