Current Fellows

Please see the checklist for new Public Health Laboratory Fellows. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]

Orientation is housed in APHL’s Learning Center. Fellows are granted access on their first official day in the program, regardless of whether it is their first day physically in the laboratory. 

Complete your Plan of Action form with your mentor within 30 days of starting your fellowship. This plan of action will be reviewed by members of the Fellowships Team. 

Fellows receive enrollment emails from our payroll system, ADP, within three business days of their start date. Payroll needs to be completed by the stated deadline to avoid receiving your stipend late.

Fellows are required to complete a 30-day and 60-day check-in report. The primary purpose is to monitor the progress of the start of the fellowship and ensure the fellow is onboarding appropriately within their host site.  

The check-in​ report will be sent to fellows by the Fellowship Team.​

Quarterly reports will be due every 90 days based on the fellows' individual fellowship timeline. Fellows will receive an email to complete the assignment.

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• LinkedIn 
• Facebook
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The Public Health Laboratory Fellowship Program webinar series features presentations* from a panel of current fellows and interns, alumni fellows and interns and public health industry professionals.

Recordings live in the APHL Learning Center (ALC); see instructions below if you have trouble accessing the site.

* Disclaimer: the recorded webinars will only be available in the APHL Learning Center (ALC) for one year after the live webinar date.

Current public health laboratory fellows and interns share information about their projects and experiences within their designated program area of focus.

Resource Components: 

​All first term fellows are expected to attend the APHL Annual Conference.

APHL will sponsor the travel for each first term fellow, including

• airfare
• hotel
• some mileage
• conference registration
• per diem for meals not provided during the meeting
• transportation to and from the airport. 

First-term fellows will not need to use their allocated professional development funds for travel expenses. More details will be provided by the Fellowship Team prior to the Annual Conference each year.

Please only follow directions outlined in communication sent by the Fellowship Team. Contact us if you have any questions!

The only exception is that if you have submitted a poster abstract, please follow any poster abstract and presentation emails received from the APHL Conference & Events team.

Second term fellows may choose to attend the APHL Annual Conference again but will use their allocated professional development funds to do so instead of being fully sponsored by APHL like in their first term. 

• Second term fellows will need to submit a professional development request
• The APHL Fellowship Team will disburse funds through the fellow's stipend payment after the request is approved​ 
• Airfare will be booked through the APHL Travel Site. The flight cost will be deducted from the allocated professional development funds
• Similar to other conferences attended by fellows as a professional development opportunity, second term fellows will need to book their own arrangements and use the disbursed​ funds for related expenses​​

Printing posters will not be a covered cost and will be out of pocket, though you can submit a professional development fund request.

Tip: To help keep costs down, try to first print at a local or university library that offer poster printing.

Newsletter features

Fellows featured in our quarterly magazine.

Participants by year