Call for Moderators

"Creating the Healthiest Nation: Strengthening Social Connectedness"

The American Public Health Association is looking for moderators for the APHA 2021 Annual Meeting and Expo.

The theme of the meeting is Creating the Healthiest Nation: Strengthening Social Connectedness

APHA is seeking moderators for oral and roundtable sessions. See moderator guidelines for more information.

General Information

Registration: While Moderators do not have to be a member of APHA, they are required to be registered for the meeting.

Moderator Sign-Up Instructions

  1. Scroll below and select an APHA program.
  2. Click the button to start your submission.
  3. If you are redirected to a login page, please create an APHA account before completing the moderator submission form.
  4. You will be required to select up to 3 sessions that would be of interest to you to moderate.
  5. You will also be required to complete a conflict-of-interest form. This is a requirement by the Continuing Education Credentialing Bodies, and APHA must adhere to this requirement to obtain continuing education credit for Annual Meeting sessions.
  6. Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, August 27th.
  7. The program planner of your section will review your information and assign you to a session no later than September 30.
  8. You will receive an email with instructions and deadlines moving forward.

Please note: There is no guarantee that all requests to moderate a session will be approved as this will depend on the number of available openings.

Select an APHA program

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
APHA - Sponsored
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2021-09-05
APHA Student Assembly

Lauren Joyce, MPH, DO(c), lauren.joyce.apha@gmail.com

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
Sections
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2021-09-05
Aging & Public Health

Nancy Ruth Little, EdD, MPH, Department of Public Health, East Carolina University, 600 Moye Blvd, Greenville, NC 27834, Phone: 252 744 3123, littlena@ecu.edu. Lan Doan, Lan.Doan@nyulangone.org. Rajasri Roy, PhD, MPH, Scientific Review Branch, National Institutes on Aging, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Rm 2E200, Rockville, MD 20814, rajasri.roy@nih.gov. Annie Nguyen, PhD, MPH, Department of Family Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1000 S. Fremont Ave, Alhambra, CA 91803, Phone: 626-457-4121, annie.nguyen@med.usc.edu. Lesley Steinman, MSW, MPH, Health Promotion Research Center, University of Washington, 1107 NE 45th St, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98105, Phone: 206-850-4066, Fax: 206-543-8841, lesles@uw.edu. Rodlescia Sneed, PhD, MPH, Department of Family Medicine/Division of Public Health, Michigan State University, 200 East 1st Street, Flint, MI 48502, Phone: 810-600-5681, sneedrod@msu.edu. Reza Amini, Ph.D, MD, MPH, Department of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Michigan-Flint College of Health Sciences, 509 Harrison St, Flint, MI 48502, Phone: (810) 762-0071, dramini@umich.edu

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2021-09-05
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Elvira Elek, PhD, Substance Use Prevention and Research Program, RTI International, One Metro Center, 701 13th Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20005, Phone: 202-728-2048, eelek@rti.org. Robert Carroll, PhC, MN, RN, ACRN, Phone: 206-351-7525, robcarroll63@me.com. Steven Kritz, MD, 157-59 17 Avenue, Whitestone, NY 11357, Phone: 9179695502, kritz@ny.freei.net. M. J. Scales, MPH, CPS, mjscales@udel.edu. George Pro, PhD, MPH, gcpro@uams.edu

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2021-09-05
Applied Public Health Statistics

Robert Vogel, Professor, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, 501 Forest Drive, Statesboro, Statesboro, GA 30460, Phone: 912-478-7423, rvogel@georgiasouthern.edu. Haresh Rochani, DrPH, MPH , M.B.B.S., Department of Bio-statistics , Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, Georgia Southern University, 501 Forest Drive, Statesboro, GA 30460, Phone: 9124781011, hrochani@georgiasouthern.edu. Niloofar Ramezani, PhD, Department of Statistics, George Mason University, Volgenau School of Engineering, 4400 University Drive, MS 4A7, Fairfax, VA 22030, Phone: 9704150481, n.r.stats@gmail.com

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2021-09-05
Community Health Planning and Policy Development

Kristin Schuller, PhD, MHA, Department of Social and Public Health, Ohio University, Grover Center W333, 1 Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, Phone: 740-593-0528, schuller@ohio.edu. Shannon Nicks, PhD, MPH, Phone: 937-641-3261, NicksS@childrensdayton.org

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2021-10-08
Community Health Workers

Paige Menking, MPA, Health Science Center, Project ECHO, University of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC07 4245, Albuquerque, NM 87131, Phone: 5128181185, pcmenking@gmail.com

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Disability

Librada Callender, MPH, CCRC, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation Research, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, 909 North Washington Avenue Suite 232, Dallas, TX 76246, Phone: 214-820-9988, librada.callender@bswhealth.org. Lindsey Mullis, MS, Human Development Institute, University of Kentucky, 102 Mineral Industries Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0051, Phone: 859.218.4064, lindsey.c.mullis@uky.edu

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Environment

Natasha DeJarnett, PhD, MPH, Program & Partnership Development, University of Louisville, 720 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 1000-N, Denver, CO 80246, natasha.dejarnett@louisville.edu. Raquel Silva, PhD, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 170 Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, raquel.silva@icf.com

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2021-09-05
Epidemiology

Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, PhD, MPH, School of Community Health & Policy, Department of Public Health Analysis, Morgan State University, 4530 Portage Ave Campus, Rm 212, 1700 E Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, Phone: 443-885-4013, baptika@gmail.com. Siobhan Maty, PhD, MPH, CPH, Helfgott Research Institute, National University of Natural Medicine, 2220 SW 1st Avenue, Portland, OR 97201, siobhanmaty@gmail.com

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Ethics

Bruce Jennings, MA, -, Center for Humans and Nature, 9302 Grist Mill Court, Brentwood, TN 37027, Phone: 615-982-8826, brucejennings@humansandnature.org

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2021-09-05
Food and Nutrition

Mary Larson, PhD, MPH, RD, CHES, Department of Public Health, North Dakota State University, Department 2662, PO Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108-6050, Phone: 701-231-8603, mary.larson2@ndsu.edu. Abby Gold, PhD, MPH, RD, St. Paul, MN, agold@umn.edu. Eliza Hallett, MS, Accountable Care Organization Research Team, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, elizamhallett@gmail.com

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2021-09-05
Health Administration

Candace Haugtvedt, PhD, RPh, MS, Advanced Pharmaceutical Consultants, clhaugtvedt@gmail.com. Kate Cartwright, PhD, MPH, School of Public Administration, University of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC05 3100, Albuquerque, NM 87131, Phone: 5053213960, kcartwright@unm.edu. Sonia Lee, MSPH, Endoscopy Health Economics and Market Access, Boston Scientific, Marlborough, MA 01752, Phone: 848-391-7223, sonialee518@gmail.com

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2021-09-05
HIV/AIDS

Paulette Dawn Slowinski, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN, PHCNS-BC, CNEcl, School of Nursing, Rutgers University, 100 Schubert Ave, Runnemede, NJ 08078, Phone: 6099704206, pdawn69@gmail.com. Randolph Hubach, PhD, MPH, Department of Rural Health, Oklahoma State University-Center for Health Sciences, 1111 West 17th Street, Tulsa, OK 74107, Phone: 918-584-4375, rhubach@purdue.edu. Mohammad Rifat Haider, PHD, MPS, MHE, MBBS, Department of Social and Public Health, Dept. of Health Policy and Management,College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, OH, haider@uga.edu

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2021-09-05
Integrative, Complementary and Traditional Health Practices

Keturah Faurot, PA, PhD, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #7200, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7200, Phone: 9199668586, faurot@med.unc.edu. John Spencer Finnell, ND MPH LAc, Research, AOMA, 4701 West Gate Boulevard, Building C,, Austin, TX 78745, Phone: 512-638-0145, drfinnell@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
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2021-10-01
International Health

Theresa Majeski, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, theresa.majeski@gmail.com. Samer Jabbour, MD, MPH, Health Management and Policy, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, AUB Faculty of Health Sciences, P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2020 Lebanon, Phone: 009613826512, sj22@aub.edu.lb

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2021-09-05
Maternal and Child Health

Kimberly Arcoleo, PhD, MPH, College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation, Arizona State University, 500 North 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004, Phone: 602-496-0912, karcoleo@uri.edu. Lesley Cottrell, PhD, WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities (CED), Pediatrics Department, Prevention Research Center, West Virginia University, 959 Hartman Run Road, Morgantown, WV 26506, Phone: 304-293-2914, lcottrell@hsc.wvu.edu. Haley Brahmbhatt, haleyb@jhmi.edu. Mary Mitsdarffer, PhD MPH, Phone: 708-220-8702, MitsdarfferM@gmail.com

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2021-09-05
Medical Care Section

Wassim Tarraf, Wayne State University, 87 East Ferry Street, Detroit, MI 48202, Phone: 3136642632, ai2483@wayne.edu. Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio, rmonguio@gmail.com. Kara Allard, MPH, Department of Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, 101 Woodruff Circle, Room 5333, Atlanta, GA 30322, Phone: 8608882758, kallard3@bwh.harvard.edu. Minghui Li, PhD, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, 144 College Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3M2 Canada, Phone: (416) 978-2889, Fax: (416) 978-8511, mli54@uthsc.edu. Cody Mullen, PhD, Indiana Rural Health Association, 2901 Ohio Blvd., Suite 240, Terre Haute, IN 47803, Phone: 812-230-1914, cody.mullen@gmail.com. Jazmin Hampton, jazhampton@yahoo.com. Tiffany Johnson, MPH, Department of Public Health, University of South Dakota, 8301 W. Flamingo Rd., 1075, Las Vegas, NV 89147, Phone: 605-209-1656, johnsontiffanyanne@gmail.com

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Occupational Health and Safety

Kerri Wizner, MPH, CPH, kerri.wizner.mph@gmail.com. Miriam Weil, ScD, Miriam.Weil@childrens.harvard.edu. Jeanette Zoeckler, PhD, MPH, SUNY Upstate Medical University, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Occupational Health Clinical Center, 6712 Brooklawn Parkway, Syracuse, NY 13211, Phone: 315-432-8899, zoecklej@upstate.edu. Kate Durand, MHS, CIH, CSP, UW DEOHS CE, 4225 Roosevelt Way, Seattle, WA 98105, Phone: 4156011212, kthd@uw.edu

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2021-09-05
Oral Health

Chelsea Fosse, DMD MPH, Jacobi Medical Center, 384 Essex Ave, Bloomfield, NJ 07003, Phone: 2317406023, chelseafosse@gmail.com. Salma Elwazeer, BDS, MSc, MPH, School of Dentistry, Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, Division of Dental Public Health, UT Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX 78229, Phone: 2244097616, salma.elwazeer@ttuhsc.edu

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2021-09-05
Pharmacy

Barry A. Bleidt, PhD, PharmD, RPh, FAPhA, FNPhA, Sociobehavioral and Administrative Pharmacy Department, Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy, 3200 South University Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328-2018, Phone: 954-262-1855, barrybleidt@gmail.com

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2021-09-05
Physical Activity

Alan Beck, PhD, CHES, ACSM-CEP, Prevention Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1196, St. Louis, MO 63130, Phone: 314-935-0125, alan.beck@wustl.edu. Bridgette Do, MPH, Department of Preventive Medicine and Psychology, University of Southern California, 1975 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, Phone: 8052369312, bridgetd@usc.edu

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2021-09-05
Public Health Education and Health Promotion

Andrea Medeiros, MPH, CHES, National Osteoporosis Foundation, 251 18th St S, Suite 630, Arlington, VA 22202, aportillo.apha@gmail.com. Nan Martin, PhD, MPH, Department of Public Health, California State University Los Angeles, 5151 State University Dr, 307 Simpson Tower, Los Angeles, CA 90032-4226, Phone: 323-343-4743, nzhao4@calstatela.edu. Ashley Walker, PhD, CHES, 3004 McCall Blvd, 3004 McCall Blvd, P.O. Box 8015, Statesboro, GA 30461, Phone: 2147695179, awalker@georgiasouthern.edu. Katharine Head, PhD, Department of Communication Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 425 University Blvd, Indianapolis, IN 46202, Phone: 317-278-3760, headkj@iupui.edu. Charis Davidson, DrPH, MPH, CHES, Health Science, Minnesota State University Mankato, 213 Highland Center North, Mankato, MN 56003, Phone: 507-389-5382, charis.davidson@gmail.com. Christine Hackman, PhD, MCHES, AL, chackman@calpoly.edu. Karen Mancera-Cuevas, DrPH, MS, MPH, CHES, Illinois Department of Public Health, Chicago, IL, karen.mancera-cuevas@illinois.gov. LuBeth Perez, MPH, RRT-NPS, CHWI, UTHealth School of Public Health in Brownsville, One West University Blvd., Brownsville Regional Campus, Brownsville, TX 78520, Phone: 956-342-3094, lubeth.perez@uth.tmc.edu

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2021-09-05
Public Health Nursing

Tracy Booth, EdD, BSN, RN, College of Nursing, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, 900 College St., Box 8015, Belton, TX 76513, Phone: 254-295-4670, Fax: 254-295-4141, tracy.booth@umhb.edu. Karen M. Butler, DNP, RN, College of Nursing, BREATHE, University of Kentucky, 202C CON Building, 760 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536-2303, Phone: 859-323-5684, Fax: 859-323-1057, Karen.Butler@uky.edu

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Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)

Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Family Health Care Nursing Department, University of California, San Francisco, 2 Koret Way, N431H, San Francisco, CA 94134, Phone: 415-200-6097, monica.mclemore@ucsf.edu. Angel Foster, DPhil, MD, AM, Phone: 613-562-5800, angel.foster@uottawa.ca. Aline Gubrium, PhD, Department of Health Promotion and Policy, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 715 N. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01003, Phone: 413-552-9450, Fax: 413-545-1645, agubrium@schoolph.umass.edu

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Vision Care

Kathleen O'Connor, kdo7@cdc.gov. Pat Segu, OD, FAAO, College of Optometry, University of Houston, 4901 Calhoun, Room 2162, Houston, TX 77204-2020, Phone: 713-743-1958, psegu@central.uh.edu

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
Forums
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Genomics Forum

Wei-Ju Chen, PhD, CHWI, CHW, Department of Psychology, The University of Texas Permian Basin, 4901 East University Boulevard, Odessa, TX 79762, Phone: 432-552-2346, chen_w@utpb.edu. Shixi Zhao, Ph.D., CHES., Department of Health, Exercise & Sports Sciences, University of New Mexico, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, Phone: 9794227393, shixizhao@unm.edu. Yu-Lyu Yeh, PhD, CHW, CHWI, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, 4243 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, Phone: 248-928-4976, yulyuyeh@gmail.com

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2021-09-05
Human Rights Forum

Sarbinaz Bekmuratova, PhD. MS, Occupational Therapy, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178, Phone: 4027397626, sarbinazbekmuratova@creighton.edu. Arduizur Richie-Zavaleta, DrPH, MASP, MAIPS, College of Gradutate & Professional Studies-Public Health, University of New England, 716 Stevens Avenue, Portland, ME 04103, Phone: 760.310.4426, arichiezavaleta@gmail.com

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2021-09-05
Trade and Health Forum

Eric Crosbie, PhD, MA, ecrosbie@unr.edu

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Caucuses
Call for Moderators
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2021-09-05
American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus

Madison Anderson, MPH, University of Minnesota, 3001 Broadway St NE, Suite 185, Minneapolis, MN 55413, Phone: 612-274-7368, and01458@morris.umn.edu. Ryan Eagle, BS, Public Health, North Dakota State University, 1805 RESEARCH PARK DR, PO BOX 6050, Fargo, ND 58102, Phone: 7012316358, ryan.eagle@ndsu.edu

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2021-09-05
Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health

Arnab Mukherjea, DrPH, MPH, Department of Health Sciences, California State University, East Bay, 25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard, Student & Faculty Support Center 502, Hayward, CA 94542, Phone: 5108854770, arnab.mukherjea@csueastbay.edu. Stella Chong, BA, Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, 550 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10016, Phone: 6465013482, stella.chong@nyulangone.org

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2021-09-05
Caucus on Homelessness

Brett Poe, bpoe@nhchc.org

Call for Moderators
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2021-09-10
Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community

Barbara Baylor, MPH, N/a, N/a, 1336 Stone Bay Dr., SW, Atlanta, GA 30331, Phone: 216-798-7721, baylorbarbara@gmail.com. Jacqueline Tiema-Massie, MPH, Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, 1615 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622, Phone: 773-818-3300, jacquelinemassie@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
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2021-09-05
Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health

Ogbonnaya Omenka, PhD, MS, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Butler University, 4600 Sunset Boulevard, PHSB 404E, Indianapolis, IN 46208, Phone: 612-205-6580, oomenka@butler.edu. Kelechi Ibe-Lamberts, Ph.D, Health Department, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY, kelechi.lamberts@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
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2021-09-05
Community Based Public Health Caucus

Patricia Piechowski, MPH, MSW, MA, Michigan Institute for Clinical Health Research, University of Michigan, 2800 Plymouth Rd, Building 400, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, Phone: 734-998-7632, kwikwi@umich.edu. Rachel Berkowitz, DrPH, MPH, San José State University, berkowr@gmail.com. Juanita Booker-Vaughns, EdD, MaEd, School of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, 1731 E. 120th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90059, Phone: 951-238-8231, juanitabookervaughn@cdrewu.edu

Call for Moderators
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2021-09-05
Family Violence Prevention Caucus

Laura Schwab-Reese, MA, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, 13123 E 16th Ave, B390, Gary Pavilion, Aurora, CO 80045, Phone: 303-864-5307, lschwabr@purdue.edu

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2021-09-05
Latino Caucus

Airin Martinez, PhD, airin.martinez@gmail.com. Danielle Montoya, MPH, missdaniellemontoya@gmail.com. Barbara Baquero, PhD, MPH, Department of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, 145 N Riverside Dr., CPHB N418, Iowa City, IA 52242, Phone: 619-481-4434, bbaquero@uw.edu

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2021-09-05
LGBTQ Health Caucus

Madina Agenor, ScD, MPH, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, Phone: 301-704-0308, madina_agenor@brown.edu. Kristen Krause, PhD, MPH, Center for Health, Identity, Behavior, and Prevention Studies, Rutgers School of Public Health, One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 1020, Newark, NJ 07102, Phone: 973-972-9571, kristen.d.krause@gmail.com

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2021-09-05
Men's Health Caucus

Albert Pless, MS, Cambridge Public Health Department, 119 Windsor St, Cambridge, MA 02139, Phone: 8572445445, Fax: 8572445445, apless@challiance.org

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2021-09-05
Veterans Caucus

Jenevieve Peecher, MD/MPH, RN/BSN, Keck School of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, USC Master of Public Health Program Institute for Prevention Research, Keck School of Medicine, Soto Street Building, 2001 N Soto Street, Suite 201-D, Los Angeles, CA 90032-3628, Phone: 502-640-0976, veterans.caucus.apha@gmail.com

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2021-09-05
Women's Caucus

Nakesha Powell, MPA, Phone: 678-360-2020, nakeshas@hotmail.com. Meghan Spiroff, MHA, Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR), University of Michigan, 2800 Plymouth Rd, Building 400, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, Phone: 734-998-7497, Fax: 734-998-7228, mairgood@umich.edu. Sarbinaz Bekmuratova, PhD. MS, Occupational Therapy, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178, Phone: 4027397626, sarbinazbekmuratova@creighton.edu

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
APHA Component Programs
Call for Moderators
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2021-09-05
Breastfeeding

Nathan Nickel, MPH, PhD, Department of Community Health Sciences; Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, 185 Walnut, Winnipeg, MB R3G 1P3 Canada, Nathan_Nickel@cpe.umanitoba.ca