Bio-Preparedness Workforce Pilot Program

Following successful advocacy by IDSA and HIVMA, the Bio-Preparedness Workforce Pilot Program was enacted in 2022 in the PREVENT Pandemics Act. The pilot is included within the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program. Both programs garnered bipartisan support in the U.S. House and Senate. Once funded, the pilot will create a new loan repayment program for infectious diseases, HIV, and emergency preparedness health care professionals who work in health professional shortage areas, medically underserved communities, federal health facilities (e.g., VA clinics or medical centers) or Ryan White-funded clinics. ID and public health officials are urging Congress to provide $100 million for the Public Health Loan Repayment Program and $50 million for the Bio-Preparedness Workforce Pilot Program.