134th Annual Meeting & Exposition
Boston MA | Nov. 04 — Nov. 08

Program Chair/Planner Access

Click the title of the Section, SPIG, Caucus or Forum to access your program

Deadlines 11:59 pm PST

APHA - Sponsored

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APHA-Committee on Affiliates

Maranda C. Ward, MPH, Office of the Director, National Health Service Corp, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Parklawn Building, Room 8A-55, Rockville, MD 20857, Phone: 301-594-4394, Fax: 301-594-4076, wmaranda@hotmail.com

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APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, 2221 Devine Street Room 228, Columbia, SC 29208, Phone: 803-734-4428, Fax: 803-734-5505, hbrandt@sc.edu

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APHA-Continuing Education Institutes

Pamela Brown, American Public Health Association, 800 I St., NW, Washington, DC 20001, Phone: 202-777-2523, pamela.brown@apha.org. M. Beth Benedict, DrPH, JD, RN, Office of Research, Development and Information, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 867 DeFranceaux Harbour, Riviera Beach, MD 21122, Phone: 410-786-7724, Fax: 410-786-5534, beth.benedict@cms.hhs.gov

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APHA-Film & Technology Theater

Laura Larsson, Consultant, 3741 State Highway 6, Chehalis, WA 98532, Phone: 360-291-0560, Fax: none, larsson@u.washington.edu

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APHA-Student Assembly

Kristy A. Siegel, MPH, CHES, Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University, 14220 SW 34th St., Miami, FL 33175, Phone: 305-498-1940, ksiegelapha@hotmail.com. Mariza Luna, University of New Mexico, 1906 Heights Drive, Roswell, NM 88203, Phone: 505-280-5669, mirlun5@gmail.com. Ya-Chien Wang, PhD(c), Sociology, Michigan State University, P.O. Box 6141, East Lansing, MI 48826, Phone: 517-337-4046, aphastudentabstract@hotmail.com. Darren Mays, BA, Emory University, 1215 Druid Oaks NE, Atlanta, GA 30329, Phone: 404-634-0446, darren.mays@gmail.com

Deadlines 11:59 pm PST

Sections

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Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Barry Bleidt, PhD, PharmD, Professor and Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M Health Science Center, MSC 131, 1010 West Avenue B, Kingsville, TX 78363-8202, Phone: 361-593-4271, barry.bleidt@tamuk.edu

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Chiropractic Health Care

John Stites, DC, Rock Island Clinic, Palmer College of Chiropractic, 1000 Brady St., Davenport, IA 52803, Phone: 309-786-2663, stites_j@palmer.edu

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Community Health Planning and Policy Development

Judith A. Gorbach, MPH, EdM, MPHA, 31 Perry Lane, Weston, MA 02493, Phone: use email, jagorbach@post.harvard.edu

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Environment

August Martin, MSPH, URS Corporation, 10306 Morado Cove, #140, Austin, TX 78759, Phone: 512-589-7854, augustmartinjr@yahoo.com. Aditi Vaidya, MPH, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, 760 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95112, Phone: 408-287-6707, Fax: 408-287-6771, aditi_v1@yahoo.com

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Epidemiology

Linda J. Hazlett, PhD

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Food and Nutrition

Sonya J. Jones, PhD, Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, University of South Carolina, 2718 Middleburg Drive, Columbia, SC 29204, Phone: 803-251-6350, sjones@gwm.sc.edu. Sibylle Kranz, PhD, RD, Nutritional Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, 5 G Henderson Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, Phone: 814-865-2138, Fax: 814-863-6103, sxk72@psu.edu

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Gerontological Health

Rachel Seymour, PhD, Institute for Health Research and Policy, Center for Research on Health and Aging, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, Phone: (828) 478-2213, rseymo1@uic.edu. Kathy Sykes, MPA, Office of Children's Health Protection/Aging Initiative, US Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202 564 3651, Fax: (202) 564-2733, sykes.kathy@epa.gov

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Health Administration

Glen Mays, PhD, MPH, Dept. of Health Policy & Management, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham, #820, Little Rock, AR 72205, Phone: 501-526-6647, Fax: 501-526-6620, GPMays@uams.edu

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HIV/AIDS

Michael Reece, PhD, MPH, Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University, HPER Building 116, 1025 E. Seventh Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-7109, Phone: 812-855-0068, mireece@indiana.edu. Heather Cecil, PhD, Department of Psychology, Penn State University, Capital College, 777 W. Harrisburg Pike, W157 Olmsted, Middletown, PA 17050, Phone: 717-948-6533, hkc3@psu.edu. Scott D. Rhodes, PhD,MPH,CHES, Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Section on Social Sciences and Health Policy, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1063, Phone: 336/713.5080, Fax: 336/713.5088, srhodes@wfubmc.edu

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Injury Control and Emergency Health Services

Billie Weiss, MPH, Epidemology, University of California, Los Angeles, 17250 Palisades Circle, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272, Phone: 213-445-8803, bpweiss@ucla.edu. Larry Cook, MStat, PhD, Intermountain Injury Control Center, University of Utah, 295 Chipeta Way, P.O. Box 581289, Salt Lake City, UT 84158-1289, Phone: 801.585.9760, Fax: 801.581.8686, larry.cook@hsc.utah.edu

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International Health

Malcolm Bryant, MBBS, MPH, Management Sciences for Health, 784 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139, Phone: 617-250-9228, Fax: 617-250-9090, mbryant@msh.org. Maryellen Glennon, Management Sciences for Health, 784 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02155, Phone: 617-250-9138, Fax: 617-250-9090, mglennon@msh.org

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Latebreakers

Donna Wright,
APHA, 800 I st., Washington, DC 20001, Phone: 202-777-2477, Donna.Wright@apha.org

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Maternal and Child Health

Carol Nelson, CPM,LM, The Farm Clinic & Midwifery Center, 107 The Farm, Summertown, TN 38483, Phone: 931-964-2293, Fax: 931-964-4892, cpmcnel@usit.net

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Medical Care

Katherine Virgo, PhD, MBA, Dept. of Surgery, Saint Louis University & Saint Louis VAMC, 3635 Vista at Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110-0250, Phone: 314-289-7023, Fax: 314-289-7038, virgoks@slu.edu. Darrell Gaskin, PhD, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N. Broadway, Room 441, Baltimore, MD 21205, Phone: 443-287-5297, Fax: 410-614-8964, dgaskin@jhsph.edu

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Mental Health

Joseph Goulet, PhD, MS, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, 950 Campbell Avenue, 11-ACSLG, Building 35-A, West Haven, CT 06516, Phone: 2039325711, Joseph.Goulet@va.gov. David S. Mandell, ScD, Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3535 Market St., Room 3019, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Phone: 215-662-2504, Fax: 215-349-8715, mandelld@mail.med.upenn.edu

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Occupational Health and Safety

Butch de Castro, PhD, MSN/MPH, RN, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, 2121 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, Phone: 312-413-0058, butch@uic.edu

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Oral Health

Oscar Arevalo, DDS,ScD,MBA,MS, University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, Chief, Division of Dental Public Health, 333 Waller Avenue, Suite 101, Lexington, KY 40507, Phone: 859.323.6400, Fax: 859.257.9634, oralchair05@yahoo.com

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Podiatric Health

Patrick DeHeer, DPM, Hoosier Foot & Ankle, 205 E. Carmel Dr., Carmel, IN 46032, Phone: 317-580-1586, padeheer@sbcglobal.net

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Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health

Margaret E. Greene, PhD, International Center for Research on Women, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 302, Washington, DC 20036, Phone: 202-797-0007, mgreene@icrw.org

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Public Health Education and Health Promotion

Stuart Usdan, PhD, Department of Health Sciences, University of Alabama, Box 870311, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0311, Phone: 205-348-8373, susdan@ches.ua.edu. Regina A. Galer-Unti, PhD, CHES, Independent Consultant, P.O. Box 125, Urbana, IL 61801, Phone: 217.367.9468, healthprof@insightbb.com

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Public Health Nursing

Carolyn L. Blue, PhD,RN,CHES, School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina Greensboro, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, Phone: 336/334-4903, Fax: 336/334-3628, clblue2@uncg.edu. Linda Olson Keller, MS, APRN, BC, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, 308 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, Phone: 612-626-5144, Fax: 612-624-0908, olson173@umn.edu. Theresa Heaton, NPH, BSN, Personal Health Division Director, Kane County Health Department, 1240 N. Highland Avenue, Suite 26, Aurora, IL 60506, Phone: 630-208-5149, Fax: 630-208-5147, heatontheresa@co.kane.il.us. Jo Anne Bennett, RN, PhD, Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, 346 Broadway, Room 707B, CN 44, New York, NY 10013, Phone: 301-435-8072, jbennett@health.nyc.gov

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School Health Education and Services

Maria Theresa Wessel, EdD, CHES, Department of Health Sciences, James Madison University, MSC 4301, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, Phone: 540-568-3955, Fax: 540-568-3336, wesselmt@jmu.edu. Daniel Adame, Emory University, phyedda@emory.edu. James F. Bogden, MPH, National Association of State Boards of Education, 277 S. Washington Street, Suite 100, Alexandria, VA 22314, Phone: 703-684-4000x108, Fax: 703-836-2313, jim.bogden@mac.com

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Social Work

Julia Hastings, MSW, PhD, School of Social Welfare, University of California, 120 Haviland Hall #7400, Berkeley, CA 94720-7400, Phone: 510-642-5584, jhasting@berkeley.edu

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Statistics

G. David Williamson, PhD, ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Rd., Stop E-31, Atlanta, GA 30333, Phone: 404-498-0105, dxw2@cdc.gov

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Vision Care Section

Sandra S. Block, OD, Illinois College of Optometry, 3241 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60053, Phone: 312-949-7276, Fax: 312-949-7369, sblock@ico.edu

Deadlines 11:59 pm PST

Special Interest Groups

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Alternative and Complementary Health Practices

Rick Harvey, PhD, Department of Health Education, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco, CA 94132, Phone: 415-338-3478, rharvey@sfsu.edu

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Community Health Workers SPIG

Tammi Fleming, Public/Private Ventures, 2000 Market, Suite 600, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Phone: 215-557-4487, TFleming@ppv.org

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Disability Forum

James Rimmer, PhD, Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1640 West Roosevelt Rd., Room 711, Chicago, IL 60608-6904, Phone: 312/413-9651, Fax: 312/355-4058, jrimmer@uic.edu

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Ethics Forum

Robert Hood, PhD, Office of Public Health Research, Florida Department of Health, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A24, Tallahassee, FL 32399, Phone: 850-245-4044, Fax: 850-245-4371, robert_hood@doh.state.fl.us. Emily Anderson, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63103, Phone: (314) 374-7655, andersee@slu.edu

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Health Law Forum

George Annas, JD, MPH, Health Law Dept., Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany St., Boston, MA 02118-2307, Phone: 617-638-4626, annasqj@bu.edu

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Laboratory

Ralph Timperi, MPH, Massachusetts State Laboratory Institute, 305 South Street, Boston, MA 02130, Phone: 617/983-6201, Fax: 617/983-6927, ralph.timperi@state.ma.us

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Veterinary Public Health

John R. Herbold, DVM, PHD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University Texas School of Public Health Sciences Center, 21203 Harvest Hill, San Antonio, TX 78258-7422, Phone: 210-562-5509, Fax: 210-568-2947, johnherbold@yahoo.com. James E. Dale, DVM, MPH, MBA, Director, Environmental Health, Jefferson County Department of Health and Environment, 1801 19th St., Golden, CO 80401, Phone: 303-271-5718, jdale@jeffco.us

Deadlines 11:59 pm PST

Caucuses

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Academic Public Health Caucus

Geraldine S. Aglipay, ASPH, Project Manager, 1101 15th St., NW, #910, Washington, DC 20005, Phone: 202-296-1099, Fax: 202-296-1252 x134, gaglipay@asph.org

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American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus

Teshia G.Arambula Solomon, PhD, Director, Epidemiology Center, Oklahoma City Area Inter-Tribal Health Center, PO Box 57377, Oklahoma City, OK 73157-7377, Phone: 405-951-6005, teshia.solomon@ihs.gov

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Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA

Nadia S. Islam, MA, Center for the Study of Asian American Health, NYU School of Medicine, 550 First Ave, MSB-153, New York, NY 10016, Phone: 212-263-7075, Fax: 212-263-2133, nadia.islam@med.nyu.edu. Simona Kwon, DrPH, Kellogg Community Health Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins University, 624 N. Broadway, HH 337, Baltimore, MD 21205, Phone: 443-287-4288, Fax: 410-955-0470, sckwon@jhsph.edu

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Black Caucus of Health Workers

Jamila Rashid, PhD, MPH, Office of Public Health Research, Office of Chief of Science Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Room 08121, MS E-72, Atlanta, GA 30333, Phone: (404) 639-4658, Fax: (404) 639-4903, jrashid@cdc.gov. Pamela Denzmore, MPH, ORC Macro, 5574 Sturbridge Way, College Park, GA 30349, Phone: 404-559-8880, Fax: 404-559-1688, pdenzmore@aol.com

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Caucus on Homelessness

Nan Thomas, BA, Health Care for the Homeless Information Resource Center, Policy Research Associates, Inc., 345 Delaware Avenue, Delmar, NY 12054, Phone: 518-439-7415, Fax: 518-439-7612, nanthomas@prainc.com

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Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community

Suzanne W. Nichols, JD, Consultant, 1798 Scenic Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709, Phone: 510-384-4951, suzannewnicholsjd@cox.net. Barbara T. Baylor, MPH, CHES, Minister for Health and Wellness Programs, Justice and Witness Ministries, The United Church of Christ, 700 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, Phone: 2167363708, Fax: 2167363703, baylorb@ucc.org. E. Yvonne Lewis, Faith Access to Community Economic Development, 310 East Third Street, 5th Floor, Flint, MI 48503, Phone: 810-232-7733, yvonlewis@hotmail.com

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Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health

Patricia Erwin, MPH, Newcomers Health Program, San Francisco Department of Public Health, 1490 Mason Street #107, San Francisco, CA 94133, Phone: 415-364-7651, Fax: 415-364-7660, patricia.erwin@sfdph.org. Rhonda Sarnoff, DrPH, Public Health Institute, 16 Camelot Court, Kensington, CA 94707, Phone: 510-663-2218, Fax: 510-451-8606, rsarnoff@cdfca.org. Scott Parsons, JD, The Daywalka Foundation, 9812 Whitney Dr., Suite 422, Baltimore, MD 21237, Phone: 410-491-5271, sparsons@daywalka.org

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Community-Based Public Health Caucus

Siobhan C. Maty, PhD, MPH, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751, Phone: 503-725-5108, maty@pdx.edu. Ellen Lopez, PhD, MPH, University of Florida, 6131 NW 23rd Lane, Gainesville, FL 32606, Phone: 352-273-5361, elopez@phhp.ufl.edu

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Health Equity and Public Hospitals Caucus

Gilbert M. Ojeda, California Policy Research Center, California Program on Access to Care, University of California, Office of the President, 1950 Addison Street, Suite 203, Berkeley, CA 94720-7410, Phone: 510-643-3140, Fax: 510-642-3729, Gilbert.Ojeda@ucop.edu. Patricia Anderson, California Program on Access to Care, 1950 Addison Street, Suite 203, Berkeley, CA 94720-7410, Phone: 510-643-3140, Fax: 510-642-7861, Patricia.Anderson@ucop.edu

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Labor Caucus

Thomas Nicholson, PhD, Public Health, Western Kentucky University, One Big Red Way, Bowling Green, KY 42101-3576, Phone: 270-745-5855, Fax: 270-745-4437, thomas.nicholson@wku.edu

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Latino Caucus

Silvia S. Martins, MD, PhD, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, 8th floor room 896, Baltimore, MD 21205, Phone: 410-614-2852, Fax: 410-955-9088, smartins@jhsph.edu. Carlos Zometa, PhD, MSPH, Kellogg Community Health Scholar, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, M3055, SPH2, 109 Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, Phone: 734-647-4799, czometa@umich.edu

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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers

Richard Trevino, BS, LGBT Caucus Program Chair, Boston University Medical Campus, 715 Albany Street, C-7320, Boston, MA 02118, Phone: 617-638-7539, Fax: 617-638-7513, rptrevino@mindspring.com. Seth L. Welles, ScD, PhD, Program Chair Elect (2007-2008), Associate Professor of Epidemiology - BUSPH, 715 Albany Street, 3T-E, Boston, MA 02118, Phone: 617-638-5471, Fax: 617-638-4458, slwelles@bu.edu

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Peace Caucus

Patrice Sutton, MPH, Public Health Institute, California Department of Health Services Occupational Health Branch, 850 Marina Bay Parkway Building P, 3rd Floor, Richmond, CA 94804, Phone: (510)620-5773, psutton2000@yahoo.com

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Socialist Caucus

Luis Aviles, Sociology Department, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PO Box 1177, Boqueron, PR 00622-1177, Phone: 939-640-3265, laviles@uprm.edu

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Spirit of 1848 Caucus

Nancy Krieger, PhD, Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, Phone: 617-432-1571, Fax: 617-432-3123, nkrieger@hsph.harvard.edu

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Vietnam Caucus

Arnold Schecter, MD, MPH, University of Texas, School of Public Health, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Room V8, 112E, Dallas, TX 75390-9128, Phone: 214-648-1096, Fax: 214-648-1081, arnold.schecter@utsouthwestern.edu

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Women's Caucus

Jill M. Abbott, MPH, DrPH, Comprehensive Cancer Center A350B Starling-Loving, Ohio State University, 320 W. 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, Phone: 614-293-8174, jill.abbott@osumc.edu. Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, 2221 Devine Street Room 228, Columbia, SC 29208, Phone: 803-734-4428, Fax: 803-734-5505, hbrandt@sc.edu