The call for fellows for 2013 for the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) and the European Public Health Microbiology Training (EUPHEM) are now open.

The European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) programme will recruit 12 applicants for a two-year training in communicable disease field epidemiology. The aim of the training is to enable the fellow to carry out activities related to the surveillance, investigation and control of communicable disease threats.

The European Public Health Microbiology Training (EUPHEM) will recruit four fellows for a two-year training programme in public health microbiology. The EUPHEM programme will include activities related to the specific area of public health microbiology: public health microbiology management, applied public health microbiology and laboratory investigations, surveillance, outbreak investigation, bio risk management, quality management, research, communication and teaching.

Applicants must be nationals of an EU Member State, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or EU Accession countries and should have experience in public health or epidemiology.

The fellowship programmes will start 16 September 2013.

To submit an application, please read the calls for application and the rules governing the EPIET and EUPHEM fellowships on the Fellowships page.

Read more about the training programmes on the EPIET website and European Public Health Microbiology Training (EUPHEM) website.

Deadline for application is 3 February 2013, at 24.00 CET.