Deadline: April 14, 2025
Applications are open for the Global Health Corps U.S. Leadership Accelerator 2025-2026. GHC’s U.S. Leadership Accelerator identifies emerging public health leaders with a range of backgrounds and experiences and equips them with leadership training, coaching, networks, and resources to excel in their careers and advance health equity.
The U.S. Leadership Accelerator builds on the foundation of GHC’s existing partnerships and 500+ U.S.-based alumni. It equips participants with skill building, coaching, mentorship, integration into a global community, and access to networks and opportunities to deepen their impact and influence on U.S. health systems.
The U.S. Leadership Accelerator is a tuition-free 9-month fellowship for U.S. based early career, non-clinical public health professionals. The program seeks applicants with varied perspectives, including those informed by personal experiences navigating health inequities. With virtual monthly workshops and two in-person gatherings, the program is thoughtfully designed for public health workers already working in full-time jobs, who have been in their current role for 6 or more months.
Benefits
As a fellow, you will:
- Deepen your self-awareness. Develop a clearer sense of your unique leadership strengths and weaknesses and an informed understanding of how you are perceived by others. Articulate your personal values, explore your role in advancing health equity, and develop a vision for your growth as a leader.
- Improve your capacity for learning. Explore barriers to and opportunities for learning about yourself and your work. Develop a personal learning agenda, interrogate personal mindsets and explore new strategies for learning.
- Extend and leverage your networks. Adopt practices to extend your network in strategic ways and get the support and critical insights you need to advance your leadership. You’ll integrate into GHC’s global community of 1,300+ alumni and advisors.
- Improve your understanding of how change happens in a system. Explore frameworks and tools to better understand and analyze the systems you work and live in. Develop an understanding of how change happens and strategies you can use to leverage systems change.
- Increase your efficacy. Gain confidence in practicing your leadership and achieving positive results in your workplace and community. Apply the knowledge and insights you develop through immersion in GHC’s leadership framework and leverage the relationships you develop through GHC’s community of alumni and advisors.
- Gain access to additional resources through GHC’s network. This includes webinars, additional trainings, networking opportunities, and other resources from across GHC and their Community Impact Team to help you further develop your skills and deepen your partnerships.
Cost
- Travel to retreat locations, lodging costs, and most meals for the in-person retreats will be covered by GHC. If accepted, participation in all components of the fellowship are mandatory, unless otherwise noted.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the U.S. Leadership Accelerator, you must:
- Be an emerging leader in public health
- Be between 21-30 years old by September 1, 2025
- Live in the U.S. full-time
- Be authorized to work in the U.S.
- Work full-time in a U.S.-focused public health role in a non-clinical capacity
- Have worked in their current role for at least 6 months
- There are no specific education or training requirements to be eligible for participation.
Application
- You’ll submit a resumé, program references, and demographic information.
- You’ll provide short responses to a variety of prompts so they can learn more about you.
- A letter of recommendation from your supervisor is required to be considered.
For more information, visit GHC’s U.S. Leadership Accelerator.
