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From: "Mack, Karin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 4:14 PM
Subject: FW: Applications for the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS)
Program are due September 15, 2005
> Applications for the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Program are
> due September 15, 2005
>
> The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epidemic Intelligence
> Service (EIS) is the nation's premier epidemiology training service. The
> EIS program plays a vital role in the national and global public health
> system. CDC EIS officers become the federal government’s public health
> “detectives” and trainees, with many of the world’s leading experts as
> their mentors. The prestigious, two-year salaried program trains health
> and safety professionals on projects that span the nation and the world.
>
> The EIS program trains post-doctorates in the practice of applied
> epidemiology and public health. Within the CDC’s National Center for
> Injury Prevention and Control (Injury Center), EIS officers play pivotal
> roles researching and identifying the root causes of major injury- and
> violence-related topics and events. These include terrorist or natural
> disasters; child maltreatment; sexual assault; violence; suicide; motor
> vehicle crashes; sports and recreational injury; injury in the home; and
> mass casualty events.
>
> Those who qualify for the EIS program are given rare opportunities for
> field-aid, travel, research, surveillance, and peer-reviewed publication.
> EIS officers in CDC’s Injury Center have been involved in investigations
> of the terrorist attacks in New York and Oklahoma; school-associated
> violent deaths; teenage traffic fatalities; sport and recreation injuries;
> suicide clusters among adolescents and physicians in training;
> unintentional poisonings; violence against women and children; and
> post-conflict violence and health in international settings.
>
> Health-related professionals such as sociologists, anthropologists,
> epidemiologists, nurses, physicians, psychologists, and veterinarians
> qualify to join the CDC EIS program. CDC EIS officers have become national
> and international leaders as CDC directors, deans of top schools of
> medicine and public health, leaders in the World Health Organization
> (WHO), and directors of government agencies.
>
> To learn more about EIS assignments in CDC’s Injury Center, contact Dr.
> Lynda Doll at 770-488-4233 or [log in to unmask] For an application or to
> learn more about the EIS program, contact the CDC Epidemiology Program
> Office by phone at 1-888-496-8347 (toll free) or online at www.cdc.gov/eis
> <http://www.cdc.gov/eis> .
>
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