CDC-Hubert Global Health Award

The CDC-Hubert Global Health Award, endowed by the O.C. Hubert Charitable Trust is designed to encourage students to think of public health in a global context. Established in 1999, the original fellowship provided an opportunity for third- and fourth-year medical and veterinary students to gain public health experience in an international setting. Hubert fellows spent six to twelve weeks in a developing country working on a priority health problem in conjunction with CDC staff.

In 2020, the fellowship transitioned. Now called the CDC-Hubert Global Health Award (Hubert Award), it provides a stipend for competitively selected medical or veterinary students, residents, physicians, or veterinarians who successfully completed their 6 or 8-week EEP rotation during the past five years (2019–2023). The Hubert Award is awarded annually to up to 12 EEP graduates per year who are ready to take the next steps on their journey to becoming leaders in the fields of public health, global health, and One Health and are interested in applying to the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) in the near future. Selected applicants will receive a stipend of $1,300 each to support travel and hotel expenses to attend the 2024 EIS conference (April 23–26, 2024) and any additional public health training of their choice.

Since its inception in 1975, EEP has provided approximately 2,100 future physicians and veterinarians opportunities to gain experience with applied epidemiology and public health under the mentorship of CDC subject matter experts. EEP students have helped investigate domestic and global public health problems such as infectious disease outbreaks, natural disasters, chronic diseases and limited access to health care. Students often participate in surveillance, analyze data, assist with outbreak investigations and contribute to CDC publications and recommendations. Project assignments in global health have largely supported CDC’s mission to protect domestic public health by helping other countries respond to global health threats. This competitive program offers 6- or 8-week rotations largely based at CDC headquarters. 

The 2024 Hubert Award application has closed. 2024 Award winners will be notified in January 2024 and are expected to attend the EIS conference and awardee events in Atlanta, Georgia from April 23–26, 2024. The 2025 Hubert Award application will open in November 2024.

For questions about the Epidemiology Elective Program, please visit the CDC page.