Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH)

The Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) Program establishes adolescent and young adult (AYA) health graduate training programs that aim to expand access to high quality, team-based health care for the AYA population. The LEAH program trains health care professionals who can address chronic disease prevention in adolescents and young adults. Domestic* non-profit private institutions of higher education are eligible to apply. *"Domestic" means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. For purposes of this funding opportunity, an "institution of higher education/learning" is defined as any college or university accredited by a regionalized body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Secretary of Education, and any teaching hospital which has higher education among its purposes and functions and which has a formal affiliation with an accredited school of medicine and a full-time academic medical staff holding faculty status in such school of medicine.Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO. Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) Program240-472-9856