The Paul Ambrose Scholars Program introduces health professions students to influential public health professionals and prepares them to be leaders in addressing public health challenges.
Deadline | February 6th 2012 Symposium dates: June 21-24, 2012
The Paul Ambrose Scholars Program exposes health professions students to influential public health professionals and prepares them to be leaders in addressing population health challenges at the national and community level. Scholarships are awarded to students to attend a leadership symposium in Washington, DC and conduct a community-based health education project at their institution. 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.
Since 2002, more than 400 students from 160 academic institutions have become Paul Ambrose Scholars, equipped with leadership and organizational skills in public health education that can only be found outside of the classroom.
Participating Surgeons General have included:
David Satcher, MD
17th U.S. Surgeon General
Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS
16th U.S. Surgeon General
Regina Benjamin
18th U.S. Surgeon General
Symposium: June 21-24, 2012
The symposium is a non-traditional and interactive forum held in Washington, DC from June 21-24, 2012. Participants must be in attendance for all four days of the symposium. 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.
Community-Based Project
Following the symposium, scholars receive a micro-grant to develop and implement a faculty-mentored health promotion or disease prevention project within their institution or community. With support from APTR, students have one year to complete this unique health promotion project. Detailed examples of past projects can be found on the APTR website.
Eligibility
Scholars are selected through a through a competitive application process. Applicants must be students in one of the following areas of graduate study at an accredited institution within the United States (students graduating in 2012 are NOT eligible):
• Allopathic Medicine
• Dentistry
• Graduate Nursing
• Graduate Physician Assistant
• Osteopathic Medicine
• Pharmacy
• Physical Therapy (D.P.T.)
*Note: The symposium presents introductory information for clinical students without prior advanced public health training. Students enrolled in public health programs or students with graduate degrees in public health are NOT eligible.
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)
