Bootcamp
In-person Bootcamp
The in-person summer bootcamp is for undergraduates who may be interested in public health informatics. They will be offered in different locations each summer, open to all currently enrolled undergraduate students. The first week of the 2-week experience will be comprised of a combination of informational lectures and hands-on, practice exercises. The students will spend the second week working on research projects. They will be divided into small groups with faculty mentors. Project ideas may come from the faculty or the students.
The bootcamp curriculum will include:
- Introduction to Public Health Informatics (PHI)
- Data Standards
- Public Health Analytics
- Privacy and Security
- Emerging Trends in PHI
- Public Health Surveillance
- Epidemiology
- Bias and Equity in data use
Examples of potential projects include:
- Building a decision-making dashboard for a rural public health department
- Collecting public health data via a variety of methods
- Developing an algorithm to identify specific risk factors
If you have any questions about the GET PHIT Bootcamps, please contact GETPHITBootcamp@uth.tmc.edu
Students will apply to participate in the summer bootcamp. Each summer a minimum of 125 students will be accepted and supported by a stipend of $1,500. Stipends will be allocated on a first applied, first accepted basis. International students applying to the GET PHIT Bootcamp are able to participate but are not eligible for the bootcamp stipend.
In Summer 2024, GET PHIT will be hosting in-person bootcamps at Huston-Tillotson University, Texas A&M International University, University of Texas Permian Basin, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and University of Texas at Tyler, as well as an Online Bootcamp.