# USPHS Scientific & Training Symposium

> **NIH FDA R13** · PHS COMMISSIONED OFFICERS FOUNDATION · 2020 · $50,000

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
USPHS Scientific & Training Symposium
 The PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation for the Advancement of Public
Health, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, will continue to host the USPHS Scientific &
Training Symposium. Most attendees are members of the Commissioned Corps of the
U.S. Public Health Service and other federal, state, local, and tribal health professionals.
The cost-effective conference offers sessions with free continuing education credit and
discussions of the latest trends and innovations in public health programs, delivery of
care, administration, regulation, and research. The conference, and the work of attendees,
is strongly connected to and supports the FDA’s mission to protect the public health.
 The conference is widely supported by the Department of Health and Human
Services and its agencies/operating divisions, U.S. Coast Guard, Bureau of Prisons, and
other agencies where federal public health professionals work.
 Each year, the conference partners with schools of public health, medicine,
pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and other fields to ensure students can submit abstracts for
presentations. Many students attend sessions and speak directly with practitioners who
can share career advice and options for joining the public health workforce.
 Since 1966, the conference has provided attendees with training relevant to the
agencies where they work. Knowledge is shared through oral and poster presentations,
plenary discussions with health leaders, hands-on breakout sessions, and the application
of new technology and techniques in public health.
 By the end of the scientific conference, participants should be more prepared to
achieve their agency missions and carry out routine tasks with new inspiration gained
from interactions with colleagues in the public health community. Attendees should also
be able to increase their capacity to effectively respond to crises occurring in public
health systems or health disasters. They will also be able to better recognize the regional
and national importance of their work in regulation, health care, management, and
research. Attendees will gather skills for leadership development, share best practices
that strengthen the ties between public and private organizations, and identify priorities in
public health and the environment. Conference attendees will learn to delineate key steps
involved in activating an emergency response plan and gather recommendations for
improving the public health infrastructure with regards to readiness, response, systems
and policies.
 The USPHS Scientific & Training Symposium is closely related to the mission of
the Food and Drug Administration and supports the continuing education of current and
future FDA employees.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10020561
- **Project number:** 1R13FD006898-01
- **Recipient organization:** PHS COMMISSIONED OFFICERS FOUNDATION
- **Principal Investigator:** John E McElligott
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $50,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-01-15 → 2020-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10020561

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10020561, USPHS Scientific & Training Symposium (1R13FD006898-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10020561. Licensed CC0.

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