The WRPHTC’s Future Leaders is a program designed to support students conducting applied public health experiences by providing training, funding (a $3,500 stipend), and community during the course of their projects. Program components include:
- An applied public health experience (i.e., field placement or faculty-student collaborative project)
- 3 virtual exchange sessions with a small cohort of health professions students
- Poster presentation to summarize your public health project
- Supplementary self-paced online training on communication skills
Applications for the spring semester are due January 31
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The Future Leaders program is an initiative by the Western Region Public Health Training Center to support students conducting applied public health experiences by providing training and funding during the course of their projects. Students must conduct either a field placement or faculty-student collaborative project to take part in the Future Leaders program.
- Field Placement Project: A structured experience that provides students with opportunities to apply their knowledge and skills in a public health setting (such as with a nonprofit or public health agency or organization) under the guidance of an experienced professional.
- Faculty-Student Collaborative Project: A research project and/or community intervention led by a faculty advisor where students collaborate with a public health agency to enhance public health services to rural and/or medically underserved communities.
The goal of these projects is to provide students with applied public health experience under the guidance of faculty and field placement preceptors. Both types of projects should have specific target populations that include underserved communities and project goals that center achieving health equity in these communities.
The WRPHTC will provide stipends to support students accepted into the Future Leaders program through support from the HRSA.