Lerner Center Fellowships
LERNER CENTER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
The Summer Lerner Research Fellowship Program was established to support MPH students who are committed to the discovery and application of evidence-based health promotion and health communication practices. The program allows fellows to apply their academic training to the science of health promotion and health communication. Summer fellows are compensated, and work on multiple research projects, guided under the mentorship of Center staff and faculty. The application cycle is currently closed.
Read about Samantha Khandakji's experience as a Lerner Center Research Fellow!
LERNER CENTER HEALTH COMMUNICATION FELLOWSHIP
With its unique focus on health communications and community engagement, the Health Communication Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for public health students to engage in hands-on, practice-based skills building. This new program supports the implementation of newly designed protocols to increase Upper Manhattan's community engagement with the Get Healthy Harlem and Get Healthy Heights websites. Students will have the unique opportunity to develop a portfolio of health literate, geographically-focused, culturally-relevant consumer-facing content for online use, as well as to develop practical skills in curating social media channels. The application cycle is currently closed.
LERNER CENTER SERVICE LEARNING FELLOWSHIP
For two years, the Lerner Center supported interprofessional education, service learning, community-based participatory research in Puerto Rico through the Lerner Service Learning Fellowship. To learn more about the project and our past Service Learning Fellows, view their presentation.
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SUMMER 2023 LERNER CENTER FELLOW:
Paola C. Jiménez Muñoz (she/her) This summer, Paola assisted with operating procedures for Dr. DuPont-Reyes’ Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded project that aims to identify disparities in health and mental health communications across Spanish and English media. Specifically, Paola helped adapt an existing codebook made for television content analysis to radio content analysis. Paola also directed the translation of the codebook to be reviewed by the project’s Latinx Advisory Council to ensure cultural validity. Furthermore, Paola is leading trainings of the use of Dedoose qualitative software to apply the adapted codebook among four coders. Apart from refining her qualitative skills, Paola expanded her knowledge of quantitative analysis software (Stata) under the guidance of Dr. DuPont-Reyes. Finally, Paola supported administrative preparations of a NIMH-funded R21 grant led by Dr. DuPont-Reyes. The opportunities and support available during the Lerner Summer Research Fellowship enriched Paola’s experiential training overall. Paola looks forward to continuing her work as a graduate student with Dr. DuPont-Reyes and her team!