Call for Moderators

"Creating the Healthiest Nation: Overcoming Social and Ethical Challenges"

The American Public Health Association is looking for moderators for the APHA 2023 Annual Meeting and Expo.

The theme of the meeting is Creating the Healthiest Nation: Overcoming Social and Ethical Challenges

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, July 31st.
  7. The program planner of your section will review your information and assign you to a session no later than August 31.
  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
Call for Moderators
closed on
2023-07-31
APHA Committee on Womens Rights

Shannon Klisch, sklisch@ucanr.edu. Hannatu Dantata, MD, MPH, MBA, hannasidd@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2023-07-31
APHA Student Assembly

Kara Mannor, Karamannor.APHA@gmail.com. Annie Du, New Haven, CT, axd554@case.edu

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
Sections
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2023-07-31
Aging & Public Health

Rajasri Roy, Ph.D., rajasri.roy@nih.gov. Lan Doan, PhD, MPH, lanndoan@gmail.com. Patricia Fletcher, MA, MS, PhD, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, patriciafletcher@me.com. Emily Nicklett, PhD, MSW, University of Texas at San Antonio, Emily.Nicklett@utsa.edu. Lesley Steinman, PhD, MSW, MPH, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, lesles@uw.edu. Reza Amini, dramini@umich.edu. Omolola Adepoju, Phone: 713-743-9706, oadepoju@uh.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2023-07-31
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

M. J. Scales, MPH, CPS, mjscales@udel.edu. Kris Fraser, MPH, PMP, krisllf@msn.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2023-07-31
Applied Public Health Statistics

Niloofar Ramezani, Ph.D., MS, George Mason University, ramezanin2@vcu.edu. Guang Xu, guangxu@marian.edu. Wenjun Li, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, wenjun_li@uml.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2023-08-15
Community Health Planning and Policy Development

Kaitlyn Esposito, MPH, Bobby Jones Chiari & Syringomyelia Foundation, kaitlynm.esposito@gmail.com. Shariece Evans, PhD, MA, Phone: 410-961-6885, shariece.evans@gmail.com. Maurice Johnson, PhD, MPH, mauricejohnsonjr@gmail.com. Shannon Nicks, PhD, MPH, Phone: 937-641-3261, NicksS@childrensdayton.org

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Community Health Workers

Shontel Minor, shontel.minor@txaheceast.org. Denise Vasquez, denise.vasquez@uth.tmc.edu. Paige Menking, pcmenking@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Disability

Robyn Powell, JD, PhD, University of Oklahoma College of Law, rpowell@ou.edu. Lindsey Mullis, M.S., Phone: 859-218-4064, lindsey.c.mullis@uky.edu

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Environment

Ursula Lauper, MPH, Phone: 518-402-7683, ursula.lauper@health.ny.gov. Inyang Uwak, DrPH, MPH, MBBCh., drinyanguwak@gmail.com. Kyra Shields, PhD, kyra.naumoff@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2023-07-31
Epidemiology

Siobhan Maty, PhD, MPH, CPH, siobhanmaty@gmail.com. Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, PhD, MPH, Phone: 443-885-4013, baptika@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2023-07-31
Ethics

Andrea Lowe, MPH, CPH, andrealowe48@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Food and Nutrition

Godfred Boateng, gboaten@yorku.ca. Nadia Koyratty, n.koyratty@cgiar.org. Natalia Santos, MPH, nsantos@unmc.edu

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Health Administration

Candace Haugtvedt, PhD, RPh, MS, Advanced Pharmaceutical Consultants, clhaugtvedt@gmail.com. Kate Cartwright, PhD, MPH, kcartwright@unm.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2023-07-31
HIV/AIDS

Chengbo Zeng, Brookline, MA, czeng8@bwh.harvard.edu. Xueying Yang, xueyyang@mailbox.sc.edu. Randolph Hubach, PhD, MPH, rhubach@purdue.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2023-07-31
Injury Control and Emergency Health Services

Claudia Der-Martirosian, cdermart.apha@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Integrative, Complementary and Traditional Health Practices

John Finnell, ND, MPH, LAc, drfinnell@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Integrative, Complementary and Traditional Health Practices Late Breakers

John Finnell, ND, PhD, MPH, LAc, DIPL OM, drfinnell@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
International Health

Jamie Zigterman, MPH, jlzigterman@yahoo.com. Elizabeth Healy, MPH, ehealy36@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Maternal and Child Health

Lesley Cottrell, PhD, lcottrell@hsc.wvu.edu. Kim Arcoleo, PhD, MPH, arcoleok@msu.edu. Mary Mitsdarffer, PhD, MPH, MitsdarfferM@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2023-08-30
Medical Care Section

Kara Allard, kallard3@bwh.harvard.edu. Cody Mullen, cody.mullen@gmail.com. Lisa Lines, Los Angeles, CA, llines@rti.org. Lisa Jordan, DHA, MBA, Raleigh, NC, lisa.jordan@unchealth.unc.edu. Alison Brill, MPH, alison.t.brill@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2023-07-31
Mental Health

Genevieve Graaf, PhD, genevieve.graaf@uta.edu. Kaleea Lewis, PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65201, Lewiskal@health.Missouri.edu. Pauline Lubens, MPH, PhD, plubens@gmail.com. Wei-Ju Chen, Ph.D., CHWI, CHW, Phone: 432-552-2346, weiju.r.chen@gmail.com. Silicia Lomax, MPH, Waxman Strategies & University of Pennsylvania, lomaxs@sas.upenn.edu. Emily Zhang, MSPH, ezhang22@jhu.edu. Sudeepa Bhattacharyya, Professor, sudeepabhattacharyya@gmail.com. Tom Kane, JD MPH CPH MS PAPHS, Self, Washington, DC 20008, psychepitjk@gmail.com. Tolu Abidogun, MBBS; MPH, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, tmabidogun@gmail.com. Mary Jane Alexander, PhD, mja@nki.rfmh.org. Danielle Adams, PhD, MSW, Phone: 312-550-3878, daniadams91@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Occupational Health and Safety

Kerri Wizner, MPH, kerri.wizner.mph@gmail.com. Katherine Goscilo, MPH, Katherine.goscilo@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
One Health

Stephanie Masiello Schuette, stephanie.masielloschuette@dairy.org. Thomas Doker, DVM, DACVPM (Epidemiology), MPH, CPH, thomas.doker@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Oral Health

Tooka Zokaie, ztooka@gmail.com. Sujay Mehta, DMD, Private practice in Orofacial Pain; MPH candidate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, smehta43@jh.edu. Lyubov Slashcheva, DDS, MS, Apple Tree Dental, lslashcheva@appletreedental.org

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2023-07-31
Pharmacy

Shaun Rowe, arowe@uthsc.edu

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2023-07-31
Physical Activity

Bridgette Do, PhD(c), MPH, bridgetd@usc.edu. Chelsey Kirkland, PhD, MPH, CHW, 1. Kent State University 2. University of Minnesota, cbruce5@kent.edu

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Public Health Education and Health Promotion

LuBeth Perez, LuBeth.Perez@uth.tmc.edu. Jiun-Yi Tsai, PhD, Northern Arizona University, jiun-yi.tsai@nau.edu. Ashley Walker, awalker@georgiasouthern.edu. Christine Hackman, PhD, MCHES, chackman@calpoly.edu. Charis Davidson, DrPH, MPH, CHES, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY, Charis.davidson@gmail.com. Katharine Head, PhD, Phone: 317-278-3760, headkj@iupui.edu

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Public Health Nursing

Karen Butler, RN, DNP, FAAN, Phone: 859-323-5684, Karen.Butler@uky.edu

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2023-07-31
School Health and Wellness

Lori Spruance, Brigham Young University, lori.spruance@byu.edu. Elizabeth Dickson, PhD, MSN, RN, EDickson@salud.unm.edu. Julie Metos, PhD, MPH, RDN, julie.metos@hsc.utah.edu. Dawn Nguyen Truong, EdD, MPH, CHES, Bronco Wellness, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC, DAWNNY89@GMAIL.COM

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)

Kimberly McBride, kimberly.mcbride@utoledo.edu. April Bell, PhD, MPH, UCSF, april.bell@ucsf.edu. Stacey Griner, PhD, MPH, CPH, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, stacey.griner@unthsc.edu. Bonnie Epstein, Englewood, NJ, bonnie.k.epstein@questdiagnostics.com. Jennifer Miller, DrPH, CHES, CPH, Stillwater, OK, jennifer.miller@okstatealumni.org

Call for Moderators
closed on
2023-07-31
Vision Care

Kathleen O'Connor, MPH, CDC, koconnor1@cdc.gov

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
Forums
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2023-07-31
Genomics Forum

Karen Niemchick, PhD, MHS, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, niemchik@gvsu.edu. Haocen Wang, PhD, RN, wanghaocen@gmail.com. Zihan Zhang, MS, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845-5196, zihan2017@tamu.edu

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Human Rights Forum

Silicia Lomax, lomaxs@sas.upenn.edu. Sabrina Sanchez, MA, University of San Francisco, sabrina.sanchez@ucsf.edu

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Trade and Health Forum

Eric Crosbie, ecrosbie@unr.edu

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
Caucuses
Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Academic and Practice Linkages in Public Health Caucus

Emily Burke, EdD, MPH, CPH, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, eburke@aspph.org. Kaitlin Tager, MPH, CHES, ktager@aspph.org

Call for Moderators
closed on
2023-07-31
American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus

McKayla Gourneau, MS CGC, mckayla.m.gourneau@gmail.com. Madison Anderson, and01458@morris.umn.edu

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health

Priya Raman, praman@horizon.csueastbay.edu. Reener Balingit, MPH, CHES, Reener.Balingit@outlook.com

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Caucus on Homelessness

Brett Poe, National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Nashville, TN 37206, bpoe@nhchc.org. Chelsea Hardin Hensley, chensley@nhchc.org

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community

Vanessa Hill, MFA, MPH, Project Nana/ Sentara Healthcare, vhill@projectnana.org. Jacqueline Tiema-Massie, DrPH, MPH, jacquelinemassie21@gmail.com. Barbara Baylor, MPH, baylorbarbara@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2023-07-31
Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health

Kelechi Ibe-Lamberts, PhD, MCHES, kelechi.lamberts@gmail.com. Ogbonnaya Omenka, PhD, oomenka@butler.edu

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Community Based Public Health Caucus

Rachel Berkowitz, DrPH, MPH, San José State University, rachel.l.berkowitz@sjsu.edu. Angela Young-Brinn, successfulangela@gmail.com. Jennifer Castillo, BSW, MSW, MS Education, Phone: 919-307-7379, changemakers@resiliencycollaborative.org. Zuleima Cortez, The Resiliency Collaborative, Raleigh, NC, zuleimacortezzz@gmail.com. Karina Lozano-Serrano, The Resiliency Collaborative, Raleigh, NC, karinalozanoserrano@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Family Violence Prevention Caucus

Nicole Sutton, MPH, CPH, CHES, nicolesutton@usf.edu. Tara Foti, PhD, MPH, CPH, tara.foti@gmail.com. Lindsey King, PhD, MPH, CHES®, CCRP, CTTS, University of Florida, Green Cove Springs, FL, linking@ufl.edu

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Latino Caucus

Jeannie Concha, PhD MPH, The University of Texas at El Paso, jeannie@utep.edu. Mary Mitsdarffer, PhD, MPH, MitsdarfferM@gmail.com. Kelly Umana, Silver Spring, MD, kelly.umana@latinocaucus-apha.org. Jose Perez Ramos, Phone: 585-276-8755, jose_perez-ramos@urmc.rochester.edu

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
LGBTQ Health Caucus

Kristen Krause, PhD, MPH, kristen.krause@rutgers.edu. Gilbert Gonzales, Phone: 409-599-1719, gilbert.gonzales@vanderbilt.edu

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Men's Health Caucus

Brandon Leonard, MA, LUNGevity Foundation, Washington, DC 20009, brandonlleonard@gmail.com. Albert Pless, MS, albertwpless@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Veterans Caucus

Jenevieve Peecher, veterans.caucus.apha@gmail.com. Andrew Michalik, Sandy, UT, andrewmichalik1@gmail.com. Linda Williams, lspwjen78@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
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2023-07-31
Women's Caucus

Nakesha Powell, MPA, Black Women's Health Imperative, Rex, GA 30273-0676, nakeshas@hotmail.com. Meghan Spiroff, mairgood@umich.edu. Sarbinaz Bekmuratova, sarbinazbekmuratova@creighton.edu