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Becoming a Lecturer

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has well-documented scientific issues that can provide excellent educational opportunities for teachers and students. The Science Ambassador Program partners your public health expertise with the expertise of current and future teachers to create innovative, relevant, and exciting lesson plans for middle and high school students on your topics. At the completion of the program, participating teachers will have developed and tested two to three lesson plans for middle and high school students based on your presentation! The Science Ambassador Program is a chance for you to work directly with our customers, affect teachers and students in a positive manner, and foster a love for various public health programs in both teachers and students. You will be helping to develop a cadre of dynamic and committed public health professionals. Please note, at this time, Science Ambassador Lecturer positions are open to CDC staff only. What you will gain Lesson plans that have been developed and tested by exemplary teachers A partnership with the educational community The opportunity to reach adolescents with important public health messages A chance to integrate public health topics into core science education A venue for a further relationship between yourself, teachers, and students Your role as a lecturer will require you to Give a presentation on one of your health topics at the Science Ambassador workshop at the beginning of the summer Participate in a discussion and lesson plan brainstorming session with participants following your presentation Meet with teams of teachers to provide scientific advice on lesson plan topics during the workshop Review 1 to 2 lesson plans created by teachers for scientific accuracy. Reviews normally take 1 to 2 hours per lesson plan. 2005 Science Ambassador Lecturers Jim Kucik: Surveillance and Epidemiology Owen Devine: Statistics in Public Health Nicole Dowling, Vanessa Byams, and Stacy League: The Epidemiology of Hereditary Blood Disorders and the Genetics of Hemophilia A and B Marcia Victor, Krista Biernath, and Marcus Gaffney: Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Catherine Rice: The Autism Spectrum Disorders: Conditions of Urgent Public Health Katherine Kolor: Muscular Dystrophy Alina Flores: Folic Acid: We Have Come a Long Way Baby Jacquelyn Bertrand: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Ridgely Fisk Green: Genetic Testing Paula Yoon: Family History: A Disease Prevention Tool for Public Health and Preventive Medicine Peggy Honein and Jennita Reefhuis: Risk Factors for Birth Defects Caroline Lagoy: Influencing Public Health: From Research to Policy Carla White: The Sponge Years: Cognitive and Behavioral Development during Early Childhood Pamela Allweiss: Diabetes and Public Health Speak: A Crash Course on the Public Health Aspect of Diabetes 2004 Science Ambassador Lecturers Krista Biernath, MD: Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Adam Brush, MSW, MPH: CDC and the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Dave Erickson, DDS, MPH, PhD: Epidemiology Outbreak Alina Flores, MPH, CHES: Spanish-Language Folic Acid Campaign Evaluation Survey Louise Floyd, RN, DSN: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Aileen Kenneson, MS, PhD: Muscular Dystrophy Jim Kucik, MPH: Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program Karen Muska, MS : Georgia Learning Connections Richard Olney, MPH, MD: Genetic Screening Tom Savel, MD: Public Health Technology Marcia Victor, MPH: Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Laura Williams, MPH: Gastroschisis  2003 Science Ambassador Lecturers Jacquelyn Bertrand, PhD: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome   Adolfo Correa, MD, MPH, PhD: Epidemiology Alina L. Flores, MPH, CHES: Birth Defects and Folic Acid Cynthia Moore, MD, PhD: Gene Environment Interaction Laura Williams, MPH: Epidemiology and Surveillance Return to Top

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