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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Injury Prevention Program

Fellowship Program

InjuryViolencePreventionFellowshipGraduates

The IHS Injury and Violence Prevention (IVP) Fellowship provides practical knowledge and skills for IVP practitioners working in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. The IVP Fellowship builds on learning obtained from IHS IVP Courses 1, 2, and 3, and prior experiences of participants.

Benefits of completing the Fellowship

  • Familiarity with published literature and data about an IVP issue
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Planning and managing an IVP project
  • Promoting community and coalition involvement
  • Effective IVP strategies
  • Program evaluation
  • Oral and written communication
  • Developing and giving a scientific presentation
  • Field work
  • Individualized learning

Fellowship Summary 2025-2026 [PDF - 390 KB]

Fellowship Projects

Projects can focus on unintentional injury or intentional violence in one of three project types: 1) Problem Analysis; 2) Program Planning; or 3) Program Evaluation.

Fellows complete four project phases (i.e., Planning, Implementation, Results, Deliverables) during which they

  • Participate in synchronous and asynchronous distance-learning sessions
  • Attend three in-person learning sessions requiring approximately 2.5 weeks away from their job sites
  • Complete project tasks and submit interim deliverables
  • Participate in scheduled progress checks
  • Write a project report
  • Present a summary of their project at the IHS IVP Fellowship Symposium
  • Participate in an optional continuing education opportunity (e.g., attend a conference, enroll in a university-based course)

Application Process

Visit this link to see the application process steps, which includes

  • Watch the required pre-application webinar
  • Draft a Project Idea
  • Submit a draft Project Idea and schedule a consultation with the fellowship academic advisor team and project mentor (must be completed by November 8, 2024)
  • Revise the Project Idea
  • Complete the online application between October 7 and December 11, 2024

Fellowship Point of Contact

Molly Madson, MPH, Injury Prevention Program Specialist, IHS
OEHE-DEHS
5600 Fishers Ln.
MS: 10N14C
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: 301-945-3189