The European Public Health Microbiology Training (EUPHEM) call for fellows opens today. The programme, coordinated and funded by ECDC, will recruit 4 fellows for a two-year training programme in public health microbiology.
 
The aim of the training is to enable the fellows to carry out activities related to the specific area of public health microbiology: public health microbiology management, applied public health microbiology and laboratory investigations,   surveillance, outbreak investigation,  bio risk management, quality management, research, communication and teaching. 

Applicants should have a post-secondary education (diploma) in microbiology or a related subject (medicine, veterinary, pharmacology, biomedicine etc.), with at least three years of experience of microbiology (any microbiology disciplines), or a post-secondary education (diploma) and a PhD degree in microbiology or equivalent (clinical microbiology specialist). Previous experience in public health and a keen interest in epidemiology are required.  Nationals of an EU Member State or Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway can apply. The EUPHEM Cohort 2012 starts on 17 September 2012.
 
To submit an application, please read the call for application and the rules governing the EUPHEM fellowship on the Fellowships page.
 
Read more about the programme on the European Public Health Microbiology Training (EUPHEM) website
 
Deadline for application is 26 February 2012, at 24.00 CET.