The Public Health Summer Fellows Program was founded in 1987 as a collaboration among the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, and Morehouse School of Medicine.

The goal of this program is to encourage and prepare minority students to pursue graduate studies and careers in public health by providing educational and experiential activities along with professional and practical work experience. Recruitment targets underrepresented junior and senior undergraduate students of African-American, Hispanic, Native American and Pacific Islander descent.

The program includes a one-week course on the principles of epidemiology, disease surveillance and investigation followed by a five-week community-based public health internship.

Additional information and applications for PHSF can be obtained online at web.msm.edu/Public_Health/PHSF/PHSF_app.asp.

Application deadline is Feb.27, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. EST.