ASPPH is pleased to welcome 16 new fellows who will engage in an intensive one-year assignment at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Public Health Fellows for 2016-2017 will serve in one of five CDC Centers: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP); National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD); National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHHSTP); Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Sciences (CSELS); and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The fellows will be placed at CDC headquarters in Atlanta, GA and at NIOSH offices in Cincinnati, OH and Morgantown, WV.

During the fellowship assignment period, the fellows will train under the guidance of public health experts within CDC while contributing to a variety of projects that will advance CDC’s priority areas. “This fellowship will provide me with the unique and valuable opportunity of  working with the support and guidance of experienced mentors and staff at NIOSH and CDC to build upon and develop skills that will enhance my knowledge and abilities as a researcher and public health professional,” said new ASPPH/CDC Fellow, Ms. Opal Patel.

The new class of 2016 ASPPH/CDC Public Health Fellows includes:

• Ms. Aja Griffin, MPH, graduate of Boston University School of Public Health, will be placed at NCIRD.
• Mr. Andrew Fisher, MPH, graduate of University of Miami Department of Public Health Sciences, will be placed at CSELS.
• Ms. Connie Lo, MPH, graduate of Boston University School of Public Health, will be placed at CSELS.
• Ms. Courtney Drayton, MPH, graduate of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, will be placed at NCCDPHP.
• Ms. Elena Reyes, MSPH, graduate of Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, will be placed at NCCDPHP.
• Ms. Ellen Kerns, MPH, graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, will be placed at NIOSH.
• Ms. Erica Street, MPH, graduate of George Mason University MPH Program, will be placed at NCIRD.
• Ms. Hallie Udelson, MPH, graduate of Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, will be placed at CSELS.
• Ms. Isabel Morgan, MSPH, graduate of Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, will be placed at NCCDPHP.
• Ms. Jennifer Cole, MPH, graduate of the University of North Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health, will be placed at NCHHSTP.
• Ms. Lauren Kepple, MPH, graduate of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, will be placed at NIOSH.
• Ms. Maeh Al-Shawaf, MPH, graduate of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, will be placed at CSELS.
• Ms. Opal Patel, MPH, graduate of Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, will be placed at NIOSH.
• Ms. Sanjana Srinivasan, MPH, graduate of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, will be placed at CSELS.
• Ms. Yasaman Zia, MPH, graduate of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, will be placed at NCCDPHP.
• Ms. Yokabed Ermias, MPH, graduate of University of Georgia College of Public Health, will be placed at NCCDPHP.

ASPPH would like to thank CDC for their continued support of the program.

For more information on the ASPPH/CDC Public Health Fellowship Program please visit: http://fellowships.aspph.org/