CDC Program Development and Communications Fellowship
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A complete application consists of:
- An application
- Transcripts – Click here for detailed information about acceptable transcripts
- A current resume/CV, including academic history, employment history, relevant experiences, and publication list
- One educational or professional recommendation. Your application will be considered incomplete, and will not be reviewed until one recommendation is submitted.
All documents must be in English or include an official English translation.
If you have questions, send an email to ORISE.CDC.NCCDPHP@orau.org. Please include the reference code for this opportunity in your email.
*Applications will be reviewed on a rolling-basis.
A research opportunity is available in the Division of Population Health (DPH) within the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Applied Research and Translation Branch (ARTB) addresses national health priorities and improves the health and quality of life of the public by:
- Providing leadership, management, and coordination of prevention research, research translation, and research on policy development
- Developing and managing funding mechanisms that allow programs across CDC to support applied public health research and translation
- Supporting the development, evaluation, synthesis, dissemination, and promotion of innovative and cross-cutting public health programs, partnerships, and environmental and system strategies
More specifically, the Prevention Research Centers are funded by CDC, and housed in the ARTB which has celebrated over 30 years in existence. These centers work as an interdependent network of community, academic, and public health partners to conduct innovative and influential prevention research and promote the wide use of practices proven to promote good health.
The prevention researchers collaborate with communities to develop and conduct research that benefits the research participants and often broad communities as well.
During this learning experience, the research participant will participate and receive training in the following areas:
- Learn how to review grantee work-plans, evaluation plans, performance measures, and evaluation reports and how to provide guidance and technical assistance to grantees
- Contribute to communication support, communication planning and analysis, writing and editing, updating/maintaining websites, developing/disseminating newsletters, responding to technical assistance requests, reviewing and synthesizing information from progress reports
- Learn how to plan and develop webinars and networking events, and the development of products to showcase
- Train alongside branch, division, and center workgroups and participate in the support of subject matter experts in the development of translation- and communications-related projects, such as toolkits, success stories, and infographics
- Learn the principles of health communication science and practice and information analysis that will be useful in positions involving communication health topics to the public and communities
- Learn the principles of providing programmatic and evaluation technical assistance to grantees
This program, administered by ORAU through its contract with the U.S. Department of Energy to manage the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, was established through an interagency agreement between DOE and CDC. The initial appointment can be up to one year, but may be renewed upon recommendation of CDC contingent on the availability of funds. The participant will receive a monthly stipend commensurate with educational level and experience. Proof of health insurance is required for participation in this program. The appointment is full-time at CDC in the Atlanta, Georgia, area. Participants do not become employees of CDC, DOE or the program administrator, and there are no employment-related benefits.
The qualified candidate should have received a master's degree in one of the relevant fields, or be currently pursuing the degree and will reach completion by August 2020. Degree must have been received within five years of the appointment start date.
Preferred skills:
- Knowledge of mass communication theories, principles, practices, and techniques
- Good written communication skills
- Knowledge of data gathering methods and analytical/evaluative techniques to conduct assessments of health communication strategies and to draw valid conclusions
- Knowledge of web-based applications and social media
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