Where Associates Work

What to know

  • The Public Health Associate Program for Recent Graduates (PHAP) is a training program for early-career public health professionals with a recent college degree and an interest in public service and public health.
  • Associates are assigned to host sites throughout the United States and U.S. territories.

2023 and 2024 Classes By State

Associates work at host sites including state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies, nongovernmental organizations such as community-based organizations, public health institutes and associations, and academic institutions.

This map shows which states and territories are currently hosting associates and the number of associates serving in each. Below the map is a list of all PHAP host sites by state/U.S. territory.

Contacts

No associates are assigned to this state.

Host Site: Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Location: Anchorage, AK
Subject Areas: Chronic Disease: Population Health

Host Site: Arizona Department of Health Services
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Subject Area: Environmental Health: General

Host Site: Arkansas Department of Health
Location: Little Rock, AR
Subject Area: Tuberculosis Prevention

Host Site: CDC Los Angeles Port Health Station
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Subject Area: Other Infectious Disease: Quarantine Station

Host Site: CDC San Francisco Port Health Station
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Subject Area: Other Infectious Disease: Quarantine Station

Host Site: City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Long Beach, CA
Subject Areas: Other Infectious Disease: Notifiable disease surveillance and reporting, Healthcare associated infections; Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention

Host Site: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Subject Areas: HIV/AIDS Prevention; Tuberculosis Prevention

Host Site: Boulder County Public Health
Location: Boulder, CO
Subject Areas: Health Equity/Access to Care; Maternal & Child Health: Early childhood development

No associates are assigned to this state.

Host Site: CNMI Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation
Location: Saipan, MP
Subject Area: Health Department Quality Improvement

Host Site: American College of Preventive Medicine
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Areas: Chronic Disease: Population Health

Host Site: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP)
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Areas: Maternal & Child Health: Early childhood development

Host Site: Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Areas: Health Policy & Law

Host Site: District of Columbia Department of Health
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention; Public Health Surveillance (General)

Host Site: District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: Public Health Surveillance (General)

Host Site: United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: Injury Prevention: Unintentional (falls, water safety)

No associates are assigned to this state.

Host Site: Brevard Health Alliance
Location: Melbourne, FL
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention

Host Site: Florida Department of Health
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Subject Areas: Tuberculosis Prevention; Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response

Host Site: Martin County Health Department
Location: Stuart, FL
Subject Area: Public Health Surveillance (General)

Host Site: Seminole County Health Department
Location: Sanford, FL
Subject Area: Tuberculosis Prevention

Host Site: CDC Atlanta Port Health Station
Location: Macon, GA
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention

Host Site: District 5, Unit 2: North Central District
Location: Macon, GA
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention

Host Site: Gwinnett County Health Department
Location: Lawrenceville, GA
Subject Areas: Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention; Tuberculosis Prevention; Public Health Surveillance (General)

Host Site: Hawaii State Department of Health - Kauai District Health Office
Location: Lihue, HI
Subject Area: Maternal & Child Health: Early childhood development

No associates are assigned to this state.

Host Site: Chicago Department of Public Health
Location: Chicago, IL
Subject Areas: Immunizations; Tuberculosis Prevention; Health Equity/Access to Care

Host Site: Oak Park Department of Public Health
Location: Oak Park, IL
Subject Areas: Injury Prevention: Violence (interpersonal)

Host Site: Indiana Department of Health
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Subject Areas: Injury Prevention: Opioid/Prescription drug overdose; Chronic Disease: Tobacco prevention and control

Host Site: Iowa Cancer Consortium
Location: Coralville, IL
Subject Area: Chronic Disease: Cancer Prevention and Control

No associates are assigned to this state.

Host Site: Kentucky Department of Public Health
Location: Frankfort, KY
Subject Areas: Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)/Community Health Assessments (CHA); Injury Prevention: Opioid/Prescription drug overdose

Host Site: City of New Orleans Department of Health
Location: New Orleans, LA
Subject Areas: HIV/AIDS Prevention

Host Site: City of Portland Public Health Division
Location: Portland, ME
Subject Area: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response

Host Site: Association of Immunization Managers
Location: Rockville, MD
Subject Area: Immunizations

No associates are assigned to this state.

Host Site: Washtenaw County Public Health Department
Location: Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti, MI
Subject Area: Environmental Health: General; Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)/Community Health Assessments (CHA)

Host Site: Minneapolis Department, Health and Family Support
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Subject Area: Adolescent/School-based Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention

No associates are assigned to this state.

Host Site: Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation
Location: Springfield, MO
Subject Area: Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention

Host Site: Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council
Location: Billings, MT
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care

Host Site: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Lincoln, NE
Subject Area: Influenza

Host Site: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public and Behavioral Health
Location: Carson City, NV
Subject Area: Chronic Disease: Nutrition/Obesity Prevention/Physical Activity Promotion

Host Site: Southern Nevada Health District
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Subject Area: Other Infectious Disease: Foodborne/waterborne disease human illness-surveillance/investigation/prevention

Host Site: New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Concord, NH
Subject Area: Immunizations

Host Site: New Jersey Department of Health
Location: Trenton, NJ
Subject Area: Other Infectious Disease: Foodborne/waterborne disease human illness-surveillance/investigation/prevention

Host Site: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Location: Newark, NJ
Subject Area: Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention

Host Site: Rutgers University NJ Medical School
Location:
Newark, NJ
Subject Area:
Tuberculosis Prevention

Host Site: Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc.
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Subject Areas: Health Department Quality Improvement; Adolescent & School Health (non-STI)

Host Site: New Mexico Department of Health
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Subject Areas: Immunizations

Host Site: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Location: Queens/Long Island City/New York, NY
Subject Areas: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response; Tuberculosis Prevention; Immunizations

Host Site: Orange County Department of Health
Location: Goshen, NY
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care

Host Site: Mecklenburg County Health Department
Location: Charlotte, NC
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention

Host Site: Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Public Health and Human Services Division
Location: Cherokee, NC
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention

Host Site: Pamlico County Health Department
Location: Bayboro, NC
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care

Host Site: Public Health Authority of Cabarrus County
Location: Kannapolis, NC
Subject Area: Public Health Policy & Law; Adolescent & School Health (non-STI); Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response

Host Site: NC Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Raleigh, NC
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention

Host Site: WNC Bridge Foundation
Location: Asheville, NC
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care

No associates are assigned to this state.

Host Site: Neighborhood Health Care, Inc.
Location:
Cleveland, OH
Subject Area:
Health Equity/Access to Care

Host Site: Clermont County Public Health
Location:
Batavia, OH
Subject Area:
Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention

Host Site: Ohio Department of Health
Location: Columbus, OH
Subject Area: Other Infectious Disease: Foodborne/waterborne disease human illness surveillance/investigation/prevention

Host Site: The Chickasaw Nation Medical Center, Division of Research and Public Health
Location: Ada, OK
Subject Area: Maternal & Child Health: Early childhood development

Host Site: Marion County Health Department
Location: Salem, OR
Subject Area: Chronic Disease: Tobacco prevention and control

No associates are assigned to this state.

Host Site: CDC Dengue Branch
Location: San Juan, PR
Subject Area: Health Department Quality Improvement

Host Site: Rhode Island Department of Health
Location:
Providence, RI
Subject Area:
Adolescent & School Health (non-STI); Injury Prevention: Violence (interpersonal)

Host Site: Spartanburg Regional Healthcare Foundation
Location:
Spartanburg, SC
Subject Area:
Adolescent/School-based Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention

No associates are assigned to this state.

Host Site: City of Chattanooga- Office of Community Health
Location:
Chattanooga, TN
Subject Area:
Injury Prevention: Violence (interpersonal)

Host Site: East Tennessee State University Center for Rural Health Research
Location: Johnson City, TN
Subject Area: Injury Prevention: Opioid/Prescription drug overdose prevention

Host Site: Tennessee Department of Health
Location: Nashville, TN
Subject Area: Public Health Surveillance (General); Other Infectious Disease: Foodborne/waterborne disease human illness surveillance/investigation/prevention

Host Site: Austin Public Health
Location: Austin, TX
Subject Areas: Health Equity/Access to Care; HIV/AIDS Prevention

Host Site: CDC Dallas Port Health Station
Location: Dallas, TX
Subject Area: Other Infectious Disease: Quarantine Station

Host Site: Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services
Location: Houston, TX
Subject Area: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response

Host Site: San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
Location: San Antonio, TX
Subject Areas: Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention; Health Department Quality Improvement

Host Site: Texas Department of State Health Services
Location: Austin, TX
Subject Area: Immunizations

Host Site: Williamson County and Cities Health District
Location: Austin, TX
Subject Areas: Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)/Community Health Assessments (CHA)

No associates are assigned to this state.

Host Site: Utah Department of Health
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Subject Area: Health Department Quality Improvement

No associates are assigned to this state.

Host Site: Blue Ridge Health District
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention

Host Site: Central Shenandoah Health District
Location: Waynesboro, VA
Subject Area: Adolescent/School-based Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention

Host Site: Rappahannock EMS Council
Location: Fredericksburg, VA
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care

Host Site: Virginia Department of Health
Location:
Richmond, VA
Subject Areas:
Maternal & Child Health: Early childhood development, Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response

Host Site: Public Health - Seattle and King County
Location: Seattle, WA
Subject Area: Public Health Surveillance (General)

Host Site: Spokane Regional Health District - Washington
Location:
Spokane, WA
Subject Area:
Viral Hepatitis Prevention

Host Site: Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
Location: Tacoma, WA
Subject Area:
Environmental Health: Foodborne/waterborne disease (controls, HAACP, food/water safety programs)

Host Site: West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Location: Charleston, WV
Subject Area: Chronic Disease: Population Health

Host Site: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Location: Madison, WI
Subject Area: Environmental Health: Lead poisoning prevention

No associates are assigned to this state.