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AEF Class XV graduates

Applied Epidemiology Fellowship

Created in 2003, the Applied Epidemiology Fellowship (AEF) is designed for recent master’s or doctoral-level graduates in epidemiology or a related
field who are interested in public health practice at the state or local level. The program provides rigorous training and mentorship for its participants
while also being flexible to meet the subject area interests of the fellow. Fellows develop a set of core skills through competency-based training.
Based on the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) program and using a mentorship model, the fellowship offers a unique opportunity for graduates to
develop epidemiologic skills with high quality, on-the-job training. Fellows work closely with highly trained and experienced epidemiologists at the state
and local level, as well as those working at the federal level with CDC. Overall, 84% of fellowship graduates worked in state, local, or federal public health
agencies for a least one year following the fellowship.

Fellow Spotlights

Brooke Talbot, MS, a Class XVI foodborne infectious disease fellow at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, was
activated to support New York City’s Bureau of Immunizations during the measles outbreak that began in October 2018. She assisted in
development and training of a systematic workflow for household contact tracing during the emergency response, communicated and
coordinated with case investigators about case contacts’ immune status and eligibility for post-exposure prophylaxis, and coordinated with
primary care providers of cases. She also identified and notified buildings with multiple cases and identified potential geographic chains of
transmission using Google Earth.

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