FELLOWSHIP FAQS
The Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship Program is a 2-year intensive, applied epidemiology training program in state and local public health in Georgia. The goal of the program is to cultivate recent MPH graduates well-equipped to address current public health threats and eager to apply their knowledge, creativity, and passion to a career in epidemiology.
The Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship program is designed for recent (within the past 3 years) Master of Public Health (MPH) graduates in epidemiology or a related concentration. Recent graduates from any CEPH-accredited school or program of public health can apply.
Those who attended Master’s programs in Georgia or in the Southeast are strongly encouraged to apply.
The salary will be $59,000. Rollins Epidemiology Fellows are hired as full-time Emory employees and have access to health, leave, education, and other employer-provided benefits. For additional information, please visit: hr.emory.edu.
Yes, for the Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship, each fellow has $2,500 available over the course of their fellowship for professional development opportunities. This can be used for conference-related travel and expenses, additional trainings, certifications related to work in the health district, etc.
Yes, Emory University is a non-profit organization and therefore the two years a fellow works in the fellowship do count towards the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program for federal student loans. For additional information, please visit: https://studentaid.gov/pslf/
Review the open Fellowship positions and affiliated projects posted for the Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship. Each project will have its own individual application link, and applicants should apply to the specific locations/projects they are interested in.
While we do not require a cover letter, applicants who would like to provide one should make it generalizable to the fellowship as a whole and not tailor it for each location/project.
We will receive and review applications on a rolling basis through March 2025. Check back for announcements on when applications open and deadlines for submission. Initial screenings and interviews will happen through April, and qualified applicant information will be sent to health districts for review. Health District interviews will occur in April and May, with final decisions made in May and June of 2025.
Rollins Epidemiology Fellows will officially start August 4, 2025.
August 4 – August 8 will be an all-fellows orientation and training week at Emory University before fellows start with their respective health district sites on Monday, August 11th.
If you are applying to the Outbreak Analytic Fellowship, a transcript is required for consideration. A transcript is not required for the Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship.
We do not require letters of recommendation. However, we will complete a reference check prior to extending a final offer, if you are selected.
The fellows’ day-to-day responsibilities are assigned by a site supervisor at their placement site based on the health district’s priorities. Each fellow’s experience will vary and no two days are the same!
Rollins Epidemiology Fellows will work within the local health district’s epidemiology team as a level 1 epidemiologist and can expect to engage with a variety of epidemiologic activities such as case and outbreak investigations, surveillance system data entry, data cleaning and management, data analysis, and preparing epidemiology reports.
In addition to regular daily duties, fellows will need to complete an oral or poster presentation, an evaluation or quality improvement project, and a significant analytic project assigned by or developed together with the site supervisor. Please see the open positions pages for more details on specific projects by fellowship type.
- Fellows will be given support and training by the fellowship program based on six epidemiology-relevant core competencies. Past trainings have covered topics like public health ethics, strengths-based leadership, public speaking, data analysis using R, and media training.
- Beyond support provided by the health district team, all fellows will be assigned an Emory-based academic mentor. This is one of the most unique aspects to our program. This mentor is an Emory faculty or staff member who has professional experience working with or within Georgia’s public health system. Mentorship groups meet regularly to discuss career guidance, project advice, and general mentorship.
