To promote the many projects, internships, and other practice-related work conducted by students, fellows, and recent graduates, ASPH will begin a peer-reviewed Student Column in each of the six issues of Public Health Reports printed annually. Public Health Reports is the official, peer-reviewed journal of the U.S. Public Health Service. ASPH has been a partner in the publication of Public Health Reports since 1999. Find Public Health Reports online at: www.publichealthreports.org/.

The idea for a student column was approved by Deans Donna Petersen (South Florida) and Richard Kurz (North Texas), Diana Cunningham (NYMC), and Editor Laurence Reed on a conference call with Allison Foster and John McElligott of ASPH in May 2008.

Potential submitters may be current students, at any level, from CEPH-accredited schools; current fellows; or working professionals up to two years post-graduation. The Student Column may publish an excellent project, internship, and other practice-related work conducted during matriculation, during a fellowship, or up to two years post-graduation. The review process will be the same as that used for other submissions to Public Health Reports.

The review committee will be comprised of ten people chosen from a pool of current students, current fellows, or working professionals up to two years post-graduation. Each school is invited to nominate a current student with at least one year experience in a master’s level program to the review committee. The review committee will be facilitated by a practice coordinator from one of the ASPH member schools. The first facilitator will be Linda Lloyd, PhD, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice at the University of Texas School of Public Health. Dr. Lloyd said, “the peer reviewed Student Column will provide a unique opportunity to highlight the challenging work being done by students or recent graduates. In addition, the reviewers will gain experience with the publishing process and acquire new insights into the breadth of public health practice.”

Each potential reviewer must submit two letters of recommendation from faculty members, a 1-2 page writing sample, and be available to review abstracts and full articles for at least nine months. To determine if potential reviewers have a good understanding of the diversity of public health, organizers may host a brief phone interview with each potential reviewer.

Please spread the word and encourage your students and recent alumni to submit abstracts and apply to be a reviewer.

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