The Paul Ambrose Scholars Program introduces health professions students to influential public health professionals and prepares them to be leaders in addressing public health challenges.
This unique experience provides scholarships for 40 students to
attend a three-day leadership symposium and conduct a funded community-based health education project. Students will:
Obtain tools to practice the knowledge and skills learned at the symposium through a faculty-mentored project conducted at their community or institution.
Gain a deeper understanding of the complexities and varying perspectives of public health. They will learn methods to effect change in their own community in the areas of:
health policy, health literacy, project planning, and health care finance and delivery.
Eligibility
Students must have five years of post-secondary education and be actively involved in one of the following areas of study:
The Paul Ambrose Scholars Program is sponsored by the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), in collaboration with the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) and Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH)