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“Programs such as the Lilly Fellowship permit scientists to take critical knowledge back to their countries, implement the technologies and train others.” - Harold Margolis, M.D. |
Fellowship Overview
Established in 1998, the Lilly International Laboratory Fellowship is a one-year program designed for non-U.S. citizen doctoral-level (Ph.D., M.D., D.V.M. or equivalent) scientists with an emphasis on professional development in laboratory-related aspects of infectious diseases. The program supports seven fellows focusing on a range of infectious disease threats. Fellows are placed in U.S. public health laboratories that best match the training and research needs of the fellow and demonstrate a commitment and capacity to host an international scientist.
Sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company in partnership with the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), CDC and the CDC Foundation, the program’s objectives include:
- Training a network of laboratory leaders throughout the globe to provide rapid, multinational responses to infectious disease threats
- Reinforcing the public health laboratory system and strengthening its relationship to infectious disease surveillance, prevention, research and control, including issues related to antimicrobial resistance
- Establishing linkages and ongoing professional and educational relationships among leaders in infectious diseases from public health, academia and industry around the world
- Enabling fellows to gain skills in the latest laboratory techniques and technology, and thereby build the laboratory capacity for addressing diseases endemic to their home countries
A specific objective-based laboratory curriculum is developed for each fellow depending on his/her areas of need and interest. The curriculum may focus on laboratory management issues such as public health laboratory operations, outbreak investigations, laboratory safety and data management systems. Fellows participate in an orientation session at CDC that provides an overview of the U.S. public health laboratory system and how it relates to infectious disease surveillance, prevention, research and control.
The Lilly International Laboratory Fellowship represents one track of the three-track Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Fellowship program that also includes the Advanced Laboratory Training Fellowship and a Post-doctoral Laboratory Research Fellowship.
To request an application for the Lilly International Laboratory Fellowship program for non-U.S. citizens, please send an e-mail to fellowships@aphl.org.
For more information about the EID Advanced Laboratory Training Fellowship and the EID Post-doctoral Laboratory Fellowship please visit www.aphl.org.