Call for Moderators

"Rebuilding Trust in Public Health Professionals"

The American Public Health Association is looking for moderators for the APHA 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo.

The theme of the meeting is Rebuilding Trust in Public Health Professionals

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
Sections
Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Aging & Public Health

Patricia Fletcher, MA, MS, PhD, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, patriciafletcher@me.com. Rajasri Roy, rajasri.roy@nih.gov

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Ginny Chadwick, Columbia, MO, ginnychadwick@brandeis.edu. Jessica Cance, MPH, PhD, RTI International, Austin, TX 78726, JESSICA.CANCE@GMAIL.COM

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Applied Public Health Statistics

Jason Wang, jwang11@northwell.edu. Guang Xu, PhD, guangxu@marian.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-08-04
Community Health Planning and Policy Development

Shariece Evans, PhD, MA, Phone: 410-961-6885, shariece.evans@gmail.com. Maurice Johnson, PhD, MPH, mauricejohnsonjr@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Community Health Workers

Shontel Minor, MPH, shontel.minor@txaheceast.org. Denise Vasquez, MPH, denise.vasquez@uth.tmc.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Disability

Robyn Powell, JD, PhD, University of Oklahoma College of Law, rpowell3@law.stetson.edu. Lindsey Mullis, M.S., Phone: 859-218-4064, lindsey.c.mullis@uky.edu. Emre Umucu, PhD, MPH, East Lansing, MI, eumucu@utep.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Environment

Ursula Lauper, MPH, Phone: 518-402-7683, ursula.lauper@health.ny.gov. Inyang Uwak, MD, MPH, DrPH., drinyanguwak@gmail.com. Kyra Shields, PhD, knaumoff@hbbf.org

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
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
2024-08-18
Food and Nutrition

Rebecca Larson, DrPH, MS, MA, RD, rebeccalarson2@gmail.com. Natalia Santos, MPH, nsantos@unmc.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Health Administration

Candace Haugtvedt, PhD, RPh, MS, Advanced Pharmaceutical Consultants, clhaugtvedt@gmail.com. Rich Timmons, MPA, CGFM, SC Dept of Public Health, Phone: 803-576-2761, timmonrp@dph.sc.gov. Kate Cartwright, kcartwright@unm.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
HIV/AIDS

Jennifer Kibicho, PhD, kibicho@uwm.edu. Precious Patrick Edet, MD, DrPH, MPH, precious.patrick17@yahoo.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Injury Control and Emergency Health Services

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

Call for Moderators
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2024-07-31
Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Late Breakers

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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Integrative, Complementary and Traditional Health Practices

Katherine Smith, MPH, NBC-HWC, ACC, Maryland University of Integrative Health, Arlington, VA 22206-2008, smithkz@umich.edu. Malik Tiedt, Teachers College, Columbia University, mt3726@tc.columbia.edu. Dana Rose Garfin, PhD, Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, Costa Mesa, CA 92627, dgarfin@ucla.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
International Health

Julia Robinson, Seattle, WA, robinson.julia.e@gmail.com. Sana Malik, sana.k.malik@stonybrook.edu. Lanice Williams, M.S., CHES, Jhpiego, lanice.williams@gmail.com. Carol Dabbs, MPH, carol_dabbs@yahoo.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Law

Leigh Haynes, JD, MPH, LLM, Ghent University, Simmons University, leighkamore.haynes@ugent.be

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Maternal and Child Health

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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-08-15
Medical Care Section

Kara Allard, kallard3@bwh.harvard.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Mental Health

Kaleea Lewis, PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65201, Lewiskal@health.Missouri.edu. Silicia Lomax, MPH, Waxman Strategies & University of Pennsylvania, lomaxs@sas.upenn.edu. Genevieve Graaf, PhD, genevieve.graaf@uta.edu. Jenn Reed, MPH, jholl2@pdx.edu. Ruta Rangel, MS, MPH, rbraz@gwu.edu. Kelvin Chan, kchan@bfphilanthropies.org. Wei-Ju Chen, Ph.D., CHWI, CHW, Phone: 432-552-2346, weiju.r.chen@gmail.com. Talia Panadero, MPH, Department of Veteran Affairs, Los Angeles, CA, taliapan23@g.ucla.edu. Michaela Harris, MPH, Phone: 617-278-4127, Kaykayla.mh@gmail.com. Robin Lanzi, PhD, MPH, School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, rlanzi@uab.edu. Stephanie Hall, PhD MPH MCHES, stephaniephall@gmail.com. Mason Breitzig, PhD, MPH, mbreitzig@psu.edu. Mary Jane Alexander, PhD, mja@nki.rfmh.org. Elaine Marshall, JD, MPH, Phone: +1-617-373-2868, e.marshall@northeastern.edu. Hyunsung Oh, hyunsung@asu.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Occupational Health and Safety

Katherine Goscilo, MPH, Katherine.goscilo@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Oral Health

Sujay Mehta, DMD, MPH, Vancouver, BC Canada, drmehtadmd@icloud.com. Tooka Zokaie, ztooka@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Pharmacy

Katie Leslie, PhD, MS, kleslie@sullivan.edu. Martha Poe, PharmD, St. John Fisher University, Wegmans School of Pharmacy and Monroe County DPH, marthanetpoe@gmail.com. Alina Cernasev, PhD PharmD, acernase@uthsc.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Physical Activity

Chelsey Kirkland, cbruce5@kent.edu. Grace Forlines, MPH, CHES, grace.forlines@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Public Health Education and Health Promotion

LuBeth Perez, Mission, TX, lubeth.perez@uth.tmc.edu. Jiun-Yi Tsai, PhD, Northern Arizona University, jiun-yi.tsai@nau.edu. Bria Berry, MPH, a-IPC, monetfeb5689@gmail.com. Andrea Medeiros, MPH, aportillo37@gmail.com. Ashley Walker, colquittad@appstate.edu. Charis Davidson, DrPH, MPH, CHES, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY, Charis.davidson@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Public Health Nursing

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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)

Bonnie Epstein, Phone: 862-349-2717, bkemengso@gmail.com. Kimberly McBride, PhD, kimberly.mcbride@wsu.edu. Megan Williams, PhD, CHES, williamsm@tamu.edu. Liesl Nydegger, PhD, MPH, liesl.nydegger@gmail.com. Stacey Griner, PhD, MPH, CPH, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, stacey.griner@unthsc.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-08-25
Sexual and Reproductive Health Late Breakers

Kimberly McBride, PhD, kimberly.mcbride@wsu.edu. Bonnie Epstein, Phone: 862-349-2717, bkemengso@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Vision Care

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

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
Forums
Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Breastfeeding

Diana Cassar-Uhl, PhD, MPH, IBCLC, DianaIBCLC@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Genomics Forum

Shixi Zhao, Ph.D., shixizhao@unm.edu. Juliana Musonda, MPH, juliana.musonda71@sphmail.cuny.edu. Karmen Reynolds, MPH, karmen.reynolds22@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Human Rights Forum

Sarbinaz Bekmuratova, Omaha, NE, sarbinazbekmuratova@creighton.edu. Arduizur Richie-Zavaleta, DrPH, MAIPS, MASP, arichiezavaleta@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Trade and Health Forum

Eric Crosbie, PhD, ecrosbie@unr.edu

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
Caucuses
Call for Moderators
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2024-07-31
Academic and Practice Linkages in Public Health Caucus

Kaitlin Tager, MPH, CHES, ktager@aspph.org. Emily Burke, EdD, MPH, CPH, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, eburke@aspph.org. Jordan Fox, MPH, ASPPH, Washington, DC, jfox@aspph.org

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus

McKayla Gourneau, MS CGC, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian Caucus, mckayla.m.gourneau@gmail.com. Madison Anderson, madison.anderson@state.mn.us

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health

Reener Balingit, MPH, CHES, Reener.Balingit@outlook.com. Alexa Rabino, Sacramento, CA, alexarabino@csus.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Caucus on Homelessness

Brett Poe, bpoe@nhchc.org. Chelsea Hardin Hensley, Nashville, TN, chensley@nhchc.org

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community

Jacqueline Tiema-Massie, DrPH, MPH, jacquelinemassie21@gmail.com. Vanessa Hill, MFA, MPH, PMP, vhill@projectnana.org. Barbara Baylor, MPH, baylorbarbara@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health

Ogbonnaya Omenka, PhD, isaacomenka@gmail.com. Kelechi Ibe-Lamberts, PhD, MCHES, klamber4@uic.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Community Based Public Health Caucus

Angela Young-Brinn, successfulangela@gmail.com. Rachel Berkowitz, DrPH, MPH, rachel.l.berkowitz@sjsu.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Family Violence Prevention Caucus

Lindsey King, PhD, MPH, CHESĀ®, CCRP, CTTS, University of Florida, Green Cove Springs, FL, linking@ufl.edu. Nicole Sutton, MPH, CPH, CHES, nicolesutton@usf.edu. Lan Pham, MSW, MPH, Department of Public Health, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, LPham@ph.lacounty.gov

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Latino Caucus

Jose Perez Ramos, PhD, Phone: 585-276-8755, jperezramos@latinocaucus-apha.org. Kelly Umana, Silver Spring, MD, kelly.umana@latinocaucus-apha.org. Mary Mitsdarffer, PhD, MPH, MitsdarfferM@gmail.com. Jeannie Concha, PhD MPH, jeannie@utep.edu. Eduardo Cardiel, MPH, ecardi3@uic.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
LGBTQ Health Caucus

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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Men's Health Caucus

Albert Pless, MS, albertwpless@gmail.com. Brandon Leonard, MA, brandonlleonard@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Veterans Caucus

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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
Women's Caucus

Meghan Spiroff, Ann Arbor, MI, mairgood@umich.edu. Sarbinaz Bekmuratova, Omaha, NE, sarbinazbekmuratova@creighton.edu. Nakesha Powell, MPA, CDC, nakeshas@hotmail.com

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
APHA Component Programs
Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
APHA Committee on Womens Rights

Anna La Manna, MPH, MSW, lamanna@email.wustl.edu. Hanna Idriess-D, MD, MPH, MBA, hannasidd@gmail.com. Vina HuLamm, APHA, Washington, DC, vina.hulamm@apha.org

Call for Moderators
closed on
2024-07-31
APHA Student Assembly

Jodi Kutzner, Bloomington, IN, kutznerjodi@gmail.com