CDC Museum Disease Detective Camp
Catalog organization: David J. Sencer CDC Museum, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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What Is CDC Museum Disease Detective Camp?
The David J. Sencer CDC Museum runs this application-based academic day camp at CDC headquarters in Atlanta. Students learn how CDC approaches population health rather than clinical treatment, through activities that can include recreated outbreaks, mock press conferences, environmental and global health exercises, a laboratory session, chronic-disease surveillance, public-health law, data analysis, scientific communication, and short talks by CDC specialists.
For the completed 2026 cycle, applicants had to be current sophomores or juniors—attending in the summer before junior or senior year—and at least 16 on the first day, with no exceptions to the federal laboratory-safety age rule. Non-U.S. citizens could apply, subject to documentation and CDC security rules. Each of the two five-day sessions had 27 spaces; CDC says it typically receives 650-750 applications and received 702 in 2024.
CDC Museum Disease Detective Camp Key Facts: Cost, Deadline, and Eligibility
| Cost | Free |
|---|---|
| Format | In person |
| Eligibility | Grades 10–11 |
| Application deadline | Applications closed |
| Listing last updated | August 30, 2026 |
Program details shown here reflect the current catalog record.
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