Pre-Diabetes and Soccer Research Study

Emory University is conducting a research study among males to examine if nutrition and behavior education plus playing soccer regularly can reduce diabetes risk. The study will involve fitness assessments at the soccer field.

You may be eligible to participate if you:
• Men aged 18-65 years
• Likes soccer but not currently playing or engaged in other regular exercise
routine or program
• Has pre-diabetes
• Been thinking about losing some extra weight

If interested please contact Dr. Felipe Lobelo at futbolmedicine [at] gmail [dot] com or text or call: 404-307-4027. 

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Epi Scholars Program, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Since 2007, the Epi Scholars Program has provided rigorous training in applied epidemiology to stellar graduate epidemiology students at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). The Epi Scholars program is committed to expanding the research capacities of urban health departments to improve population health, while providing a training ground for students to put theory and research into action and develop as future public health leaders. The program offers graduate epidemiology students:

• An allowance to defray expenses for a full-time 10-12 week summer internship at participating local health departments
• Mentoring by some of the nation’s leading epidemiologists and researchers
• Enhanced academic opportunities and seminars in methods, theory, and public health practice
• Practical experience in statistical analysis using programs such as SAS®, SPSS®, STATA®, or SUDAAN®
• Opportunities to present project findings to senior epidemiologists and their peers
• Possibility of working on a publishable report/ thesis support
• Opportunities to interact and collaborate with Epi Scholars and leading public health professionals at the NYC DOHMH

Epi Scholars program alumni have gone on to accomplish great things: present at significant public health conferences, pursue doctoral degrees and gain employment at the local and federal levels of government. As a partnering school we are pleased to make this opportunity available to your top graduate epidemiology students. Selected students experience research in action and join the Epi Scholars program’s growing network of public health leaders in-the-making. 

For additional information about the program, please visit the Epi Scholars website or you may reach out to us at epischolars [at] health [dot] nyc [dot] gov.

Epi Scholars will accept applications for the 2022 summer session from January 15th — February 15, 2022.

Applicatios will be available through the Epi Scholars website: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/about/employment/epi-scholar.page. This is a full-time work opportunity. Selected interns are expected to be available for 35 hours per week during the regular workday of the program (e.g. 9-5 pm EST). We expect the position to be in-person and will update the selected candidates, if the circumstances change.

We look forward to another great year of Epi Scholars and welcome any questions you may have. Please do not hesitate to contact us with your questions and concerns.

Please note, since 1960, the NYC DOHMH has also hosted students through the HRTP: A Public Health Internship Program. We will also be accepting applications for our 2022 summer HRTP public health internship program from January 15^th – February 15^th.

For applications and information about HRTP, please visit our website: www.nyc.gov/health/hrtp. Students may apply to both HRTP and Epi Scholars. If you apply to both programs, please contact us at hrtp [at] health [dot] nyc [dot] gov.

Summer 2022 Internship, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

HRTP: A Public Health Internship Program at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is accepting applications for our Summer 2022 internship session.

The program is open to undergraduate, graduate and professional school students of public health, health education, laboratory sciences, medicine, social work, environmental engineering, public administration, accounting, mathematics, computer science, law, nursing, the social sciences, and many other majors.  HRTP offers dynamic internships in public health research, community health outreach and education, fieldwork, laboratory work and public health administration.

The application period for our Summer 2022 session is open from January 15 – February 15, 2022.

For full consideration, HRTP should receive the following or postmarked on/before the February 15^th deadline:

1. An electronic application
2. A current cv/resume
3. A personal statement/ essay
4. A school transcript from your current institution
5. One letter of recommendation and recommendation form

For more information about the program, please visit us at www.nyc.gov/health/hrtp.

REAL Position

Dr. Bethany Caruso and Dr. Sheela Sinharoy (Hubert Department of Global Health) are seeking a graduate research assistant (GRA) with the REAL award for the spring to assist with cleaning and analysis of data from a multi-country survey. The survey is a novel instrument which measures women’s empowerment related to sanitation. The first phase of data collection, in Kampala, Uganda and Tiruchirappalli, India, is complete. The second phase is in progress, with data collection complete, in progress, or set to occur in the next four months in several additional sites (Dakar, Senegal; Lusaka, Zambia; Narsapur, India; Warangal, India; Saidpur, Bangladesh; Meherpur, Bangladesh) as well as another round of the survey in Kampala and Tiruchirappalli. 

The student’s role will include: assisting with quality checks of incoming data from various sites, running basic analyses (frequencies) and creating tables for reports, and possibly carrying out more complex analyses such as regressions and/or factor analysis, depending on the interest and skill level of the candidate. 

To apply on 12Twenty click here.

Informatics and Data Science Fellowship Opportunity, CSTE

CSTE is pleased to announce that application are open for the Applied Public Health Informatics Fellowship.

APHIF is a 2-year program where recent graduates and early career professionals work in a state or local health agency under the guidance of two experienced mentors. Fellows are matched to a host site with demonstrated capacity to provide technical training, research opportunities, and opportunities for experience in the application of public health informatics in a practical setting.

Who is eligible to apply?

Fellows must hold a masters or doctoral degree from an accredited academic institution. Current students who will complete their degrees by summer 2022 are welcome to apply. As a training program, this fellowship is particularly appropriate for recent graduates and early career professionals. Applicants should have demonstrated knowledge and experience with public health informatics, data science, or a related field. These could be academic or professional experience, such as courses taken, research projects, or internships.

 Fellows must be US citizens. Individuals requiring a visa or who have permanent residency status are not eligible for this program. 

Fellows receive a stipend, reimbursement for insurance premiums, professional development funds, and relocation support.  

• Master’s level: $49,500
• Doctoral: $64,900

Insurance

• up to $370/month for insurance premium

Professional development funds

Relocation

• Up to $1,000

Applications open December 17^th and will close on February 27^th. The application link will be posted on the CSTE webpage.
Questions? Contact Bernadette Aylward, baylward [at] cste [dot] org.

TA Positions, Center for the Study of Human Health

There are several TA positions open within the Center for the Study of Human Health.  The course description, times and instructor names are included below. Interested students can reach out directly to me at Shondra [dot] odoms [at] emory [dot] edu

 HLTH 230-1 Health and Humanities | Eagle, Chris (1 TA needed) 

Online – Monday, only synchronous 1:00pm – 2:15pm, all other course material is asynchronous 

This class explores the role of the Humanities (mainly Literature and Philosophy) in broadening our perspectives on health, illness, and embodiment. We will examine how literary narratives and metaphor can shape our lived experience of health and illness. We will also study various philosophical accounts of embodiment, along with recent Humanistic critiques of the increasing medicalization of human experience. 

 HLTH 210-1/ANT 231-1 Predictive Health and Society | Lampl, Michelle (1 or 2 TAs needed)

Online – Thursday, only synchronous 1:00pm – 2:15pm, all other course material is asynchronous 

Health impacts virtually every societal element – from medicine to law; economics to faith. It is every individual’s concern, and a topic of consequence in the decisions we make regardless of what professional field we pursue. This course introduces students to the efforts seeking to define health and move the practice of medicine from a reactive, disease-focused system to a proactive health-focused one. Students will have the opportunity to engage in this shift in thinking through the course emphasis on the interconnections between mind, body and spirit. Students will gain a better understanding of healthy human function as well as diet, exercise, behavioral motivation and interpersonal interactions. Multidisciplinary topics include the perspectives of business, law, ethics, humanities, engineering, nursing, religion, public and global health, as well as the sciences. 

BIOS TA Positions

The BIOS Department is looking for TAs for the Spring Semester. You must apply by 1/10/2022. 

To apply please scan this QR code:

Teaching Assistant positions available:

GRA Positions, Care2Hope

I am seeking several MPH students to work with me on a community randomized trial with people who use drugs and live in rural Appalachian Kentucky. Some positions are qualitative and will involve conducting qualitative interviews and analyzing resulting data; others are quantitative (either analyzing data, or administering surveys). Data might be a wonderful resource for theses.

   Please apply if you are interested. The positions will open when the Spring semester starts. Right now, we have posted these as REAL positions but they are also open to non-REAL students. Click on the links below to see the job postings and apply.

1.       Graduate Research Assistant – Care2Hope, Quantitative Interviewer

2.      Graduate Research Assistant – Care2Hope, Qualitative Interviewer

3.      Graduate Research Assistant – Care2Hope, Data Management & Analysis – Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health