about community track
Overview Of The Kellogg Health Scholars Program - Community Track
The Kellogg Health Scholars Program - Community Track (KHSP-CT), a two-year post-doctorate based upon the Community Health Scholars Program, highlights community-based participatory research and relationships between academe, community, policy, and public health practice.
Each Scholar in the KHSP-CT is placed at one of four training sites and engages in community-based participatory research (CBPR)* and a variety of educational experiences with academic and community mentors possessing expertise in community-based public health. Each of the four sites, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Morgan State University School of Community Health and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health has faculty and community resources with expertise in community-based participatory research and teaching, and each has a variety of long-term community partnerships and projects which can provide the setting for Scholars' research projects. In addition, each scholar affiliates with at least one national, state or local policy or advocacy group relevant to his or her area of research to assist with the attainment of policy competencies and the development of useful policy products arising from their post-doctoral research.
Award:
Two year fellowship award:
2008 - $61,000 including fringe benefits
2009 - $62,000 including fringe benefits
2010 - $63.000 including fringe benefits
2011 - $64,000 including fringe benefitsResearch fund of $10,000 per scholar PER YEAR
A moving allowance of up to $3000.00
$5000 research fund to take to next academic position
Underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities and women, are encouraged to apply.
* Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) in health is a collaborative approach to research that equitably involves all partners in the research process and recognizes the unique strengths that each brings. CBPR begins with a research topic of importance to the community and has the aim of combining knowledge with action and achieving social change to improve health outcomes and eliminate health disparities. Definition developed and adopted by the Community Health Scholars Program based upon Israel BA, Schulz AJ, Parker E, Becker AB in "Review of Community-Based Research: Assessing Partnership Approaches to Improve Public Health", Ann. Rev. Public Health. 1998. 19:173-202.
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