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Application Cycle for 2010 Program is now closed.

 

This unique experience brings 40 to 50 students to Washington, DC to attend a three-day leadership symposium which serves to guide them in their own implementation of a micro-grant funded, community-based health education project.

 

 

 

Paul Ambrose Scholars will:

• Obtain tools to practice the knowledge and skills learned at the symposium through a faculty-mentored project conducted at their community or institution.
• Gain a deeper understanding of the complexities and varying perspectives of public health. They will learn methods to effect change in their own community in the areas of: health
  policy, health literacy, project planning, and health care finance and delivery.

Symposium

The Symposium is a non-traditional and interactive forum held in Washington, DC in June. The Symposium provides skills-based training by leaders in public health. Past speakers have included Surgeons General, public health officials, industry experts and veteran public health practitioners. This diverse group of thought-provoking leaders has expertise in areas including:

“You will grow and change, you will be challenged, and you will go home with a new perspective on public health.”
~ PASP Alumnus

 

Eligibility

Students must have five years of post-secondary education and be actively involved in one of the following areas of study:

• Dentistry
• Allopathic Medicine
• Osteopathic Medicine
• Graduate Nursing
• Pharmacy
• Graduate Physician Assistant

*Please Note: The program offers introductory public health information; students enrolled in public health programs or with graduate degrees in public health are NOT eligible. Applicant graduating in the spring/summer 2010 are NOT eligible.

 

Applications

The application annoucement is usually released in the late fallto early winter of each year.

 

For More Information

Phone:(202) 463-0550 ext. 137 or toll free (866) 520-APTR | Email

 

 

The Paul Ambrose Scholars Program is sponsored by the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

 

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