Call for Reviewers

"Making the Public’s Health a National Priority"

The American Public Health Association is looking for reviewers for the APHA 2025 Annual Meeting and Expo.

The theme of the meeting — "Making the Public’s Health a National Priority".

Reviewers have the opportunity to get a firsthand look at the abstracts submitted during the Call for Abstracts and to help develop the scientific content presented during the meeting.

Membership

Being a reviewer is an exclusive APHA member benefit. Click to join now         to take advantage of this career development opportunity!

How to sign up as a reviewer:

  1. Scroll down to select a specific Section, SPIG, Caucus or Forum for which you would like to review abstracts.
  2. Click on the Reviewer Submission Form to complete the contact information form.
  3. From the drop-down list, select 1-3 session topics that you would like to review.
  4. Click Save and Continue.
  5. Complete the APHA Conflict of Interests Disclosure Form. APHA must be in compliance with this requirement by the Continuing Education Credentialing Bodies.
  6. A program planner will review your information and assign you abstracts to review. You will receive an email by April 2 with instructions and deadlines. Please note that some deadlines may vary depending on the program.
  7. Reviewers will be required to read abstracts and rate them according to the criteria provided.

We need your expertise to help make the meeting a success!

Select an APHA program

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
APHA Focused Topics
28-Mar-25
APHA Committee on Womens Rights

Anna La Manna, lamanna@email.wustl.edu; Hanna Idriess-D, hannasidd@gmail.com; Heather Tillewein, tilleweinh@apsu.edu, 636-578-1266

28-Mar-25
Not yet open
APHA Student Assembly


All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
Sections
28-Mar-25
28-Mar-25
Not yet open
Applied Public Health Statistics

Wenjun Li, wenjun_li@uml.edu

28-Mar-25
28-Mar-25
Disability

Robyn Powell, rpowell3@law.stetson.edu; Lindsey Mullis, lindsey.c.mullis@uky.edu, 859-218-4064; Emre Umucu, eumucu@utep.edu

28-Mar-25
Environment

Kyra Shields, knaumoff@hbbf.org; Ryan Johnson, rjohnson@habitablefuture.org; Elizabeth Rojo, elizabeth.rojo@duke.edu, 510-560-9419; Saswati Upadhyay, Saswati.Upadhyay@uth.tmc.edu

28-Mar-25
Epidemiology

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

28-Mar-25
28-Mar-25
28-Mar-25
Not yet open
Genomics Forum Late Breakers


28-Mar-25
Health Administration

Rich Timmons, timmonrp@dph.sc.gov, 803-576-2761; Pavani Rangachari, prangachari@newhaven.edu; Sonali Salunkhe, sonalisalunkhe@isu.edu

28-Mar-25
HIV/AIDS

Jennifer Kibicho, kibicho@uwm.edu; Precious Patrick Edet, pedet@olemiss.edu; Chadwick Campbell, ckc003@health.ucsd.edu; Danielle Campbell, ms.danielle.campbell@gmail.com

28-Mar-25
International Health

Jirair Ratevosian, jratevosian@gmail.com; Lanice Williams, lanice.williams@gmail.com; Arisa Shichijo Kiyomoto, arisak@unc.edu

28-Mar-25
Law

Leigh Haynes, leighkamore.haynes@ugent.be; Catherine Grady, osi3@cdc.gov

28-Mar-25
Maternal and Child Health

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

28-Mar-25
28-Mar-25
28-Mar-25
28-Mar-25
Oral Health

Tooka Zokaie, ztooka@gmail.com; Nithya Puttige Ramesh, nramesh@hsdm.harvard.edu

28-Mar-25
28-Mar-25
28-Mar-25
28-Mar-25
Public Health Nursing

Pamela Jones, prjones1@gmail.com; Rebecca Shasanmi Ellis, rs2327@georgetown.edu

28-Mar-25
28-Mar-25
Not yet open
School Health and Wellness

Diane-Marie St George, dstgeorge@som.umaryland.edu; Jessica Liu, jessicaliu93@gmail.com

28-Mar-25
28-Mar-25
Vision Care

Kathleen O'Connor, koconnor1@cdc.gov

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
Forums
28-Mar-25
28-Mar-25
Cancer

Sarah Nechuta, nechutas@gvsu.edu; Michelle Shin, mbyshin@uw.edu; Marlo Vernon, mvernon@augusta.edu

28-Mar-25
Genomics Forum

Karmen Reynolds, karmen.reynolds22@gmail.com; Haley Director, haley_director@comcast.net; Andrea Durst, adurst@pitt.edu, 412-624-3190

28-Mar-25
Human Rights Forum

A. Richie-Zavaleta, arichiezavaleta@gmail.com; Meredith Gaffney, mgaffney@bridgeport.edu, 203-871-7067; Sofia Karimi, skarimi@apiahf.org

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
Caucuses
28-Mar-25
28-Mar-25
Not yet open
Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health

Ogbonnaya Omenka, isaacomenka@gmail.com

28-Mar-25
Latino Caucus

Mary Mitsdarffer, MitsdarfferM@gmail.com; Eduardo Cardiel, ecardi3@uic.edu; Nequiel Reyes, nxr780@miami.edu; Jeannie Concha, jeannie@utep.edu

28-Mar-25
28-Mar-25
Men's Health Caucus

Clara Wellons, clarawellons@gmail.com, 617-792-7730; Georgiana Logan, logang@marshall.edu

28-Mar-25
Peace Caucus

Patrice Sutton, psutton2000@yahoo.com; Naseem Parsa, nparsa2@uic.edu; Elise Pohl, elisepohl@gmail.com

28-Mar-25