The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota is bolstering its ranks with the new "The Albert Ravenholt CIDRAP Scholar" program. Funded by a generous three-year grant from the Albert Victor Ravenholt Fund, master's and Ph.D. students at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health are getting a shot at some serious scholarly support—especially those with a bent for emerging infectious diseases.
The lucky students clinching this opportunity will collaborate with the minds steering CIDRAP.
Michael Osterholm, the University of Minnesota Regents Professor, and CIDRAP's director, was all praises when talking about the support they're lending to grad students. "Our CIDRAP team is excited to be able to work with graduate student on their career journey, as the need for strong public health leadership is more critical than ever," according to a University of Minnesota announcement. Evidently, Elise Holmes, MPP, and Sydney Redepenning, MS, are the scholars who made the cut this time around—Osterholm himself described them as "absolutely amazing" and indicative of a bright public health future for the country.
CIDRAP cites a daunting number: the U.S. is short of over 80,000 workers needed to cover the basics of public health services at all government levels—federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial.
CIDRAP was established in 2001, it's part of the Research and Innovation Office at the University of Minnesota, and they've been tackling infectious disease response.
