In the interest of future applicants looking for information (and while I'm siting here reading it anyway and waiting to hear about you guys), I'm going to copy/paste parts of the pdf they sent with the interview. It looks like a big (176pg) document on the final EIS assignments for 2014. Lots of great information. Here we go (sorry I'm not just uploading the whole thing, but not sure if that's permitted, so I just figured I'd pull some out. Similarly, I blocked out the specific addresses and phone numbers in my previous post):
EIS ASSIGNMENT MATCHING PROCESS
EIS is a program of training through service with the CDC. All assignments are eligible for
consideration by all unmatched incoming EIS Officers. Be advised, however, that selection for
assignments may be affected by the kinds of skills that are required to fulfill the service needs of a
particular program; therefore, a supervisor may consider an officer’s previous experience and
education as a factor when considering that officer for an assignment. For example, some
assignments may require extensive use of sophisticated statistical methods and computer
programs for data analysis; others may involve frequent use of clinical knowledge or skills.
The Epidemiology Workforce Branch (EWB)
The Center for Global Health (CGH)
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
The National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
National Center for Environmental Health(NCEH)/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry(ATSDR)
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/eis/
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
The National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP)
The National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
CDC's Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR)
There is a fairly general description of each center/division that is then followed by the listings in that group. These are basically detailed job descriptions complete with proposed projects specific to that position. Information in these lists include:
Agency Name:
Division/Branch/Team/Section:
Physical Address:
Primary Supervisor:
Secondary Supervisor:
Secondary Supervisor:
Background:
Topics of current research projects include:
Proposed Initial Projects:
Proposed Surveillance Projects:
Range of Opportunities:
Position Strengths:
Special Skills Useful for this Position:
Available Data:
Recent Publications:
Domestic Travel: International Travel:
Available Support:
Current/Recent EIS Officer:
Officer Projects:
Officer Recent Publications:
Consultant:
Neat to see they give a ton of information on the positions. I'm guessing something like this is sent out ahead of the April conference at some point so that selected officers can get an idea of which divisions they want to specially contact during that event. There are more EIS positions than officers to fill them, so this document just has the ones that were actually hired last year. But just the variety is great. Some with 30% international travel, some with 0% or 10% domestic only. Of course, right now even the ones who were told minimal travel are probably in Africa dealing with Ebola. Wow!
And once again, let me say that it's a HUGE help to attend the conference the year you're planning to apply so that you can talk to folks and get tips and encouragement for the process. It was a really great experience for my husband and with those contacts, he's now been invited to give a presentation at one of the divisions next month--they want to bring him in to see the program ahead of time because they've had a hard time getting interested officers in their positions some years. My point in mentioning it just being that if they know who you are, they can watch for your application and also get to know you, which gives you that networking edge above other applicants. Be assertive! Happy applying to the class of 2016. More than that, happy interviewing fellow 2015 hopefuls and now...ugh!...more waiting until the interview, the December notice, and so on!