Promotion and Recruitment Tools

At a glance

  • Fellows and host site laboratories benefit from the LLS experience.
  • Use these free promotional and recruitment tools to share information about LLS and encourage those interested to apply.

Help us find the next laboratory leaders

Want more people to know about this one-of-a-kind fellowship? Here are tools to help spread the word.

Public health partners: you can use these images and messages to share with your colleagues and networks.

Slide decks

Click a link below to download slides and use them to present the LLS opportunity at conferences, medical schools, or other public health events. If you’re an LLS fellow, you may customize the PowerPoint version by adding your action photos to tell your own LLS story.

LLS fellowship recruitment slide deck

LLS Overview Slides
Informational slide deck image features an LLS fellow at work.

Recruitment flyer

Share this downloadable flyer with your network. You may also print copies of the flyer to distribute during events that coincide with the application period.

Social media posts

How to use: Pair the message with the accompanying photo to post in your social media channels, blogs, newsletters, and websites. To save and use an image, click on, "Download image file" then right click and select "Save picture as." The image file name and format will display. Choose a file folder to save to.

Facebook post and downloadable image

LLS fellow working on lab experiment in the woods.
LLS fellows gain interdisciplinary experience in a variety of settings.

PhD scientists: train to be a lab leader in public health! You can make a difference as a CDC Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS) fellow. Get hands-on training in leadership, lab safety and quality, communications, and applied research. Apply to LLS to lead work with impact beyond the lab bench.https://www.cdc.gov/lls/php/participants/index.html

LinkedIn post and downloadable images

LLS fellow working with lab samples.
LLS fellows receive training in a variety of laboratory and public health projects.

Calling all laboratory scientists! Transition your career to public health by joining CDC’s Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS)! LLS fellows receive hands-on training from public health experts and lead projects at CDC and in the field. Learn More: https://www.cdc.gov/lls/php/about/index.html

Twitter post and downloadable image

LLS fellow using lab equipment to examine samples.
LLS fellows bring applied laboratory science to public health practice.

@CDC Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS) fellows are #DiseaseDetectives who provide critical laboratory expertise to #PublicHealth investigations. Don't miss your chance to become a driving force in the world of laboratory leadership. Learn more about this unique public health training experience: https://www.cdc.gov/lls/php/about/index.html

Instagram post and downloadable image

LLS fellow working with lab samples at night.
LLS fellows provide daily mission-critical expertise and service to federal, state, and local public health laboratories and support public health investigations.

Attention PhD lab scientists! Take your career beyond the lab bench and make a difference as a CDC #DiseaseDetective. Learn more about what could be your next big career move! https://www.cdc.gov/lls/php/about/index.html

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Laboratory scientists can become influential public health leaders and disease detectives

CDC's Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS) is looking for PhD laboratory scientists ready to build leadership skills while applying laboratory expertise to solve real-world public health problems.

Fellow working in lab
LLS fellow Roxana Rodriguez Stewart processes clinical specimens and provides laboratory capacity support during mpox response efforts in Washington, D.C., in the fall of 2022.

As an LLS fellow, you’ll apply your laboratory expertise to an unparalleled experience in a CDC, state, local, or territorial public health lab. As a disease detective you will work alongside CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officers and other experts while responding to public health emergencies. You will lead laboratory capacity-building projects and cutting-edge research for your host program and provide expert support on laboratory safety and quality initiatives. LLS alumni most often credit the specialized leadership and communications training received during their fellowship as key to preparing them for leadership careers in public health.

Learn about the LLS program, experience, and application process