Grant and Program Overview
The Gaining Equity in Training for Public Health Informatics and Technology (GET PHIT) Consortium plans to train 1,400 students recruited predominantly from the Hispanic-serving institutions and HBCUs listed below and academic professionals, while placing 400 students in internships. Led by The University Texas of Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) School of Public Health (SPH) and McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, the GET PHIT Consortium is collaborating with Huston-Tillotson University (HBCU); Prairie View A&M University (HBCU); Texas A&M International University (HSI); Texas Tech University Health Science Center; The University of Texas at Arlington (HSI); The University of Texas at El Paso (HSI); The University of Texas at Tyler; The University of Texas Permian Basin (HSI); and The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (HSI).
Students will participate in:
Summer Bootcamps, delivered both Face-to-Face and Online
Modules integrated into existing undergraduate curriculum
Post-baccalaureate certificates
Master’s degrees
Professionals will have access to freely available, online, asynchronous public health informatics and technology curriculum throughout the life of the grant. GET PHIT will leverage its many public health, community, and other partners to ensure the student internships are meaningful.
