Public - Private Partnerships
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
Foundation/Pfizer Visiting Professorship Program in Family Medicine
In partnership with the AAFP, Pfizer offers the opportunity institutions to apply for 3 days of
expert teaching and interaction during the academic year. The guest faculty member may give lectures, as well as
participate in rounds, seminars, and conferences
American College of Preventive Medicine/Pfizer Practicum
Rotation in Health Policy and Preventive Medicine
This program is intended to give preventive medicine residents an opportunity
to take part in preventive medicine policy activities during a 3-month rotation
in the nation's capital. Award recipients also spend one day at Pfizer's
Washington, DC, office, learning about pharmaceutical industry policy issues.
American Federation for Aging (AFAR) Research Grants
AFAR provides up to $100,000 for a one- to two-year award to junior faculty
(M.D.s and Ph.D.s) to conduct research that will serve as the basis for longer term research
efforts. AFAR-supported investigators study a broad range of biomedical and clinical topics
including the causes of cellular senescence, the role of estrogen in the development of
osteoporosis, the genetic factors associated with Alzheimer's disease, the effects of nutrition
and exercise on the aging process, and much more. Since 1981, over 680 AFAR Research Grants have been awarded.
American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation Minority
Scholars Award
The program offers Minority Scholars Awards up to $10,000 each year.
Applicants must be current first- or second-year medical students and citizens
or permanent residents of the United States. Eligible backgrounds include
African American/Black, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, Alaska Native, and
Hispanic/Latino.
American Public Health Association (APHA) Public Health
Fellowship in Government
Provides a unique public policy learning experience for candidates with strong public
health credentials who wish to spend one year in Washington, D.C. working in a
congressional office on legislative and policy issues related to health, the
environment or other critical public health issues. Award recipients also spend
one day at Pfizer’s Washington, DC office learning about pharmaceutical
industry policy issues and present a summary of their sponsored work during the
previous year.
CDC-Hubert Global Health Fellowship
This fellowship provides third and fourth year medical and veterinary students with valuable public health experience in an international setting. The main focus of the fellowship is a 6 to 12 week field assignment. Fellows are mentored by experienced CDC staff and learn through hands-on experience while working on a public health project in a developing country.
NIH Clinical Research Training
Program (CRTP)
The Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP) for Medical and Dental Students
is a 12-month program designed to attract the most creative, research-oriented
medical and dental students to the intramural campus of the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Participants, known as Fellows, spend a
year engaged in a mentored clinical or translational research project in an
area that matches their personal interests and goals.
Student National Medical Association (SNMA) David E.
Satcher, MD Research Fellowship Program
Fellowship awards to support research focusing on racial and
ethnic health disparities, which includes, but is not limited to, research in
obesity prevention and intervention. Research may be within the basic sciences,
clinical sciences, or public health.
The CDC Experience Applied Epidemiology Fellowship
The CDC Experience Applied Epidemiology Fellowship at CDC provides medical students with an applied hands-on training experience in epidemiology and public health. Eight competitively selected medical students from around the country who are completing their second or third year of medical school will spend up to one full year at the CDC in Atlanta, Georgia. While at CDC, with the guidance of experienced CDC epidemiologists, they carry out epidemiologic analyses in areas such as birth defects, injury, chronic disease, infectious disease, environmental health, reproductive health and minority health.