USF creates public health fellowship
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The University of Saint Francis is launching a new public health fellowship program to increase Fort Wayne community connections and prepare students for work in underserved areas.
The university’s Center for Integrated Public Health Education and Research (CIPHER) oversees the fellowship, which will select two undergraduate or graduate students for the eight-week program.
Students will spent that time in an interdisciplinary learning space to study skills and vocational needs to work in underserved communities and find solutions to improve public health, USF said.
“The opportunity for CIPHER to have fellowships is a great benefit to the community,” CIPHER Executive Director Dr. Amelia Clark said in a news release. “Students who become fellows will have a meaningful, real-world experience that complements their coursework. Fellows will have a firsthand experience in building relationships, learning the importance of collaboration and how they can use their skills to generate social impact.”
In the program’s first year, the fellows will work address maternal and child health and/or nutrition
The program is supported in part by a $28,000 grant from the St. Joseph Community Health Foundation.