Subject: GenEpi-BioTrain Quarterly Update: Eleventh edition
From: "ECDC Microbiology" <[email-masked]>
To: <Undisclosed recipients:>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:31:12 +0200

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Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached the eleventh GenEpi-BioTrain quarterly newsletter.

Last week, we held our annual information meeting to share key updates and 
information on the upcoming Pathogen Wave 7 with stakeholders from various 
European countries.

Following the meeting, nominations for the upcoming training are now open. 
In case you missed the meeting, you can find the recording on ECDCs Learning 
Portal: Course: GenEpi-BioTrain - Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics 
Training Programme 
<https://learning.ecdc.europa.eu/enrol/index.php?id=787#section-0>

We would also like to take this opportunity to remind everyone interested in 
longer-term training opportunities in public health microbiology or 
epidemiology that today is the final day to apply for ECDC’s Fellowship 
Programme. You can find more information and the application link at the end 
of this email.

Kind regards,

The ECDC Microbiology & GenEpi-BioTrain teams

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Applications for the ECDC Fellowship now open! 
<https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/applications-ecdc-fellowship-now-open>

Do you know anyone interested in a career in field epidemiology or public 
health microbiology? This is an incredible opportunity to gain hands-on 
training and experience in communicable disease prevention, outbreak 
investigation, and public health response across the EU/EEA and beyond. 
Please help in spreading the word about the call for applications for the 
ECDC Fellowship.

About the Fellowship:

The programme offers a two-year practical training with placement at one of 
the accredited EPIET or EUPHEM training sites outside the fellow’s country 
of nationality or citizenship. Fellows gain valuable skills in intervention 
epidemiology, public health microbiology, public health management, applied 
research, communication and teaching.

Which track is right for you or your contacts?

*	Field Epidemiology (EPIET): Designed for health professionals with a 
background in public health or epidemiology who want to work in national or 
regional surveillance and control centres.
*	Public Health Microbiology (EUPHEM): For microbiologists with a medical, 
veterinary, or environmental background interested in applying 
epidemiological methods to microbiological data for disease prevention and 
control.

Important details:

*	Fellowship start date: 7 September 2026
*	Applicants must be nationals of an EU/EEA country with experience in 
public health, epidemiology, or microbiology.
*	Application deadline: 30 October 2025, 24:00 CEST

Read all the details about the Call for application 
<https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/about-ecdc/work-ecdc/call-application-ecdc-fellowship-programme-epiet-and-euphem-paths-eu-track> 
here.

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