Deadline: January 8, 2027
Applications are open for the CDC Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness (PE) Fellowship 2027. CDC’s Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness (PE) Fellowship is a two-year, post-doctoral, applied training fellowship. It addresses public health demand for quantitative policy analysis, health economics-based inquiry, integrative health services research, and rigorous decision modeling.
The Traditional Track is offered for economists and health services researchers. The Analytics and Modeling Track is intended for disease modelers, ecologists, operations researchers, industrial engineers, and applied mathematicians.
Since 1995, CDC has recruited and trained more than 300 effective decision scientists through the fellowship. With each new class, the PE Fellowship builds a cadre of scientists whose research provides vital information to decision makers. CDC, congress, and nongovernmental agencies use information on resource allocation to maximize the impact of public health programs.
Benefits
Fellows are paid at the General Schedule (GS) 12, step 3 level. They receive the same benefits as other federal employees, including medical insurance and leave.
Fellows can be eligible for a salary increase after the first year of their fellowship, based on performance and written recommendation by appropriate management officials.
Eligibility
Applicants must hold a PhD (or equivalent) with all requirements completed before the start of the fellowship.
All applicants with degrees obtained at non-US institutions may be asked to provide documentation of an academic credentialing evaluation to ensure degree requirements are equivalent on request. This demonstrates how the foreign degree equates to academic degrees issued in the United States. Additionally, degrees must be translated into English.
Applicants must be in one of the following groups to be considered for the program.
US citizens
US Permanent Residents
Non-United States citizens or US Permanent Residents eligible for one of the following visas/work authorizations:
OPT STEM extension covering the entire two years of the fellowship (for current F1 visa-holders)
TN visa authorized under the current United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) for eligible citizens of Canada and Mexico
J1 cultural exchange visa (or J2 visa as spouse of J1-holder)
H1B visa
Other applicable visa that authorizes work in the US
Non-US citizen candidates who advance in the selection process will be contacted to discuss their visa and work authorization.
Eligible degrees include the following
Traditional Track
Economics
Agricultural economics
Health services research
Public health
Other related quantitative field
Analytics and Modeling Track
Epidemiology
Infectious disease modeling
Disease ecology
Applied mathematics
Operations research or industrial engineering
Biological science
Data science
Evolutionary or analytic biology
Other related quantitative field
Application
The Class of 2027 fellowship application is open September 8, 2026, through January 8, 2027.
Click here to apply
For more information, visit CDC Steven M. Teutsch PE Fellowship.