GW--PCH Prevention Fellows Program

[ging1088]

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I have just received a letter in the mail inviting me to become a member of SPHHS's PCH Prevention Fellows Program. I tried to research the program online but was unable to find anything and am just trying to get an idea of what it means to be invited and/or the benefits. I am trying to consider each school carefully and want to know what impact this invitation, if any, could have on my time there and/or my chances of getting a position within GW to help mitigate the high cost of tuition. I appreciate any advice/information from prospective or current students! Thanks 🙂

 

[kateosee]

i got the same thing, and turned up the same results. I messaged a current GWU student and he/she has never heard of it.

 

[LAD2013]

I have just received a letter in the mail inviting me to become a member of SPHHS's PCH Prevention Fellows Program. I tried to research the program online but was unable to find anything and am just trying to get an idea of what it means to be invited and/or the benefits. I am trying to consider each school carefully and want to know what impact this invitation, if any, could have on my time there and/or my chances of getting a position within GW to help mitigate the high cost of tuition. I appreciate any advice/information from prospective or current students! Thanks 🙂

Hey, I actually work at GW within SPHHS DHP... and while I can't speak to what the PCH Prevention Fellows Program is, I can comment on employment here. While each department varies somewhat I think practices are very similar across departments, just that DHP tends to have more opportunities because it brings in more research money in the first place.

There area good chances to find part-time employment with a professor in the school. The key is that many professors wont advertise through formal employment channels so I highly recommend approach ones who do work in areas similar to what you want to do and you should have a good chance of finding something. It really depends on what projects the professors have at the time though.

Most will want to only hire part-time staff because benefits for full-time staff very expensive to their project budgets. I know many grad students who work "full-time" or near its equivalent but are classified as student temp wage employees just so they don't get tuition benefits. Most pay about $14-16/hr. This is pretty common practice across all universities from what I understand. That said, your chances of getting a full-time position which has 96 or 97% tuition remission, are practically nil, unless you have amazing experience and/or high technical expertise in STATA/SAS/etc.

Feel free to let me know if you have any other questions.

 

[MPHug]

I also received this letter today. You are not turning up any info on the fellowship because it is brand new this year (according to what one of the admissions reps told me.) I am also wondering how significant it is and how likely a research position is.

What other schools are you all deciding among?

And congrats to everyone who received the fellowship!

 

[MPHug]

Has anyone found out additional information or details about this fellowship? Please share, if so!

 

[hopefulchanger]

I haven't been home in a while so I just checked my mail today. I'm in, too!

Has anyone followed up with Prof. Lorien Abroms on what this means? I'm intrigued by the "tuition benefits" and "1-on-1 mentorship from senior faculty members."

 

[hopefulchanger]

Got an email back from Lorien with quasi-answers to my questions.

> How likely is a salaried research position?

See below for how to find a GW salaried job; you might look at job openings now to get a sense of what is offered. (We don't control the hiring of these jobs unless they are within PCH). The PCH jobs are available after you get here, and are fairly competitive.

> Also, do you have an idea of the range of "tuition benefits" this fellowship would provide?

There's a formula, and they go up with your % effort. Students who work FT get all their courses paid for though they can only take a certain number of credits/semester. Contact Meg Hopkins for the number. "Megan Hopkins" <[email protected]>,

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Dear PCH Fellows

It's good to have heard from many of you.

Many have asked about finding jobs and research fellowships before you arrive.

Here are the options:
1) SPHHS has a database of public health jobs in the DC area
http://sphhs.gwu.edu/studentres/careers/jobs/

2) Any GW salaried job (with greater than 35% effort) comes with some
level of tuition benefits (as well as health benefits). It does not
matter what part of GWU you work in (e.g. you might work in the Law
school and get tuition benefits in the School of Public Health)

Available GW jobs can be found here:
https://www.gwu.jobs/

 

[MPHug]

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Dear PCH Fellows

It’s good to have heard from many of you.

Many have asked about finding jobs and research fellowships before you arrive.

Here are the options:
1) SPHHS has a database of public health jobs in the DC area
http://sphhs.gwu.edu/studentres/careers/jobs/

2) Any GW salaried job (with greater than 35% effort) comes with some
level of tuition benefits (as well as health benefits). It does not
matter what part of GWU you work in (e.g. you might work in the Law
school and get tuition benefits in the School of Public Health)

Available GW jobs can be found here:
https://www.gwu.jobs/

Thanks for sharing! I was wondering about the above message - did it go out to all fellows? I did not receive that email but the wording makes it sound like it was addressed to all when it says "Many of you have asked..."

Thanks!

 

[hopefulchanger]

Thanks for sharing! I was wondering about the above message - did it go out to all fellows? I did not receive that email but the wording makes it sound like it was addressed to all when it says "Many of you have asked..."

Thanks!

I think that was just her standard email to several people who asked the same questions.

 

[MPHug]

I think that was just her standard email to several people who asked the same questions.

Got it - thanks!