Environmental Health Laboratory Fellowship

​The program is a full-time working fellowship for bachelor's-, master's- and doctoral-level scientists. The program term is one year, with a possible extension. Fellows are placed in state, local and territorial public health laboratories as well as environmental and chemical laboratories, where they will receive training in bench-level laboratory skills and methods and assist with high-priority environmental health testing, surveillance and exposure assessment. Fellows will gain an understanding of the public health laboratory system and how it relates to environmental health, exposure reduction, surveillance and intervention.

Once in their host laboratories, fellows are supervised by an experienced mentor and work on bench-level projects proposed by the host laboratory. Fellows may have opportunities to collaborate with federal (CDC) public health laboratories. In addition to project-specific work, fellows participate in program orientation and distance-based training and learning activities to achieve proficiency in select public health laboratory core competencies. ​

Fellows receive a stipend, allowances for health insurance and professional development, and complimentary student membership to APHL. The 2022 stipend range is $41,000–$68,000/year depending on degree, experience and host laboratory location.