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FDA Health Communications Fellowship

*Applications will be reviewed on a rolling-basis.
A research opportunity is currently available within the Division of Research and Evaluation (R&E), Office of Health Communication and Education (OHCE) in the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Silver Spring, Maryland.
CTP aims to protect Americans from tobacco-related death and disease by regulating the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products and by educating the public, especially young people, about tobacco products and the dangers their use poses to themselves and others. CTP oversees the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.
The selected participant will have the opportunity to learn about the Tobacco Control Act and the development and implementation of health communication program activities and strategies, including national public education campaigns. More specifically, the selected participant will learn about scientific health communication support to OHCE. Activities may include:
  • Learning about formative research and evaluation of health communication and marketing strategies, projects or initiatives geared toward various audiences to increase the reach and public health impact of CTP’s messages through various networks and partnership vehicles
  • Learning how to apply best practices in behavior change communication to the creation of evidence-based strategies and tactics
  • Learning the interpretation and communication of complex scientific information at a level CTP’s audiences can fully understand
  • Learning the scientific review of content for FDA’s tobacco public health education campaigns and regulatory communications
  • Maintaining resources for scientific review
  • Keeping up-to-date on tobacco survey data and reviewing studies concerning tobacco products to ensure OHCE’s communications are supported by the best available science and reflect the most up-to-date information and statistics
Qualifications
The qualified candidate should be currently pursuing or have received a master's or doctoral degree in Epidemiology, Health Communications, Population Medicine, Public Health, or a related field. Degree must have been received within five years of the appointment start date.
Preferred skills:
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Knowledge of social marketing, health communication science, social science or advertising
  • Knowledge of public health environments at local, state, and national levels
  • Knowledge of and experience contributing to the development of youth-focused prevention strategies
  • Outstanding organizational and interpersonal skills
  • Intermediate to advanced experience with the Microsoft Office Suite
This opportunity is available to US citizens only.
If you have questions, send an email to ORISE.FDA.OC.other@orau.org. Please include the reference code for this opportunity (FDA-CTP-2020-0003) in your email.