Future Leaders Program - Western Region Public Health Training Center

wrphtc@arizona.edu

The Future Leaders Program provides field placements, faculty-student collaborative projects, and a community of practice for current public health students in the Western Region. A focus is on rural and medically underserved communities.

Program components include:

• An applied public health experience
• 3 virtual exchange sessions with a small cohort of health professions students
• Poster presentation to summarize the public health project
• Supplementary self-paced, online trainings on communication skills

Eligibility requirements:

• Undergraduate juniors or seniors, graduate, or doctoral students pursuing a degree in a health profession. Students enrolled in community colleges in the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands or Tribal Colleges and Universities are also eligible.
• Enrolled at a school and/or conducting project work in the western region
• Students must plan and conduct at least 180 hours of work related to their project, to be completed within one year
• Students must be U.S. citizens, non-citizen U.S. nationals, from the Pacific Freely Associated States, or foreign nationals with a visa permitting permanent residence in the U.S.

Participants will receive a $3,500 stipend.

Links to the student guide, and the application form are available on the program website.

Email completed applications to wrphtc@arizona.edu.