• About APHA
  • Join
  • Renew
  • Annual Meeting
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Store

Online Abstract Submission

"Creating the Healthiest Nation: Strengthening Social Connectedness"

The American Public Health Association is now accepting abstract submissions for oral and poster presentations for the APHA 2021 Annual Meeting and Expo. Authors are encouraged to submit abstracts on the meeting theme — "Creating the Healthiest Nation: Strengthening Social Connectedness" — and current and emerging public health issues.

With the uncertainty around COVID-19, APHA is hoping to have a hybrid meeting and is still determining what that might look like. As you submit your abstract, keep in mind that APHA 2021 may be a virtual event. Updates will be posted to our website.

Submission Deadline — Abstracts are due March 21.

Abstract Notification — Presenters will be notified via email of abstract status on July 1.

Rules and Regulations

  • You do not have to be a member to submit an abstract. However, if your abstract is accepted for presentation, the presenting author MUST become an individual APHA member and MUST register for the Annual Meeting (the membership requirement does not apply to faculty of APHA Learning Institutes or speakers of invited sessions).
  • APHA records all presentations for on-demand viewing. The recordings will also be available for sale after the meeting. There is no option to present and not be recorded. Please keep this in mind when determining if/what to present.
  • Abstracts submitted and accepted for the APHA Annual Meeting may not be presented at any other meeting or published prior to October 23, 2021.
  • Presenters who fail to show up for their scheduled presentations without notifying the program planner of cancellation will not be permitted to present papers or posters at any APHA-sponsored meeting for two years following the "no-show."
  • An author may not present more than three abstracts during an APHA Annual Meeting, and each abstract must be different. Violators will be removed from the program.
  • It is the policy of the American Public Health Association to hold events (meetings, conferences and professional gatherings) where physical and communication barriers do not exclude people with disabilities from attending and participating. Presentations must be accessible to all including closed captioning of videos.
  • Presenters whose abstracts were accepted for presentation but subsequently withdrew their abstracts two or more times within the last five years may be excluded from the program.

Submit your Abstract

  1. From the list below, select the APHA program to submit your abstract. If your abstract is accepted, it will be scheduled under that program. You cannot submit the same abstract to more than one program. If you are unsure where your presentation would best fit, view the list of topic areas suggested by each program.
  2. Once you select a program, a new window will open to begin the submission process. Read and follow the instructions provided by the specific program.
  3. If you have questions about the submission process, email the program planner. Contact information is listed below.
  4. You may review, modify or withdraw your abstract any time through March 21.

Tip: APHA suggests that abstracts be developed and finalized off-line in a program such as Microsoft Word for ease of editing and then copied into the online submission form.

If you do not know the abstract ID# and password please enter the email address used to submit your abstract and last name and the required information will be emailed to you.

Email address:
Last Name:

If you have been invited by a Planner, you may log in as a Session Organizer to retrieve a Session Proposal

Session ID:
Password:

If you do not know the session ID# and password
please enter the email address used to submit your session and last name and the required information will be emailed to you.

Email address:
Last Name:

Select an APHA program

All Deadlines 11:59 p.m. PST
APHA-Sponsored
Sunday, March 21
Not yet open
APHA Committee on Womens Rights

Tamara Lewis Johnson, tamara.lewisjohnson@nih.gov, 301-594-7963

Sunday, March 21
APHA Public Health Funder Network

Claudia Baier, claudia@vnafoundation.net ; Rachelle Seger, rseger@healthy-ky.org, 502-326-2583 and Irfan Hasan, iha@nyct-cfi.org, 212-686-1622

Sunday, March 21
APHA Student Assembly

Lauren Joyce, lauren.joyce.apha@gmail.com

All Deadlines 11:59 p.m. PST
Focused Topics
Sunday, March 21
Breastfeeding

Nathan Nickel, nathan.nickel@umanitoba.ca

All Deadlines 11:59 p.m. PST
Sections
Sunday, March 21
Aging & Public Health

Maryam Tabrizi, maryam.tabrizi@uth.tmc.edu, 7134864045 ; Nancy Ruth Little, littlena@ecu.edu, 252 744 3123 and Lan Doan, Lan.Doan@nyulangone.org

Sunday, March 21
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Elvira Elek, eelek@rti.org, 202-728-2048 ; Robert Carroll, robcarroll63@me.com, 206-351-7525 ; Steven Kritz, kritz@ny.freei.net, 9179695502 and M. J. Scales, mjscales@udel.edu

Sunday, March 21
Applied Public Health Statistics

Robert Vogel, rvogel@georgiasouthern.edu, 912-478-7423 ; Haresh Rochani, hrochani@georgiasouthern.edu, 9124781011 and Niloofar Ramezani, nramezan@gmu.edu, 9704150481

Sunday, March 21
Chiropractic Health Care

Jason Napuli, jason.napuli@va.gov and Dana Madigan, madigan.danam@gmail.com, 773-680-9955

Sunday, March 21
Community Health Planning and Policy Development

Kristin Schuller, schuller@ohio.edu, 740-593-0528 and Shannon Nicks, nicks@ohio.edu, 740-597-1695

Sunday, March 21
Community Health Workers

Paige Menking, pmenking@salud.unm.edu, 5128181185

Sunday, March 21
Disability

Librada Callender, librada.callender@bswhealth.org, 214-820-9988 and Lindsey Mullis, lindsey.c.mullis@uky.edu, 859.218.4064

Sunday, March 21
Early-Career Professional

Kakali Chakrabarti, kakali.chakrabarti@wsu.edu, 5097157951 and Claire Brown, cb910@sph.rutgers.edu

Sunday, March 21
Environment

Natasha DeJarnett, natasha.dejarnett@louisville.edu and Raquel Silva, raquel.silva@icf.com, 919-323-9146

Sunday, March 21
Epidemiology

Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, baptika@gmail.com, 443-885-4013 and Siobhan C. Maty, siobhanmaty@gmail.com

Sunday, March 21
Ethics

Bruce Jennings, brucejennings@humansandnature.org, 615-982-8826

Sunday, March 21
Food and Nutrition

Mary Larson, mary.larson2@ndsu.edu, 701-231-8603 and Abby Gold, agold@umn.edu

Sunday, March 21
Foot and Ankle Health

Adam Fleischer, adam.e.fleischer@gmail.com, (847) 578-8449

Sunday, March 21
Health Administration

Candace Haugtvedt, clhaugtvedt@gmail.com, 218-477-2516 ; Kate Cartwright, kcartwright@unm.edu, 5053213960 and Sonia Lee, sonialee518@gmail.com, 848-391-7223

Sunday, March 21
Health Informatics Information Technology

Diane L. Adams, dla8315@aol.com, 0000000 and Jeannette Jackson-Thompson, Jacksonthompsonj@health.missouri.edu, 5738083850

Sunday, March 21
HIV/AIDS

Paulette Dawn Slowinski, pdawn69@gmail.com, 6099704206 ; Randolph D. Hubach, randolph.hubach@okstate.edu, 918-584-4375 and Mohammad Rifat Haider, rifat.haider@gmail.com, 803-477-4289

Sunday, March 21
Injury Control and Emergency Health Services

Janice Springer, janice.springer@redcross.org, 320-290-9532 ; Claudia Der-Martirosian, cdermart.APHA@gmail.com, 858.523.9921 ; David Swedler, dswedler@gmail.com, 312-413-7376 ; Mitchell Doucette, mdoucet3@jhu.edu and Charlotte Baker, bakerc@vt.edu, 540-231-3092

Sunday, March 21
Integrative, Complementary and Traditional Health Practices

Kim Faurot, faurot@med.unc.edu, 9199668586 and John Finnell, drfinnell@gmail.com, 512-638-0145

Sunday, March 21
International Health

Theresa Majeski, Theresa.Majeski@gmail.com and Samer Jabbour, sj22@aub.edu.lb, 009613826512

Sunday, March 21
Law

Stacie Kershner, lawandhealth@gsu.edu, 404-413-9088 and Leigh Kamore Haynes, leighkamore.haynes@ugent.be

Sunday, March 21
Maternal and Child Health

Kimberly Arcoleo, karcoleo@uri.edu, 602-496-0912 ; Lesley Cottrell, lcottrell@hsc.wvu.edu, 304-293-2914 ; Haley Brahmbhatt, haleyb@jhmi.edu and Mary Mitsdarffer, mlm456@scarletmail.rutgers.edu, 8562256741

Sunday, March 21
Medical Care Section

Wassim Tarraf, wassim.tarraf@wayne.edu, 3136642632 ; Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio, rmonguio@gmail.com ; Kara Allard, kallard3@bwh.harvard.edu, 8608882758 ; Minghui Li, samliuthsc@gmail.com, (416) 978-2889 ; Cody Mullen, cody.mullen@gmail.com, 812-230-1914 ; Jazmin Hampton, jazhampton@yahoo.com and Tiffany Johnson, johnsontiffanyanne@gmail.com, 605-209-1656

Sunday, March 21
Mental Health

Genevieve Graaf, Genevieve.graaf@uta.edu, 2173904395 ; Robin Kimbrough-Melton, Robin.Kimbrough-Melton@cuanschutz.edu, 864-230-3122 ; Mary Jane Alexander, mja@nki.rfmh.org, 845-398-6584 ; Alissa Phelps, phelpsal@ohsu.edu ; Betsy Barron, betsygb1@gmail.com ; Candice Biernesser, lubbertcl@upmc.edu ; Chandrakala Ganesh, chandrakala.ganesh@csueastbay.edu, 5108852424 ; Genevieve Graaf, genevievegraaf@gmail.com ; Kaitlyn Frick, kaitlyn.frick@siu.edu ; Hannah Stewart, hlstewar@usc.edu, 9033884919 ; Kathryn Washington, kathryn1.apha@gmail.com ; Kobi Ajayi, okonmavanessa@gmail.com ; Kaleea Lewis, Lewiskal@health.missouri.edu, 8034797400 ; Mae L'Heureux, maelheureux@gmail.com ; M. J. Scales, mjscales@udel.edu ; Rashad Freeman, freeman8079@gmail.com ; Alejandra Rivera, ali.rivera@lpfch.org ; Sherry (Ting-Jung) Sheu, tsheu@ucdavis.edu, 310-270-7330 ; Valerie Tsai, tsai.valerie@gmail.com ; Micki Washburn, micki.washburn@uta.edu, 832-498-1015 and Emily McCague, mccaguetj@gmail.com

Sunday, March 21
Occupational Health and Safety

Kerri Wizner, kerri.wizner.mph@gmail.com ; Miriam Weil, weilmirweil@gmail.com and Jeanette Zoeckler, zoecklej@upstate.edu, 315-432-8899

Sunday, March 21
Oral Health

Chelsea Fosse, chelseafosse@gmail.com, 2317406023 and Salma Elwazeer, salma.m.elwazeer@gmail.com, 2244097616

Sunday, March 21
Pharmacy

Barry A. Bleidt, bbleidt@nova.edu, 954-262-1855

Sunday, April 4
PHEHP Materials Contest

Andrea Medeiros, aportillo.apha@gmail.com and Karen Mancera-Cuevas, karen.mancera-cuevas@illinois.gov

Sunday, March 21
PHEHP Student Awards Contest

Andrea Medeiros, aportillo.apha@gmail.com ; Christine Hackman, chackman@calpoly.edu and Charis Davidson, charis.davidson@gmail.com, 507-389-5382

Sunday, March 21
Physical Activity

Alan Beck, alan.beck@wustl.edu, 314-935-0125 and Bridgette Do, bridgetd@usc.edu, 8052369312

Sunday, March 21
Public Health Education and Health Promotion

Andrea Medeiros, aportillo.apha@gmail.com ; Nan Martin, nzhao4@calstatela.edu, 323-343-4743 ; Ashley Walker, awalker@georgiasouthern.edu, 2147695179 ; Katharine Head, headkj@iupui.edu, 317-278-3760 ; Charis Davidson, charis.davidson@gmail.com, 507-389-5382 ; Christine Hackman, chackman@calpoly.edu and Karen Mancera-Cuevas, karen.mancera-cuevas@illinois.gov

Sunday, March 21
Public Health Nursing

Tracy Booth, tracy.booth@umhb.edu, 254-295-4670

Sunday, March 21
Public Health Social Work

Sana Malik, sana.k.malik@stonybrook.edu, 717-580-1211 and Abigail Ross, aross28@fordham.edu, 2126366652

Sunday, March 21
School Health and Wellness

Samira Soleimanpour, samira.soleimanpour@ucsf.edu, 4152358208 ; Erin Maughan, emaughan@nasn.org, 240-247-1624 and Julie Metos, julie.metos@hsc.utah.edu

Sunday, March 21
Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)

Monica McLemore, monica.mclemore@ucsf.edu, 415-200-6097 ; Angel Foster, angel.foster@uottawa.ca, 613-562-5800 and Aline Gubrium, agubrium@schoolph.umass.edu, 413-552-9450

Sunday, March 21
Vision Care

Kathy O'Connor, kdo7@cdc.gov and Pat Segu, psegu@central.uh.edu, 713-743-1958

All Deadlines 11:59 p.m. PST
Special Interest Groups
Sunday, March 21
Veterinary Public Health

Stephanie Masiello Schuette, smasiell@gmail.com and Thomas Doker, thomas.doker@gmail.com

All Deadlines 11:59 p.m. PST
Forums
Sunday, March 21
Cancer Forum

Jennifer Tsui, tsuijenn@usc.edu ; Jean Edward, jean.edward@uky.edu and Adana Llanos, Adana.Llanos@rutgers.edu

Sunday, March 21
Genomics Forum

Wei-Ju Chen, chen_w@utpb.edu, 432-552-2346 ; Shixi Zhao, shixizhao@unm.edu, 9794227393 and Yu-Lyu Yeh, yulyuyeh@gmail.com, 248-928-4976

Sunday, March 21
Human Rights Forum

Sarbinaz Bekmuratova, sarbinazbekmuratova@creighton.edu, 4027397626 and Arduizur Carli Richie-Zavaleta, arichiezavaleta@gmail.com, 760.310.4426

Sunday, March 21
Trade and Health Forum

Eric Crosbie, ecrosbie@unr.edu

All Deadlines 11:59 p.m. PST
Caucuses
Sunday, March 21
Academic and Practice Linkages in Public Health Caucus

Jessica Petrush, jpetrush@aspph.org, 202-296-1099 X136

Sunday, March 21
American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus

Ryan Eagle, ryan.eagle@ndsu.edu, 7012316358 and Madison Anderson, and01458@morris.umn.edu, 612-274-7368

Sunday, March 21
Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health

Arnab Mukherjea, arnab.mukherjea@csueastbay.edu, 5108854770 and Stella Chong, stella.chong@nyulangone.org, 6465013482

Sunday, March 21
Black Caucus of Health Workers

Dana Reed Wise, dreedwise@marionhealth.org, 317-221-2290 and George Smith, gsmith33@csu.edu, 773-995-2046

Sunday, March 21
Caucus on Homelessness

Brett Poe, bpoe@nhchc.org, 615-226-2292

Sunday, March 21
Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community

Barbara Baylor, baylorbarbara@gmail.com, 216-798-7721 and Jacqueline Tiema-Massie, jacquelinemassie@gmail.com, 773-818-3300

Sunday, March 21
Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health

Ogbonnaya Omenka, oomenka@butler.edu, 612-205-6580 and Kelechi Ibe-Lamberts, kelechi.lamberts@gmail.com

Sunday, March 21
Community Based Public Health Caucus

Patricia Piechowski, kwikwi@umich.edu, 734-998-7632 ; Rachel Berkowitz, berkowr@gmail.com and Juanita Booker-Vaughns, juanitabookervaughn@cdrewu.edu, 951-238-8231

Sunday, March 21
Family Violence Prevention Caucus

Laura Schwab Reese, lschwabr@purdue.edu, 303-864-5307

Sunday, March 21
Latino Caucus

Airin Martinez, admartinez@umass.edu, 443-722-2359 and Barbara Baquero, bbaquero@uw.edu, 619-481-4434

Sunday, March 21
LGBTQ Health Caucus

Madina AgĂ©nor, madina.agenor@tufts.edu, 617-627-5744 and Kristen Krause, kristen.krause@rutgers.edu, 973-972-9571

Sunday, March 21
Men's Health Caucus

Albert Pless, apless@challiance.org, 8572445445

Sunday, March 21
Peace Caucus

Patrice Sutton, psutton2000@yahoo.com, 415-407-8806 ; Anlan Cheney, anlan.cheney@gmail.com, 402.389.2576 and Valerie Pacino, valeriepacino@gmail.com

Sunday, March 21
Socialist Caucus

Johnathon Ross, drjohnross@ameritech.net, 4192703621 and Martha Livingston, livingstonm@oldwestbury.edu, 516-876-2748

Sunday, March 21
Spirit of 1848 Caucus

Nancy Krieger, nkrieger@hsph.harvard.edu, 617-432-1571

Sunday, March 21
Not yet open
Veterans Caucus

Jenevieve Peecher, jspeec01@gmail.com, 502-640-0976

Sunday, March 21
Women's Caucus

Nakesha Powell, nakeshas@hotmail.com, 678-360-2020 ; Meghan Spiroff, mairgood@umich.edu, 734-998-7497 and Veronique Martin, v.martin.infante@gmail.com, 650-334-6184

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • PH Jobs
Support Public Health Donate to APHA
  • Home
  • Topics and Issues
  • Policies and Advocacy
  • Publications and Periodicals
  • Professional Development
  • Events and Meetings
  • News and Media
  • APHA Communities
  • Become a Member
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site Map

2021 © American Public Health Association