There are three levels of faculty association with CPHI.

1. Senior Fellows
2. Associate Fellows
3. Adjunct Fellows (those otherwise meeting the criteria for Senior or Associated Faculty but who are not employed faculty members of the University of Pennsylvania)
   

Senior Fellows
The criteria for the rank of Senior Fellow in the Center for Public Health Initiatives are:

1. Senior Fellows must be on the Standing or Associated Faculty of the University of
   Pennsylvania.
   
2. Senior Fellows must do a significant portion of their academic work in the area of public
   health, whether teaching, research, practice, consultation or a combination thereof.
   Public Health should be central to their professional identity.
   
3. Senior Fellows must participate in faculty meetings, seminar series, retreats, and/or other
   Center events.
   
4. Senior Fellows collaborate significantly with other Center Faculty in research and
   scholarship.
   
5. Senior Fellows serve as leaders in public health at Penn, proactively arranged activities
   that advance the field of Public Health at Penn.
   

The title ‘senior fellow’ is independent of rank in the faculty member’s primary school.

Associate Fellows
The criteria for the rank of Associate of the Center of Public Health are:

1. Associates are involved in public health at some level in their work.
   
2. Associates participate in Center associated activities at least 100 hours a year, which can
   include their public health associated research efforts.
   
3. Associates participate in some faculty meetings, seminars, and/or other Center events.
   
4. Associates should be available for individual lectures in the courses, advising for an
   occasional MPH capstone project, service on committees, related MPH work, teach
   continuing education for public health professionals, and/or participate in collaborative
   research or scholarship with Senior Fellows or other Center personnel.
   
5. Associates are requested to note their relationship to the Center for Public Health
   Initiatives on publications, presentations, or related activities when appropriate to the
   subject matter.
   
6. Associates are to provide an update of their Center for Public Health Initiative activities
   and public health teaching and research interests annually and be reappointed every two
   years.