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U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps BEST KEPT SECRETSScholarships, Loan Repayment, andFellowships by Agency (Continued)NHSC Loan Repayment Program (Continued)Criteria for eligibility include:• U.S. citizen or national• Trained and licensed as an allopathic (MD) or osteopathic(DO) physician.NHSC loan repayors are committed to serve 2 years (full-time)or 4 years (part-time) at an approved site in a designated HealthProfessional Shortage Area.Many types of health care facilities are approved NHSC sites.About half of NHSC clinicians fulfill their service commitmentat federally-supported health centers. Health center clinicianscan be granted medical malpractice liability protection throughthe Federal Tort Claims Act. Other types of NHSC approvedsites include rural health clinics, Indian Health Service clinics,public health department clinics, hospital-affiliated primarycare practices, managed care networks, prisons, and U.S.Immigration and Customs and Enforcement sites.National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesFellowship ProgramThis is a three-year clinical and research training program ineither allergy/immunology or infectious diseases. The purposeof the program is to prepare physicians for an academic careerin allergy/immunology or infectious diseases. Trainees havethe opportunity to engage in collaborative research projects atvarious locations around the world. The first year of the programis spent exclusively in clinical rotations. In the second and thirdyears, trainees pursue their individual research interests underthe direction of a faculty research mentor.NIH National Cancer Institute Prevention FellowshipThis is a four year fellowship program and consists of one yearfor obtaining a Masters in Public Health and then three years ofmentored cancer prevention research.http://www3.cancer.gov/prevention/pob/index.html andhttp://www3.cancer.gov/prevention/pob/Loan repayors negotiate their salaries with the employing site.National Institutes of Health (NIH)NIH Postdoctoral Training IntramuralResearch ProgramTo be eligible for participation in the intramural LRPs, you mustmeet the following criteria:• Citizenship—you must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, orpermanent resident of the U.S.• Must have an M.D. or D.O. degree• Employment—you must be employed by or have a firmcommitment of employment from an authorized official ofthe NIH. Your appointment as a full-time NIH employee mustbe in a laboratory or branch that is part of the IntramuralResearch Program of your Institute or Center. You must havea formal appointment in the Intramural Research Programof the Institute or Center, e.g., adjunct investigator. Foradditional information, visit: https://www.training.nih.gov/postdoctoral/index.aspcaptionCenters for Disease Control and PreventionCDC Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) ProgramThe Epidemic Intelligence Service is a unique 2-year, postgraduateprogram of service and on-the-job training for healthprofessionals interested in the practice of epidemiology. Everyyear, 70-80 people are selected and assigned to CDC orstate/ local health department positions. EIS officers conductepidemiologic investigations, research, and public healthsurveillance nationally and internationally.WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/USPHS 800-279-1605 WWW.USPHS.GOV8