Education and Training

Links to educational events and resources, including opportunities for distance learning.

Continuing Education and Training Opportunities

• Alabama Public Health Training Network (PHTN) Webcasts - (Alabama Department of Public Health)  - Continuing education satellite conferences and live webcasts for the PHTN and the national public health workforce.

• AMIA 10x10 Courses - (American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA))  - Training program conducted across the United States by AMIA in collaboration with key academic partners in the biomedical and health informatics education community. The content covers areas such as electronic and personal health records, health information exchange, standards and terminology, and health care quality and error prevention.

• APHA Continuing Professional Education - (American Public Health Association (APHA))  - The mission of APHA Learning and Professional Development Programs Unit is to promote professional development, and strengthen public health practice within the core guidelines of the public health essential services.

• Area Health Education Centers Directory - Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) provide continuing education based on the recent literature. Many AHECs also have libraries or resource centers.

• Asksphere - (Health Resources and Services Administration) - a clearinghouse of public health "learning objects" that can be used by those developing training. Developed by the Southeast Public Health Training Center.

• California Distance Learning Health Network - (California Distance Learning Health Network)  - CDLHN promotes and provides access to continuing educational opportunities for healthcare workers at a time and a location convenient to where they live and work.

• CDC Learning Connection - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Learning products and resources from across the public health community to help improve public health knowledge and skills.

• Center for Public Health Continuing Education (CPHCE) - (University at Albany School of Public Health)  - Source of continuing education for the public health workforce that includes free distance learning training.

• Center for Public Health Preparedness e-Learning Center - Freely available online courses related to public health preparedness from the University of Albany School of Public Health.

• CMED Public Health Grand Rounds - (Department of Community Medicine (CMED), West Virginia University School of Medicine)  - This program offers free preferred continuing education credits for physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, public health practitioners, as well as CHES credits.

• Continuing Education Program on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Risk Reduction - (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, NIH (NICHD))  - Free program that provides nurses with the most current and accurate information to communicate risk factors and answer parents' questions about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Nurses who successfully complete the course will earn 1.1 contact hours of continuing education credit.

• Culture & Health Literacy Online Training - (Midwest Center for Life-Long Learning in Public Health)  - This online training discusses how inequalities in health information contribute to unequal treatment and health outcomes for some populations (health disparities) and what communities can do to close the gap and improve health literacy.

• Distance Learning Programs Available at Accredited Schools of Public Health - (Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH))  - Provides easy access to information on certificate and graduate programs offered via a distance. The web page features a search engine designed to help potential students identify distance-based opportunities; a resource page with links to locate other training resources offered via distance learning modalities, or to learn more about the distance learning field; and current links directly to each school of public health through a unified site.

• Effective Communication Tools for Healthcare Professionals - (Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA))  - Online interactive training course that aims to raise the quality of provider-patient interactions by teaching providers and their staff how to gauge and respond to their patients' health literacy, cultural background, and language skills.

• Epidemiologic Case Studies - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Interactive case study exercises developed to teach epidemiologic principles and practices. They are based on real-life outbreaks and public health problems and were developed in collaboration with the original investigators and experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• Finding and Using Health Statistics: A Self-Study Course - (National Library of Medicine, National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology)  - This online course describes the range of available health statistics and presents strategies to successfully find health statistics.

• From Evidence to Practice: Using a Systematic Approach to Addressing Disparities in Birth Outcomes - (New York State Department of Health)  - Scenario-based approach to understanding the evidence-based public health approach. The scenario used is disparities in birth outcomes in a fictitious community. The course is free, offers continuing credits, and takes about three hours to complete.

• Harvard School of Public Health, Executive and Continuing Professional Education (ECPE) - (Harvard School of Public Health)  - Courses offered for professionals in public health including: risk analysis, risk communication, acute and chronic noise exposure, occupational and environmental health, leadership development, and much more.

• Health Indicators: a 4-Part Webinar Series - (National Library of Medicine, National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology)  - Recorded webinar series that provides an overview of health indicators, an in-depth review of a county-level indicator project, practical approaches in using health indicator data to engage with communities, and an exploration of several important new indicator efforts.

• Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Free web-based course to educate public health professionals on the importance of health literacy and their role in providing health information and services and promoting public health literacy.

• Health Policy and Management Institutes - (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)  - Short-term, intensive educational opportunities for public health practitioners.

• JHSPH OpenCourseWare Project - (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)  - Provides access to content of the School's most popular courses.

• KaiserEDU.org - (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF))  - Designed to provide students, faculty and others interested in learning about health policy easy access to the latest data, research, analysis, and developments in health policy.

• MI-INFO Online Tutorials - (University of Michigan School of Public Health)  - MI-INFO (Michigan Informatics) is a series of online tutorials on health information and computer skills designed to support academic public health informatics programs and public health outreach training initiatives. The nine tutorials are competency-based and feature learning objectives, key concepts, exercises, and case studies. The tutorials will enable public health audiences to better access, evaluate, manage, and apply information needed to respond to public health issues and problems.

• Michigan Center for Public Health Preparedness Courses - (Michigan Center for Public Health Preparedness (MI-CPHP))  - Competency-based training products targeted to support preparedness efforts of state and local health departments nationwide.

• Michigan Public Health Training Center - Online courses to improve the competence of the current and future public health workforce to improve the public''s health.

• Minnesota Emergency Readiness Education and Training (MERET) - (University of Minnesota)  - Continuing education to educate and train Minnesota's health care workers in emergency preparedness. Online MERET modules are designed to prepare the health care workforce to function during public health emergencies or bioterrorism events by providing competency based awareness-level online training for hospitals, clinics, long-term care, public health agencies and other community emergency responders, including volunteers.

• National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)  - The Center serves the U.S. Government as an academic home for the development and dissemination of core skills, knowledge and abilities, and for research on education and training strategies in the fields of disaster medicine and public health.

• NCHEC Continuing Education Credit Activities - (National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC))  - List of upcoming events and self studies that provide continuing education credit hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES).

• New York New Jersey Public Health Training Center (NYNJ PHTC) - (New York New Jersey Public Health Training Center (NYNJ-PHTC))  - Training resource for public health workers in New York, New Jersey, and other states. The site provides free web-based training programs.

• North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness Training - (North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness)  - This site offers free short Internet-based trainings on public health preparedness topics such as disease surveillance, basic epidemiology, bioterrorism and new/emerging disease agents.

• Northwest Public Health Leadership Institute - (University of Washington)  - A year-long experience to increase participants' collaborative leadership skills through on-site and distance learning opportunities guided by practice-based faculty.

• NPHPSP Resources and Training - (National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI))  - Webinars and training workshops related to performance management, accreditation, and quality improvement in public health.

• Office of Public Health Practice - (University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Public Health)  - Links to training opportunities for public health professionals. Includes occupational health and safety training, pod casts, and archived public health seminars.

• Online Evidence-Based Behavioral Practice Training - (Council for Training in Evidence-Based Behavioral Practice)  - Online learning tools to help behavioral practitioners and students integrate research and practice in real-world conditions. Free registration is required to access the tranining portal.

• Orientation to Public Health - (New York New Jersey Public Health Training Center (NYNJ-PHTC))  - A web-based course that provides learners with a basic understanding of public health's mission and functions.

• Partnerships for Health in the New Millennium - (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) - On demand video from conference in January 2000

• Pennsylvania Public Health Training Center (PAPHTC) - (University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health)  - The goal of PAPHTC is to enhance the ability of public health agencies to provide training programs that focus on a continuous quality improvement model. This site provides access to webcasts, online courses, and public health training resources.

• Planning for Healthy Places with Health Impact Assessments - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO))  - Online course on how to conduct health impact assessments (HIAs).

• Practicing Cross Cultural Communication - (New York New Jersey Public Health Training Center (NYNJ-PHTC))  - The first of three interactive modules in which you can hone your cross-cultural communication skills, in the context of a hepatitis A outbreak in a Mexican-American community. Experience a practical application of the ten effective strategies for cross-cultural communication. You must register to select a username and password. The online course is free.

• Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Centers (PERLC) - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Core competency-based training to state, local, and tribal public health authorities in the area of public health preparedness and response.

• Prevention Research Centers (PRC) Training - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Web-based catalog of training programs for public health practitioners, public health advocates, community health workers, teachers, and students. The training covers a wide range of topics within the vast and changing field of public health.

• Public Health Informatics Program - (University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health)  - The UIC Public Health Informatics (PHI) programs are designed to develop experts in the systematic application of information technology to public health practice, research and learning. UIC offers fully online learning opportunities to earn a certificate in public health informatics.

• Public Health Information and Data Tutorial - (National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM))  - Provides online instruction for members of the public health workforce on issues related to information access and management. Four modules cover staying informed about news in public health, health education resources, public health statistics and data sets, and supporting decisions with the best evidence.

• Public Health Information and Data: A Training Manual - (National Network of Libraries of Medicine) - A manual to support training public health workers on information access and management.

• Public Health Law Program Training and Educational Resources - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - The Public Health Law Program (PHLP) develops and shares a growing portfolio of courses and other learning materials in applied public health law. This website features selected learning resources for public health lawyers, public health practitioners, students, and others.

• Public Health Practice Grand Rounds Webcast Archives - (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MidAtlantic Public Health Training Center (MAPHTC))  - Archive of webcast lecture series on a variety of public health topics.

• Public Health Training Center (PHTC) Network - (Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA))  - Partnerships between schools of public health, related academic institutions, and public health agencies and organizations. The PHTC Network improves the Nation's public health system by strengthening the technical, scientific, managerial and leadership competence of current and future public health professionals.

• PublicHealthLearning.com - (Illinois Public Health Preparedness Center (IPHPC), Mid-America Public Health Training Center (MAPHTC))  - PublicHealthLearning.com offers access to a free, public-accessible learning management system (LMS), where you can assess yourself on key professional competencies (core public health, leadership, emergency preparedness, and others), and find appropriate training opportunities offered by IPHPC, MAPHTC, and outside partner organizations.

• QI Quick Guide Tutorial - (Public Health Foundation (PHF))  - Tutorial to identify quality improvement (QI) tools and problem solving steps.

• Rapid Response Training: The Role of Public Health in a Multi-Agency Response to Avian Influenza - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE))  - Course materials presented at regional trainings provide a standardized curriculum to state and local public health responders about how to identify and control human infections and illness associated with avian influenza A (H5N1). Users can download free course materials including presentations, case studies, and tabletop exercises and adapt them to meet the training and preparedness needs of individual state health agencies.

• Roots of Health Inequity Web Course - (National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO))  - Web-based course that considers the root causes of inequity in the distribution of illness, disease, and death.

• Science of Sex and Gender in Human Health Online Course Site - (Office of Research on Women's Health, NIH, Office of Women's Health, FDA)  - Offers participants a basic scientific understanding of the major physiological differences between the sexes, their influence on illness and health outcomes, and their implications for policy, medical research, and health care.

• Six Weeks to Genomic Awareness - (Michigan Public Health Training Center)  - An online series of presentations designed to provide public health professionals a foundation for understanding how genomics advances are relevant to public health.

• SOPHE Center for Online Resources & Education (CORE) - (Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE))  - One-stop portal for online continuing education and professional development for the health education and health promotion professional.

• SOPHE Self Study - (Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE))  - Self-study opportunities to provide health education specialists with continuing education contact hours. The study options include participation in a webinar, journal self study, and peer reviewing and publishing in a SOPHE journal.

• Southeastern Institute for Training & Evaluation (SITE) - (Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University)  - SITE is a training center within the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, providing continuing education and training opportuntities, needs assessment, curriculum development, and evaluation expertise to public health professionals and communities.

• State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): Implementing Effective Programs and Understanding - (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))  - Online learning program with six modules and suggestions on how to use. Designed to assist State health policymakers in understanding the dynamics of State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) implementation as well as accessing and using research findings to develop and implement their SCHIP programs.

• Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health - (University of Pittsburgh)  - Supercourse is a global repository of lectures on public health and prevention targeting educators across the world. Supercourse has a network of over 43435 scientists in 175 countries who are sharing for free a library of 3418 lectures in 26 languages.

• TRAIN - TrainingFinder Real-time Affiliate Integrated Network - (Public Health Foundation (PHF))  - The premier learning resource for professionals who protect the public's health. A free service of the Public Health Foundation, www.train.org is part of the newly expanded TrainingFinder Real-time Affiliate Integrated Network (TRAIN).

• University at Albany Center for Public Health Preparedness - (University at Albany School of Public Health)  - The University at Albany Center for Public Health Preparedness uses its monthly Grand Rounds satellite broadcasts, webstreaming and online courses to improve the capacity of the public health workforce to respond to current and emerging public health threats with a focus on bioterrorism and infectious disease outbreaks.

• University of Pittsburgh Center for Public Health Preparedness (UPCPHP) - (University of Pittsburgh)  - The University of Pittsburgh Center for Public Health Preparedness (UPCPHP) trains public health professionals, including professionals in related organizations, to respond to bioterrorism, infectious disease outbreaks, and other public health threats and emergencies.

• Web Seminars on Aging Issues - (American Society on Aging (ASA))  - Online education on aging issues.

Upcoming Events

• Learning in Disaster Health: A Continuing Education Workshop - (National Center for Disaster Medicine & Public Health (NCDMPH))  - April 2-3, 2013, Washington, DC. The workshop will focus on education and training in disaster health.

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Webinars

• APHA Webinars - (American Public Health Association (APHA))  - APHA hosts a range of webinars on a variety of public health-related topics. Access archived transportation, climate change, policy webinars and more.

• CDC Vital Signs Town Hall Teleconferences - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Monthly teleconferences about CDC's Vital Signs reports that offer recent data and calls to action for important public health topics.

• Public Health Works - (Public Health Foundation (PHF))  - Training series for the public health workforce, health care personnel, and other professionals that focus on increasing the effective and efficient use of recommendations from The Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide) and quality improvement methods to improve organizational performance and community health.

• TRAIN Accreditation Webinar Series - (Public Health Foundation (PHF))  - Three part-part webinar series on public health accreditation that focuses on topics such as the core competencies for public health professionals and tools to develop, run, and analyze self-assessments and training plans in order to meet nationally-recognized standards.

Archived Webinars

• Health and Equity in Transportation: Promising Methods and Modes to Improve Health Outcomes - (American Public Health Association (APHA))  - Archived webinar recordings and presentation slides on critical health and equity issues within the transportation sector.

• Healthy People 2020 Webinars & Events Archive - (Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) U.S.)  - Webinar recordings, meeting agendas, and presentations about the implementation and progress of Healthy People 2020.

Upcoming Webinars

• How State and Local Health Departments Can Capitalize on Social Media - (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO))  - October 24, 2012, 2:00-3:30 EST. This webcast will highlight three organizations that have been studying and utilizing social media to strategically and successfully engage and communicate with the public.

• Who's Leading the Leading Health Indicators? - Substance Abuse - (Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) U.S.)  - October 24, 2012, 12:00 - 12:45 PM, EDT. This webinar event will provide an overview of substance abuse and highlight prevention strategies for reducing alcohol and drug use among adolescents in America.

• Effective Strategies for Communicating Public Health Findings with the Media and Policymakers - (AcademyHealth)  - October 25, 2012, 1:00-2:30 PM ET. This webinar will provide pointers for how researchers can effectively communicate health services research (HSR) and public health services and systems research (PHSSR) findings with decision-makers.

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Certificate Programs

• ASPH Certification in Public Health (CPH) Study Guide - (Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH))  - Study Guide developed by the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) to assist candidates in preparing for the Certification in Public Health (CPH) examination.

• Certificate in Field Epidemiology - (University of North Carolina (UNC) Gillings School of Global Public Health)  - Online 12-credit hour program of the study of field epidemiology. The curriculum addresses the core functions of outbreak investigation, surveillance systems and methods, infectious disease epidemiology and field epidemiology methods.

• Certified in Public Health (CPH) Continuing Education - (Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH))  - Accepted activities to earn Certified in Public Health Continuing Education (CPHCE) credits.

• Clinical Research Methods - (University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health)  - The Clinical Research Methods certificate is intended to provide clinicians with the basic skills needed to engage in high-quality clinical research.

• JPSPH Public Health Certificate Programs - (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)  - Certificate programs which provide academic training to students seeking targeted education in a specific area of public health.

• Public Health Certificate Program - (Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES))  - Gives professionals an overview of the five core disciplines of public health: epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health sciences, health policy and management, and social and behavioral sciences.

• Public Health Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Certificate - (University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health)  - The UIC Public Health Geographic Information Systems online certificate program provides students with an understanding of fundamental GIS tools and their practical applications. Combining cartography, spatial analysis and data management, GIS is a rapidly emerging field in public health.

• Public Health Informatics Graduate Certificate Program - (University of Maryland)  - Online graduate certificate program in Public Health Informatics with a curriculum rich in the latest scientific and technological principles and practices. Courses include: "Public Health Information Systems," "Geographic Information Systems in Public Health Surveillance," "Information Management for Public Health Professionals," and "Advanced Health Informatics." The graduate certificate satisfies the Continuing Education Units (CEUs) requirements of health educators through SOPHE. Credits earned may also meet the degree requirements for the MPH and PhD degrees.

• Public Health Management Online Certificate Program - (University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health)  - Online certificate program to prepare individuals to lead public health organizations, programs and agencies.

• UIC Public Health Informatics Certificate Program - (University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health)  - The certificate program provides an overview of public health informatics.

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Graduate Education

• ASPH Member Schools - (Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH))  - List of accredited Schools of Public Health by the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH).

• ASPH Public Health Program Search Tool - (Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH))  - Search tool that provides an overview of the program offerings at schools of public health.

• Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) - Professional organization for the academic medical and public health community dedicated to prevention research and interprofessional education.

• Council of Accredited MPH Programs (CAMP) - The Council of Accredited MPH Programs (CAMP) represents, fosters and promotes Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accredited MPH programs located outside Schools of Public Health and with concentrations in community health education, health promotion, health behavior and/or applied social and behavioral sciences. The website provides information about public health and health education, the role of accreditation, and links to member MPH programs.

• Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) Accredited Schools and Programs - List of U.S. Schools of Public Health and Graduate Public Health Programs accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

• Distance Learning Programs Available at Accredited Schools of Public Health - (Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH))  - Provides easy access to information on certificate and graduate programs offered via a distance. The web page features a search engine designed to help potential students identify distance-based opportunities; a resource page with links to locate other training resources offered via distance learning modalities, or to learn more about the distance learning field; and current links directly to each school of public health through a unified site.

• Master of Public Health in Health Informatics - (Medical College of Georgia)  - The informatics Master of Public Health Program prepares leaders who manage, analyze, disseminate, and apply information to enhance wellness and quality of life for individuals and communities.

• Master of Public Health in Policy and Management Online Program - (University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health)  - Online program that addresses key issues related to public health law and policy, public health administration, communication, and public health ethics.

• Public Health Informatics Program - (University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health)  - The UIC Public Health Informatics (PHI) programs are designed to develop experts in the systematic application of information technology to public health practice, research and learning. UIC offers fully online learning opportunities to earn a master's degree in public health informatics.

• Schools of Public Health Application Service (SOPHAS) - (Schools of Public Health Application Service (SOPHAS))  - Centralized application service for CEPH-accredited schools of public health.

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Fellowships and Internships

• APHA Public Health Fellowship - (American Public Health Association (APHA))  - The fellowship provides an opportunity to spend one year in Washington, D.C. working in a Congressional office on legislative and policy issues such as health, the environment, or other public health concerns.

• APHL Fellowships - (Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) U.S.)  - Fellowship and traineeship programs that prepare students for careers in public health laboratories and support specialized training for practicing scientists.

• Applied Public Health Informatics Fellowship - (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Safe States Alliance)  - The goal of the Fellowship is to provide a high quality training experience and to secure long-term career placement for Fellows at the state or local level.

• ASPH Internship & Fellowship Programs - (Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH))  - Opportunities for graduate students and early career public health professionals.

• ASPH/CDC Allan Rosenfield Global Health Fellowship Program - (Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Provides international training opportunities for recent graduates of ASPH member accredited schools of public health (MPH and Doctoral level).

• The CDC Experience: Applied Epidemiology Fellowship at CDC - (CDC Foundation)  - The CDC Experience: Applied Epidemiology Fellowship at CDC provides medical students with an applied hands-on training experience in epidemiology and public health.

• CDC Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Competitive, two-year, paid fellowship within the CDC. Public Health Associates are assigned to state, tribal, local and territorial public health agencies.

• CDC Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Two-year applied, competency-based training program for professionals with education and experience in information and computer science and technology and public health or health care.

• CDC Public Health Training Fellowships - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Fellowship opportunities for students, graduates, and health professionals.

• CDC-Hubert Global Health Fellowship - (CDC Foundation)  - This fellowship provides third and fourth year medical and veterinary students with valuable public health experience in an international setting. The main focus of the fellowship is a 6 to 12 week field assignment. Fellows are mentored by experienced CDC staff and learn through hands-on experience while working on a public health project in a developing country. The CDC-Hubert Global Health Fellowship is endowed by the O.C. Hubert Charitable Trust.

• Commonwealth Fund Fellowships - (Commonwealth Fund)  - Commonwealth Fund fellowship programs are designed to give promising young researchers the opportunity for in-depth study of various health care policy topics, working with investigators, policy analysts, government officials, and others in a number of U.S. and international settings.

• Directory of Grants and Fellowships in the Global Health Sciences - (Fogarty International Center, NIH (FIC))  - A comprehensive compilation of international funding opportunities in biomedical and behavioral research published by the Fogarty International Center, part of the National Institutes of Health.

• Environmental Public Health Tracking: Peer-to-Peer Fellowship Program - (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO))  - The program provides fellows with data visualization training and technology to support current initiatives in environmental public health tracking. Applications are due November 2, 2012.

• Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Post-graduate training program of service and on-the-job learning for health professionals interested in the practice of applied epidemiology.

• FCD Young Scholars Program - (Foundation for Child Development (FCD))  - The FCD Young Scholars Program aims to stimulate basic and policy-relevant research focused on the early education, health, and well-being of immigrant children from birth to age ten, particularly those who are living in low-income families. Eligible researchers will have earned their doctoral degrees within the last 15 years, and be full-time, faculty members of a college or university in the United States.

• FDA Commissioner's Fellowship Program - (Food and Drug Administration (FDA) U.S.)  - Two-year fellowship program that provides an opportunity for health professionals and scientists to receive training and experience at the FDA.

• FDA Tobacco Regulatory Science Fellowship - (Food and Drug Administration (FDA) U.S., Institute of Medicine (IOM))  - A new regulatory science fellowship program designed for mid-career professionals to gain experience and expertise to further define and develop the field of regulatory science as it relates to the regulation of tobacco products and FDA's new authorities under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. Deadline to submit all application materials is June 18, 2012.

• Fulbright-Fogarty Awards in Public Health - (Institute of International Education)  - The Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship promotes the expansion of research in public health and clinical research in resource-limited settings. The application deadline is October 17, 2012.

• Funding and Fellowships Sponsored by ASTMH - (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH))  - Research awards and fellowships to promote world health by the prevention and control of tropical diseases.

• Global Health Fellows Program - (Harvard School of Public Health, Public Health Institute, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, United States Agency for International Development (USAID))  - The goal of the Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP) is to improve the effectiveness of USAID Population, Health and Nutrition programs by developing and increasing capacity of health professionals in Washington, DC and overseas. The program offers internship and fellowship opportunities that provide field experience, mentoring and career development in international public health to underrepresented communities.

• Health Communications Internship Program - (National Cancer Institute, NIH (NCI))  - The internship program gives highly qualified graduate students and recent graduate degree recipients the opportunity to participate in vital health and science communications projects in one of the many offices that make up the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

• Health Policy Fellowship - (AcademyHealth, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))  - The aim of the fellowship is to foster collaboration between NCHS staff and visiting scholars on a wide range of topics of mutual concern. The fellowship allows visiting scholars to conduct new and innovative analyses and participate in developmental and health policy activities related to the design and content of future NCHS surveys.

• HRSA Public Health Internship Program - (Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA))  - Unfunded practicum experience for graduate and undergraduate students in good standing at schools of public health and public health programs in the United States. Public Health Interns complete a one semester rotation within one of HRSA's Bureaus or Offices.

• MacNeal Scholarship, NALBOH - (National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH))  - A special opportunity for students seeking an undergraduate or graduate degree in the fields of public health, environmental health, health education, or clinical services. This scholarship program is designed to assist students participating in NALBOH's Annual Conference and give the opportunity to learn more about public health governance.

• Medical Informatics Training - (Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, NLM)  - The Lister Hill Center provides training opportunities for individuals at various stages in their careers. Fellowship programs may be as short as eight weeks or as long as one year, with possible renewal for a second year.

• MySPH Opportunity Manager - (Arnold School Office of Public Health Practice, University of South Carolina)  - Opportunities for graduate assistantships, internships, and fellowships.

• ORISE Research Participation Programs at the CDC - (Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE))  - The ORISE Research Participation Programs at the CDC are designed to provide a flow of qualified researchers (postgraduates, students, and faculty) to participate in current research and development activities related to CDC's critical missions.

• Overseas Fellowships in Global Health and Clinical Research (Fogarty Fellowship) Apply by November 19, 2010 - (Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), Fogarty International Center, NIH (FIC))  - ASPH is pleased to partner with the NIH's Fogarty International Center (FIC), and the FIC Research Scholars-Fellows (FICRS-F) Support Center at the Vanderbilt University Institute for Global Health (VIGH) to announce a one-year clinical research training experience for graduate-level U.S. students in the health professions. This is an opportunity for highly motivated individuals to experience mentored research training at top-ranked NIH-funded research centers in developing countries.

• Preventive Medicine Residency and Fellowship: Developing Public Health Leaders - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - The CDC Preventive Medicine Residency (PMR) is a 12-month program meeting the Practicum Year training requirements for certification by the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine. The PMR is designed to prepare physicians for future leadership roles in public health at federal, state, and local levels.

• Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - The Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program (PHIFP) is a 2-year applied fellowship for professionals with a master's or higher degree. Professionals are trained to apply information science and technology to the practice of public health.

• Public Health Prevention Service Fellowship - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - The Public Health Prevention Service (PHPS) is a 3-year training and service fellowship for master's level public health professionals. The fellowship focuses on public health program management and provides experience in program planning, implementation, and evaluation through specialized hands-on training and mentorship at CDC, and in state and local health agencies.

• Research and Training Program on Poverty and Public Policy - (University of Michigan (U-M))  - Postdoctoral fellowship to provide American minority scholars the opportunity to conduct research and pursue training in residence at the National Poverty Center at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

• Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowships - (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF))  - Opportunity for experienced health professionals and behavioral and social scientists from academic faculties and nonprofit healthcare organizations to receive a comprehensive orientation with the nation's preeminent health policy leaders followed by a full-time work assignment on Capital Hill.

• RWJF Scholars, Fellows & Leadership Programs - (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF))  - Scholarship, fellowship, and leadership programs in the fields of medical research, nursing, health policy, and nonprofit leadership.

• SAMHSA Accepting Applications for Prevention Fellowship Program - (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)) 

• Scholars in Health Policy Research Program - (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF))  - The Scholars in Health Policy Research Program is a two-year fellowship targeted to outstanding new PhDs in economics, political science, and sociology to advance their involvement in health policy research.

• SOPHE Health Education & Health Promotion Internship - (Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE))  - The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) provides leadership to the profession of health education and health promotion. This internship is for approximately 14 weeks and involves work on a variety of projects and tasks pertinent to SOPHE's mission.

• Survive and Thrive: Roadmap for New Local Health Officials - (National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO))  - Learning opportunity designed to enhance the skills of new local health officials. Fellows gain practical tools and tactics to help engage elected officials and community partners; manage strategic planning and human, financial, and information resources; and resolve challenges unique to local health officials.

• U.S. Schweitzer Fellows Programs - (The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship)  - Community service fellowships for graduate students in health-related professional fields who are dedicated to addressing unmet health needs in their local areas.

• Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship Program - (Harvard School of Public Health)  - Fellowship program to increase the diversity of men and women pursuing academic careers in public health. Yerby fellows gain experience and skills in research, public health and public service leadership, and national health policy.

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Resources Related to Education and Training

• American Social Hygiene Posters, ca.1910-1970 - (University of Minnesota Libraries)  - This site offers a searchable and browsable database of posters on a variety of social issues such as dance, family, hygiene, mental health, reproduction, sexual abstinence, and more. From the Social Welfare History Archives at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

• Commission on Community-Engaged Scholarship in the Health Professions - (Community-Campus Partnerships for Health)

• Communities taking action: Profiles of Health Equity - (Prevention Institute US)  - Communities taking action is a collection of profiles that showcase successful community initiatives aimed at improving health equity

• Community-Engaged Scholarship Toolkit - (Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH))  - This toolkit provides health professional faculty with a set of tools to carefully plan and document their community-engaged scholarship and produce strong portfolios for promotion and tenure.

• Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals - (Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, Public Health Foundation (PHF))  - The Core Public Health Competencies are a set of skills desirable for the broad practice of public health, reflecting the characteristics that staff of public health organizations may want to possess as they work to protect and promote health in the community (i.e., deliver the Essential Public Health Services).

• Culture Clues - (University of Washington Medical Center)  - Tip sheets to increase awareness about concepts and preferences of patients from diverse cultures.

• Curricula Organizer for Reproductive Health Education (CORE) - (Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP))  - Collection of peer-reviewed, evidence-based teaching materials on a variety of reproductive health issues.

• Curriculum & Competencies for Public Health Informatics by Patrick O'Carroll & William Yasnoff - (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) - Slide presentation, April 2003.

• Data Detective: Finding the Gems of Health Data - (University of Connecticut Health Center)  - 14 MB. Slide presentation from a course on public health data

• A Digital Divide: Assessing the information needs and use of nurses from an Oregon county public health department. - (Anne Turner and Zoe Stavri) - An abstract of a study based on interviews with 13 nurses in a county public health department in rural Oregon.

• The Educated Citizen and Public Health - (Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR), Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U))  - Publications, presentations, and other resources to assist faculty to develop public health curricula for undergraduate education in colleges and universities.

• Examples of Academic Public Health Practice in Promotion and Tenure Guidelines at Schools of Public Health - November 2003 - (Association of Schools of Public Health) - compilation of faculty promotion and tenure guidelines from 11 schools of public health.

• Genetics Home Reference - (National Library of Medicine (NLM) U.S.)  - Genetics Home Reference is the National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes or chromosomes responsible for those conditions.

• Health Statistics on the Web: It's as Easy as…1,2,3! - (National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM))  - Course materials for a hands-on course that focuses on the location, selection, and effective use of statistics relevant to health on the local, state, national, and international levels.

• Informatics Training for CDC Public Health Advisors - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Slide Presentations July 1997

• Making Quality Count: Tools, Strategies, and Resources - This series of two Web conferences for State, local, and health system policymakers was held February 10 and 18, 2004. They were designed to inform policymakers about issues, methodologies, and strategies that can be used to improve health care quality and implement quality improvement programs and strategies.

• Milestones in Public Health Course - (Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), George Washington University, School of Public Health and Health Services)  - Introductory public health course composed of 11 modules that can serve as a user-friendly tool for teaching undergraduate, graduate public health, and medical and clinical education students about the major milestones in public health in the U.S. over the last century.

• MLA Educational Clearinghouse - (Medical Library Association (MLA))  - List of courses, educational webcasts, and resources related to the use of health information resources.

• Multimedia @ Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) - (Harvard School of Public Health)  - Multimedia page that includes podcasts, video clips, and slide shows on various public health topics.

• National Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Organization - (National Area Health Education Center Organization (NAO))  - The National AHEC Organization supports and advances the AHEC Network to improve health by leading the nation in the recruitment, training and retention of a diverse health workforce for underserved communities.

• National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) Online Resource Center - (Public Health Foundation (PHF))  - Searchable online database of resources and tools to help public health systems and boards of health improve their performance related to the Essential Public Health Services and the Model Standards in the National Public Health Performance Standards Program.

• National Task Force on Accreditation in Health Education - The report includes a detailed framework for a comprehensive quality assurance system that meets commonly accepted standards of accreditation.

• NLM Distance Education Program Resources - (National Library of Medicine (NLM) U.S.)  - Animated tours, tutorials, and other online training material for NLM products and services.

• NLM Training Manuals and Resources - (National Library of Medicine (NLM) U.S.)  - Manuals and instruction materials used for training on NLM's information resources.

• NN/LM Training & Educational Opportunities - (National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM))  - Training opportunities and educational materials to learn about National Library of Medicine resources.

• OpenCourseWare (OCW) - (OpenCourseWare Consortium)  - Free and open digital publications of high quality university‐level educational materials. The materials are organized as courses, and often include course planning materials and evaluation tools as well as thematic content.

• PHF Learning Resource Center - (Public Health Foundation (PHF))  - Quality training materials for public health, healthcare, and allied health professionals at an affordable price. The materials include information in such areas as preparedness; immunization; epidemiology; diabetes; infectious diseases; performance management; asthma and allergies; and health disparities.

• Prevention Education Resource Center (PERC) - (Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR))  - PERC is a web-based repository of educational materials related to prevention and population health. The site promotes collaboration across health care disciplines, professions, and institutions by facilitating the exchange of teaching resources and connecting educators.

• Public Health Emergency Law and Forensic Epidemiology Training - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Self-contained training packages for use by instructors in any jurisdiction in the United States who provide public health preparedness training to front-line practitioners. The training materials on CD-ROM can be ordered for free.

• Public Health Informatics Education: Implications for NHII by William Yasnoff - (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) - Slide presentation, November 2003.

• Public Health Information and Data: A Training Manual - (National Network of Libraries of Medicine) - A manual to support training public health workers on information access and management.

• Public Health Knowledge Base - (Nancy Allee, Kris Alpi, Ron Bialek, Karyn Pomerantz, Neil Rambo, Ginny Tanji) - Material from a continuing education event held on May 25, 2001

• Public Health Knowledge: Acquisition, Management and Generation - Material from an APHA continuing education institute held on November 6, 2004.

• Public Health Webcasts - (Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce (PIAPHW))  - Links to webcasts and webinars of public health conferences, seminars, lecture series, and forums.

• The Role of Information Services in Emergency Preparedness and Response, MLA CE 800 - (Kristine Alpi,Shari Clifton,Mary Moore,Carl Osaki,Brad Robison,Lian Ruan,Martha R. Szczur,Harold L. Timboe) - Presentation and Related material from a MLA Symposium held May 15, 2005

• Scheduling Software in Public Health Practice: From Book to Bytes and Back - (Anne Turner and Zoe Stavri) - An abstract of a study of the underutilization of a scheduling software application in a county public health department.

• A Short Introduction to Epidemiology - (Centre for Public Health Research)  - A brief introduction to epidemiology.

• Standards of Documentation and Assessment of Community Scholarship - (Community-Campus Partnerships for Health) - links to institutions' review, promotion and tenure policies to acknowledge community-engaged scholarship.

• Using Knowledge Resources for Evidence-Based Practice - (Neil Rambo and Sarah Safranek) - Materials from the workshop given at APHA 2000 on evidence-based public health.

• What is Public Health? - (Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH)) 

• Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century - (Institute of Medicine (IOM))