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"CDC really
provides you the opportunity for doing cutting edge research
that has an immediate impact in the public health, not only
for the U.S. population, but also abroad."
— Antonia Calafat, Fellow, Emerging Infectious Diseases
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"My fellowship
at the CDC has made me a very competitive applicant for
doctoral programs."
—Sam Oh, Fellow, Association of Schools of Public Health
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"Of all the
things I'm proud of in life, one of the things I'm proudest
of right now is how I feel when I look down at my ID badge.
I feel very proud that I'm in this organization trying to
make a difference."
—Tom Savel, Fellow, Public Health Informatics
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Life After Training: What's Next |
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Our training programs lead to bigger and
better things. Some participants end up staying at CDC and
move into full-time positions, while others bring their
skills into positions at local and state health departments,
corporations, and non-profit organizations. Here's what two
of our former Fellows who are now full-time CDC employees
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"You can
expand here at the CDC, because there are so many areas
of interest that you can dive in to. You have the
opportunity to continually increase your skill set."
—Brittney Spilker, former Oak Ridge Institute for
Science and Education fellow and current CDC employee
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"I had no
idea that CDC actually helped low income women get
screened for breast and cervical cancers, so that was
something that was really exciting for me, because I had
been a Social Worker, so I was really interested in
issues that affect low income women."
—Tina Sacks, former Public Health Prevention Service
Fellow and current CDC employee
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Improving the Public's Health
Regardless of where you end up, CDC's training programs will
help you develop your public health skill set, build
leadership skills, and make a contribution to improving the
public's health. |
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