Maternal Child Health Careers/Research Initiatives for Student Enhancement - Undergraduate Program (MCHC/RISE-UP)

The MCHC/RISE-UP Program provides opportunities for enhanced public health leadership training to focus on elimination of health disparities and promotion of health equity.

The MCHC/RISE-UP is a 10-week summer program that begins May 30, 2016.

Orientation Week: The program begins with Orientation for ALL scholars. Registration, health screening, and seminars will begin at KKI/Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore MD on Monday, May 30 and Tuesday, May 31. Scholars then fly to Atlanta, GA to continue Orientation Week at the CDC (June 1-3, 2016).

Following Orientation, the scholars at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and University of South Dakota sites will begin their MCHC/RISE-UP experience on June 3, 2016 and end on August 5, 2016. Scholars placed at the University of Southern California will return home until the University of Southern California program starts on June 15, 2016 and will end August 12, 2016.

A $3,500 stipend is provided to all program participants. Housing and round-trip travel for out-of-state scholars are also available. All program activities are contingent on CDC funding.