Applying to Host an EIS Officer

What to know

EIS is a competency-based training and experiential service fellowship in applied epidemiology. The EIS fellowship provides the opportunity for clinical and doctoral-level science professionals to learn in a structured two-year service and learning fellowship. By becoming a host site, your team will benefit from the service provided by an EIS officer with valuable clinical and scientific skills.

Being an EIS Host Site

EIS Officer and supervisor get ready in front of a mobile Emergency Operations Center in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
EIS Officer and supervisor get ready in front of a mobile Emergency Operations Center in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

During the two-year fellowship, host sites are responsible for providing supervision, mentorship, and day-to-day experiential training in applied epidemiology. The EIS program provides multiple structured trainings for the officers and guidance and operational support for supervisors. The supervision and mentorship you provide as a host site prepares the officers to be applied epidemiologists and public health leaders, fosters long-term partnerships, and ultimately shapes the public health workforce.

EIS officers benefit from training and support provided by the EIS program and host sites. Benefits to host sites include:

  • Valuable clinical and scientific skills of EIS officer at minimal or no financial cost to the site
  • Opportunities to participate in the EIS program's trainings for supervisors
  • Opportunity to cultivate future public health leaders with a mutual appreciation for and skills needed to successfully navigate complex challenges of interagency networks/collaborations

Key Dates

September 30, 2026

Deadline for field sites (non-CDC headquarters site) to express interest in becoming a new host site by emailing EISOSupport@cdc.gov. New CDC headquarters host sites should contact their EIS Advisory Committee (EAC) representative to discuss internal timelines and approval processes.

December 7, 2026

Host site application portal opens

January 22, 2027

Online application submission deadline; host site application portal closes

Week of February 22, 2027

EIS program notifies host site applicants if they are approved to participate in match

April 20–23, 2027
Recruitment and match process takes place during EIS conference in Atlanta, GA; host site supervisors expected to attend

Early August 2027

EIS officers arrive at their host site assignments

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Content Source:
Public Health Infrastructure Center; Division of Workforce Development