Call for Moderators

"Making the Public’s Health a National Priority"

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

The theme of the meeting is Making the Public’s Health a National Priority

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
Sections
27-Aug-25

Aging & Public Health

Temitope Kayode, MD; MPH; DRH, DHA; DrPH(c), topekay50@yahoo.co.uk. Patricia Fletcher, PhD, MS, MA, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, patriciafletcher@me.com. Bobbie Johannes, PhD MPH, Geisinger, bjohannes@geisinger.edu

27-Aug-25

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Jessica Cance, MPH, PhD, jessica.cance@gmail.com. Victoria Pless, MPH, PMP, victorialpless@gmail.com

27-Aug-25

Applied Public Health Statistics

Wenjun Li, PhD, Wenjun_Li@uml.edu. Jason Wang, PHD, jwang11@northwell.edu. Guang Xu, PhD, guangxu@marian.edu. Niloofar Ramezani, PhD, George Mason University, ramezanin2@vcu.edu

27-Aug-25

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

27-Aug-25

Environment

Kyra Shields, PhD, kyra.naumoff@gmail.com. Ryan Johnson, MS, CPH, Healthy Building Network, Washington, DC 20011, rjohnson@habitablefuture.org. Elizabeth Rojo, MA, Phone: 510-560-9419, elizabeth.rojo@duke.edu. Saswati Upadhyay, MBBS, MPH, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, Saswati.Upadhyay@uth.tmc.edu

27-Aug-25

Epidemiology

Siobhan Maty, PhD, MPH, CPH, siobhanmaty@gmail.com. Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, PhD, MPH, Phone: 443-885-4013, baptika@gmail.com. Lindsay Joy-Wenning, MPH, Indiana Department of Health, ljoy-wenning@health.in.gov

27-Aug-25

Food and Nutrition

Natalia Santos, MPH, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68114-2030, nsantos@unmc.edu. Rebecca Larson, DrPH, MS, MA, RD, rebeccalarson2@gmail.com

27-Aug-25

Health Administration

Rich Timmons, MPA, CGFM, SC Dept of Public Health, Phone: 803-576-2761, timmonrp@dph.sc.gov. Pavani Rangachari, PhD, CPH, prangachari@newhaven.edu. Sonali Salunkhe, MD, PhD, MPH, sonalisalunkhe@isu.edu

27-Aug-25

HIV/AIDS

Jennifer Kibicho, PhD, CPA(Kenya), DTM, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Franklin, WI 53132-8124, kibicho@uwm.edu. Precious Patrick Edet, MD, DrPH, MPH, pedet@olemiss.edu. Chadwick Campbell, PhD, MPH, San Diego, CA, ckc003@health.ucsd.edu. Danielle Campbell, ms.danielle.campbell@gmail.com

27-Aug-25
27-Aug-25

International Health

Jirair Ratevosian, DrPH, MPH, jratevosian@gmail.com. Lanice Williams, M.S., CHES, Jhpiego, lanice.williams@gmail.com. Arisa Shichijo Kiyomoto, MPP, MSPH, arisak@unc.edu

27-Aug-25

Law

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

27-Aug-25

Maternal and Child Health

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

27-Aug-25

Mental Health

Silicia Lomax, MPH, Waxman Strategies & University of Pennsylvania, lomaxs@sas.upenn.edu. Kaleea Lewis, PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65201, Lewiskal@health.Missouri.edu. Donald McMahon, MS, donald.j.mcmahon@gmail.com. Genevieve Graaf, PhD, genevieve.graaf@uta.edu. Mary Jane Alexander, PhD, mja@nki.rfmh.org. Hyunsung Oh, hyunsung@asu.edu. Jamie Black, MBA, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, jsblack@uab.edu. Jenn Reed, MPH, jholl2@pdx.edu. Mason Breitzig, PhD, MPH, mbreitz1@hfhs.org. Ruta Rangel, MS, MPH, rbraz@gwu.edu. 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. Michael Baldwin, MS, Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, michael.baldwin@alaska.gov. Shir Lerman Ginzburg, PhD, MPH, ginzburg.shir@gmail.com. Wei-Ju Chen, Ph.D., CHWI, CHW, Phone: 432-552-2346, weiju.r.chen@gmail.com. Jenn Miller, MPH Candidate, Sacramento State University, jennmiller@csus.edu. Talia Panadero, MPH, Department of Veteran Affairs, Los Angeles, CA, taliapan23@g.ucla.edu

27-Aug-25

Occupational Health and Safety

Katherine Goscilo, MPH, Katherine.goscilo@gmail.com. Paula Malibran, Malibran.080302@gmail.com. Celeste Monforton, Dr.PH, MPH, Texas State University, cmonfort@email.gwu.edu. Peter Dooley, Phone: 734-320-5160, peterfdooley@gmail.com. Mary Miller, marymill@uw.edu

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Occupational Health and Safety Late Breakers

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

27-Aug-25

Oral Health

Tooka Zokaie, MPH, MAS, CPH, California Dental Association, ztooka@gmail.com. Nithya Puttige Ramesh, BDS, MPH, nramesh@hsdm.harvard.edu

27-Aug-25

Pharmacy

Marie Barnard, PhD, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38655-9700, mbarnard@olemiss.edu. Martha Poe, PharmD, St. John Fisher University, Wegmans School of Pharmacy and Monroe County DPH, marthanetpoe@gmail.com

27-Aug-25

Physical Activity

Chelsey Kirkland, Kent State University; University of Minnesota, cbruce5@kent.edu. Grace Forlines, MPH, CHES, grace.forlines@gmail.com

27-Aug-25

Public Health Education and Health Promotion

LuBeth Perez, PhD, CPH, Mission, TX, lubeth.perez@uth.tmc.edu. Jiun-Yi Tsai, PhD, Northern Arizona University, jiun-yi.tsai@nau.edu. Andrea Medeiros, MPH, CHES, aportillo37@gmail.com. Karen Mancera Cuevas, DrPH, MS, MPH, CHES, National Health Council, Washington, DC, kmcuevas@nhcouncil.org. Charis Davidson, DrPH, MPH, CHES, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY, Charis.davidson@gmail.com

27-Aug-25

Public Health Nursing

Pamela Jones, PhD, MPH, RN, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, prjones1@gmail.com. Rebecca Shasanmi Ellis, PhD MPH RN, rs2327@georgetown.edu

27-Aug-25

Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)

Bonnie Epstein, Phone: 862-349-2717, bkemengso@gmail.com. Liesl Nydegger, PhD, MPH, liesl.nydegger@jhu.edu

27-Aug-25

Vision Care

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

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
Forums
27-Aug-25

Breastfeeding

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

27-Aug-25

Cancer

Sarah Nechuta, MPH, PhD, Grand Valley State University, nechutas@gvsu.edu. Michelle Shin, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN, mbyshin@uw.edu. Marlo Vernon, PhD, MPH, mvernon@augusta.edu

27-Aug-25

Genomics Forum

Karmen Reynolds, MPH, karmen.reynolds22@gmail.com. Haley Director, MPH, Pitt Public Health, haley_director@comcast.net. Andrea Durst, Phone: 412-624-3190, adurst@pitt.edu

27-Aug-25

Human Rights Forum

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

27-Aug-25
All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
Caucuses
27-Aug-25

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

27-Aug-25
27-Aug-25

Caucus on Homelessness

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

27-Aug-25

Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community

Jacqueline Tiema-Massie, DrPH, MPH, jacquelinemassie21@gmail.com. Eboni Haynes, PhD, MBA, eboni@themahoganygroup.com. Barbara Baylor, MPH, baylorbarbara@gmail.com

27-Aug-25

Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health

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

27-Aug-25

Family Violence Prevention Caucus

Lindsey King, PhD, MPH, CHES, CCRP, CTTS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, 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

27-Aug-25

Latino Caucus

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

27-Aug-25

LGBTQ Health Caucus

Gilbert Gonzales, PhD, MHA, Phone: 409-599-1719, gilbert.gonzales@vanderbilt.edu

27-Aug-25

Men's Health Caucus

Georgiana Logan, PhD, MS, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, logang@marshall.edu. Clara Wellons, MPH, Phone: 617-792-7730, clarawellons@gmail.com

27-Aug-25

Veterans Caucus

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

27-Aug-25

Women's Caucus

Michelle Williams, PhD, MSPH, MPH, MCHES, FAACE, George Mason University, m.williamsfamu@mac.com

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
APHA Component Programs
27-Aug-25

APHA Committee on Womens Rights

Anna La Manna, MPH, MSW, lamanna@email.wustl.edu. Hanna Idriess-D, MD, MPH, MBA, hannasidd@gmail.com. Heather Tillewein, PhD, MCHES, Phone: 636-578-1266, tilleweinh@apsu.edu

27-Aug-25