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
Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Aging & Public Health

Temitope Kayode, MD; MPH; DrPH(c), topekay50@yahoo.co.uk. Patricia Fletcher, PhD, MS, MA, National Institutes of Health, patriciafletcher@me.com. Bobbie Johannes, PhD MPH, Geisinger, bjohannes@geisinger.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Community Health Planning and Policy Development

Ebony Johnson, MPA, CNP, ejohnson@unitedwayatlanta.org

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Community Health Workers

Shontel Minor, MPH, shontel.minor@txaheceast.org. Paige Menking, pcmenking@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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, MBA, East Lansing, MI, eumucu@utep.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Ethics

Eldonna Chesnut, MSN. BSN, RN, Child Care Licensing, Johnson County Department of Health and Environment, Olathe, KS, eldonna.chesnut@jocogov.org. Caitlin McMahon, PhD, MPH, caitlin.e.mcmahon@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Food and Nutrition

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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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, sonalisalunkhe@isu.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Injury Control and Emergency Health Services

Renee Johnson, PhD, MPH, rjohnson@jhu.edu. Larry Cook, PhD, larry.cook@hsc.utah.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
International Health

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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-09-02
Law

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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Medical Care Section

Kara Allard, kallard3@bwh.harvard.edu. Cody Mullen, cody.mullen@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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, Nathan Kline Institute | NYS Office of Mental Health, mja@nki.rfmh.org. Hyunsung Oh, hyunsung@asu.edu. Jamie Black, MBA, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, jsblack@uab.edu. Jenn Reed, PhD, 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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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, celeste.monforton@gmail.com. Peter Dooley, MS, CIH CSP, Phone: 734-320-5160, peterfdooley@gmail.com. Mary Miller, marymill@uw.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
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Occupational Health and Safety Late Breakers

Katherine Goscilo, MPH, Katherine.goscilo@gmail.com. Paula Malibran, malibran.080302@gmail.com. Celeste Monforton, Dr.PH, MPH, cmonfort@email.gwu.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Oral Health

Tooka Zokaie, MPH, MAS, CPH, California Dental Association, ztooka@gmail.com. Nithya Puttige Ramesh, BDS, MPH, DMSc, nithya_ramesh@alumni.brown.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Physical Activity

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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Public Health Education and Health Promotion

LuBeth Pérez, PhD, CPH, Mission, TX, lubeth.perez@utrgv.edu. Jiun-Yi Tsai, PhD, Northern Arizona University, jiunyi.tsai-1@ou.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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)

Bonnie Epstein, Phone: 862-349-2717, bkemengso@gmail.com. Liesl Nydegger, PhD, MPH, liesl.nydegger@jhu.edu. Isabella Villa Real Seabra, Community Health, CUNY School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, NY, isabella.villarealseabra@sph.cuny.edu. Kimberly McBride, PhD, kimberly.mcbride@wsu.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Vision Care

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

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
Forums
Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Breastfeeding

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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Human Rights Forum

A. Richie-Zavaleta, arichiezavaleta@gmail.com. Meredith Gaffney, MPH, Phone: 203-871-7067, mgaffney@bridgeport.edu. Sofia Karimi, MPA, sofiakarimi123@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Trade and Health Forum

Elise Pohl, MSc, elise-pohl@uiowa.edu

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
Caucuses
Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus

Nicole Lee Ellison, nicole.ellison@und.edu. Roselle Martin, Phone: 701-278-1314, roselle.martin@und.edu

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health

Alexa Yu, MPH, alexarabino@csus.edu. David Doan, david.c.doan@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Caucus on Homelessness

Brett Poe, bpoe@nhchc.org. Chelsea Hensley, chensley@nhchc.org

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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
2025-08-27
Community Based Public Health Caucus

Angela Young-Brinn, successfulangela@gmail.com

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
LGBTQ Health Caucus

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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Veterans Caucus

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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
Women's Caucus

Michelle Williams, PhD, MSPH, MPH, MCHES, m.williamsfamu@mac.com

All Deadlines 11:59 pm PST
APHA Component Programs
Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
APHA Committee on Womens Rights

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

Call for Moderators
closed on
2025-08-27
APHA Student Assembly

Donna Wright, donna.wright@apha.org. Ankita Gupta, MPH, PT, a-IPC, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, apgupta3@illinois.edu. Karen Williams, DrPH, tyralesekwilliams@gmail.com