Physical Activity & Community Design CDC Fellowship

The CDC’s Physical Activity and Health Branch is currently seeking applicants for an ORISE Fellow opportunity. This would be a great role for anyone interested in promoting physical activity through active transportation policy, systems, and community design and/or anyone pursuing the dual MPH/MCRP. The deadline to apply for this fellowship is August 30th. Please review and apply via the job announcement here: https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/CDC-NCCDPHP-DNPAO-2023-0179

This fellowship will provide training in the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity’s (DNPAO) Priority Strategy in Physical Activity: Increasing Physical Activity Through Community Design (https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/community-strategies/activity-friendly-routes-to-everyday-destinations.html). This strategy is focused on equitably increasing physical activity through the implementation of policies and activities to connect pedestrian, bicycle, or transit transportation networks (called activity-friendly routes) to everyday destinations, while being a team participant with a diverse group of public health professionals, including epidemiologists, behavioral scientists, and evaluation specialists. The selected participant will gain experience in research, evaluation, evidence synthesis, and translation for policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) strategies (e.g., active transportation plans, Complete Streets policies, comprehensive plans, demonstration projects, project funding criteria) related to equitably increasing physical activity through community design.

If you have additional questions about the nature of the work, please contact the position mentor, Heather Devlin (jji3@cdc.gov). If you have questions about the application process, after reviewing the program website, please email ORISE.CDC.NCCDPHP@orau.org and include the reference code for this opportunity.