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The National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) has been officially reorganized and as a result its former divisions and programs have been realigned into multiple new national centers. Any reference in this site to "NCID" is no longer accurate. The content is being repurposed and this portion of the CDC site remains posted for archive purposes only.
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Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Advanced Laboratory Training Fellowship Program and Post-Doctoral Laboratory Research Fellowship Program Go to top of page

The goal of these Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Programs is to attract and prepare laboratory scientists for careers in public health.

Learn more about these EID Programs.

The EIS program and NCID Go to top of page

Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officers in NCID participate fully in a wide range of scientific and public health activities, including epidemiologic and laboratory studies, disease surveillance, public health policy development, and epidemic investigations in the United States and throughout the world. In addition, through professional publications and presentations, EIS Officers are actively involved in disseminating scientific and public health information.

ASM/NCID Fellowship Go to top of page

The ASM/NCID Fellowship is cosponsored by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and NCID.

The goal of the fellowship is to support the development of new approaches, methodologies and knowledge in infectious disease prevention and control in areas within the public health mission of the CDC. The fellowship allows one to perform research in residence at the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) which is headquartered at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA.

Eligible fields of study include

  • bacterial and mycotic diseases
  • viral and rickettsial infections
  • nosocomial infections
  • HIV/AIDS
  • vector-borne infectious diseases
  • sexually transmitted diseases
  • parasitic diseases

Learn more about the program on the Postdoctoral Research Associates Program in Infectious Diseases and Public Health Microbiology page at the ASM site.*

Ferguson Fellowship and other opportunities for minorities and women Go to top of page

The NCID Office of Minority and Women's Health promotes a number of training opportunities of special interest to racial and ethnic minority students, from the James Ferguson Fellowship to the Public Health Summer Fellowship for Minority Students.

Learn more about these opportunities on the NCID Office of Minority and Women's Health site.

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item Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Advanced Laboratory Training fellowship Program and Post-Doctoral Laboratory Research Fellowship Program
item The EIS program and NCID
item ASM/NCID Fellowship
item Ferguson Fellowship and other opportunities for minorities and women

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