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Pacific Public Health Fellowship Program

This funding record is inactive. Please see the program website or contact the program sponsor to determine if this program is currently accepting applications or will open again in the future.

Link
View program website
Sponsors
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pacific Island Health Officers Association, U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) Departments/Ministries of Health
Deadlines
Jul 31, 2026
Contact

Soulmaz Rostami, MPH
671.735.3337
soulmazr@pihoa.org

Jade San Nicolas Chennaux
671.735.3337
jadec@pihoa.org

Purpose

The Pacific Public Health Fellowship Program (PPHFP) is a 2-year professional development program designed to prepare new college graduates and early career professionals in a variety of public health career pathways to meet emerging and future public health challenges in the Pacific, and to expose individuals to innovations in public health practice, health advocacy, leadership, and policy.

Fellowship learning and training domains include, but are not limited to:

  • Analytics and assessment
  • Policy development and program planning
  • Communication
  • Community partnership
  • Public health sciences
  • Management and finance
  • Leadership and systems thinking

Pacific Public Health Fellows will:

  • Acquire skills and knowledge that will enhance their own future career in public health
  • Gain an understanding of the wide array of employment opportunities in the field of public health
  • Learn how to use the foundational knowledge learned in the PPHFP to work with US Affiliated Pacific Island (USAPI) communities to assure and improve health outcomes
  • Network and make lasting connections with experienced health experts across many sectors of healthcare in the Pacific region
  • Gain exposure to internationally renowned global health leaders from agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), and others
  • Enhance their professional credentials through the completion of program activities and milestones
Eligibility

Potential candidates should:

  • Have a strong interest in pursuing a career in public health in the Pacific region
  • Have completed an associate or bachelor's degree in a field that is applicable to public health such as public health, community health, nursing, allied health, microbiology, environmental science, entomology, or public policy
  • Be early career candidates who have recently graduated within the past five years
Geographic coverage
US Pacific Island Territories
Amount of funding

Fellows are provided a living allowance each year to help defray living expenses for the duration of their 2-year fellowships.

Application process

A link to the online application is available on the program website when applications are being accepted.

Funding type
Educational Opportunities and Fellowships
Tagged as
Allied health · Community health workers · Environmental health · Health disparities · Health workforce education and training · Leadership · Nurses · Policy · Public health · American Samoa · Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands · Federated States of Micronesia · Guam · Republic of Palau · Republic of the Marshall Islands

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