DEPARTMENT: Health
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Dawn Emerick, EdD
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Approving an application for the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Applied Epidemiology Fellow Program
SUMMARY:
This Ordinance ratifies the submission of one application to the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), Applied Epidemiology Fellowship, and authorizes the assignment of one Fellow in the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (Metro Health) for a two-year period beginning July 2020, and authorizes the Director of Public Health to execute all necessary documents. This position will be 100% funded by CSTE.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists implemented the Applied Epidemiology Fellowship program in 2003 to train public health professionals in applied epidemiology and strengthen applied epidemiology capacity within public health institutions at local and state public health departments. The two-year program recruits and trains qualified candidates to support public health initiatives and provide opportunities for new epidemiologists to expand their skills to a level where they function as competent epidemiologists with little or no supervision. Each year, the program hosts 20-25 Fellows. Fellows are matched to a state or a local health agency based on their interests and available host site positions. The Applied Epidemiology Fellowship program provides an opportunity for recent masters or doctoral level graduates in epidemiology or a related field to gain experience in public health practice at the state or local level.
In September of 2019, the 2020 Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), Applied Epidemiology Fellowship Host Site Application opened and closed on November 18, 2019. Metro Health submitted an application to host a 2020 CSTE Fellow, and on December 16, 2019, the department received notice that the application was approved by...
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