Deadline: 7 March 2025
Submissions are now open for the Epiverse Fellowship Program to empower early to mid-career professionals who are passionate about adopting and implementing tools and solutions in their communities and countries to address critical challenges in pandemic and epidemic response and preparedness.
Their tools specifically support rapid data analysis and reporting capabilities and foster sustainable development.
As an Epiverse Fellow, you will lead efforts to champion the adoption of the Epiverse suite of tools into your local context, building local capacity, facilitating knowledge exchange, driving innovation, and creating measurable impact. This is your chance to support your community and join a global network of changemakers who contribute to building the future of public health intelligence.
Benefits
- Access funding: Your contributions are invaluable. As a fellow, you’ll receive an appropriate stipend to support your efforts to drive the adoption of Epiverse in your country, coordinate activities, and engage with your peers.
- Build Expertise: Participate in the Epiverse Training Program on outbreak analytics, data science, advocacy, and impact measurement.
- Receive Mentorship: Work with top experts within the field.
- Expand Your Network: Connect with other fellows, Epiverse TRACE partners, and stakeholders from around the world.
- Support Change: Champion the Epiverse suite of tools that address pressing challenges in data-driven decision-making for pandemic and epidemic response and/or preparedness.
Role and Responsibilities
- Capacity Building:
- Attend and support the training program on the use of the selected tools, within the country.
- Technical Support:
- Coordinate with the country lead and peers, and support the on-site Epiverse roll-out.
- Assist end-users on technical issues or challenges on the use of the tools.
- Community Engagement:
- Support a Community of Practice (CoP) among users of the tools to share best practices, challenges, and solutions, with other fellows and the WHO Collaboratory platform, in general.
- Facilitate webinars, and forums for the community of practice to ensure continuous learning and improvement.
- Encourage knowledge sharing and collaboration among local partners and officials to promote the Epiverse suite of tools’ long-term sustainability.
Eligible Countries
- They are now accepting applications to support the adoption of Epiverse in Africa, particularly in 10 African countries: Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Togo.
Eligibility Criteria
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, statistics, data science or any related fields.
- Experience in reporting bugs through platforms like GitHub for optimal communication efficiency.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Fluency in official language of home country with some proficiency in English, French.
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