Fellows

Post Graduate Fellowship in Emergency Public Health

The UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters offers a two-year fellowship for emergency medicine physicians interested in pursuing a Master of Public Health degree from the UCLA School of Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, with a concentration in Emergency Public Health.

The Two-Year Fellowship Program Includes:

• Formal MPH education
• Active attending responsibilities in the UCLA Emergency Medicine Center
• Supervised work on research/training projects with the UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters
• Field internship based in an agency that directly addresses the principles of emergency public health

Candidate Requirements:

• Residency trained emergency medicine physician
• Career interest in the public health impact of natural and human-generated disasters
• Acceptance into this program is contingent upon both:
  -- Admission to the UCLA School of Public Health (application information may be obtained on the school's website at www.ph.ucla.edu)
  -- Appointment as a post-graduate Fellow in the UCLA Emergency Medicine Center

Fellowship Provides:

• Stipend and tuition for two years of study in the MPH program
• Part-time clinical supervision of house officers in the UCLA Emergency Medicine Center, a Level I Trauma Center and Paramedic on-line medical control base station

Fellowship Goal:

At the completion of this fellowship, the graduate student should be prepared for professional activities in one of two major areas:
1) A leadership role in a public health agency in the field of emergency public health planning and response.
2) An academic position that synthesizes emergency medicine and emergency public health.

For more information about the fellowship, contact Dr. Steven Rottman or Dr. Kimberley Shoaf at cphdr@ucla.edu.