This Committee relates the concerns of APHA to the problems associated with the changing role of women in society, especially as those that involve women’s health, health services, and health career opportunities.
2013 Roster
Padmini Murthy , MD , MPH, MS (Chair)
Assistant Professor
New York Medical College
Pleasant Valley, NY 12569
Phone: (914) 594-3717
Fax: 845-471-7906
E-mail: minimurthy@aol.com
Term Expires: 2014
Elizabeth Barajas-Roman (new member effective Jan 1, 2013)
1901 L Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 621-1435 or (617) 910-6573
Fax: 202-621-1427
E-mail: e.b.roman@gmail.com
Term Expires: 2015
Vice President of Compliance and Risk Management Services
Illinois College of Optometry/Illinois Eye Institute
3241 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: (312) 949-7304
Fax: (312) 949-7349
Term Expires: 2013
Venus M.Gines, MA
CEO/Founder
Dia de la Mujer Latina Inc.
14 Sunny Vale Lane
Manvel, TYX 77578
Email: VenusGines@aol.com
Term Expires: 2014
Mildred Hunter, MSW, MPH
Regional Minority Health Coordinator
Office of Minority Health
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Region V
233 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1300
Chicago , Illinois 60601
(Region V - IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)
Phone: 312-353-1386
Fax: 312-353-7800
Toll free: 1-800-444-6472
Term Expires: 2013
Constance L Jackson, MPH (new Member effective January 1, 2013)
CEO, Managing member
Media Health Technologies, LLC
904 Silver Spur Rd, Suite 510
Rolling Hills Estates
California, 90274
Phone: 310-833-0474
Term Expires: 2015
Staff Liaison: Karlene Baddy, MEd.
Phone: 202-777-2494
e-mail: karlene.baddy @apha.org
American Public Health Association
800 I Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001-3710
(www.apha.org)
2012 Roster
Padmini Murthy , MD , MPH, MS (Chair)
Assistant Professor
New York Medical College
Pleasant Valley, NY 12569
Phone: (914) 594-3717
Fax: 845-471-7906
E-mail: minimurthy@aol.com
Term Expires: 2014
Vice President of Compliance and Risk Management Services
Illinois College of Optometry/Illinois Eye Institute
3241 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: (312) 949-7304
Fax: (312) 949-7349
Term Expires: 2013
Venus M.Gines, MA
CEO/Founder
Dia de la Mujer Latina Inc.
14 Sunny Vale Lane
Manvel, TYX 77578
Email:venusgines@gmail.com
Term Expires: 2014
Mildred Hunter, MSW, MPH
Regional Minority Health Coordinator
Office of Minority Health
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Region V
233 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1300
Chicago , Illinois 60601
(Region V - IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)
Phone: 312-353-1386
Fax: 312-353-7800
Toll free: 1-800-444-6472
Term Expires: 2013
Peter Reed, PhD, MPH
President and CEO
Center for Health Improvement
133 0 21st Street, Suite 100
S acramento , CA 95811
E -mail: preed@chipolicy.org
Term Expires: 2012
Staff Liaison: Karlene Baddy, MEd.
Phone: 202-777-2494
e-mail: karlene.baddy @apha.org
American Public Health Association
800 I Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001-3710
(www.apha.org)
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2011 Roster
Padmini Murthy , MD , MPH, MS (Chair)
Assistant Professor
New York Medical College
Pleasant Valley, NY 12569
Phone: (914) 594-3717
Fax: 845-471-7906
E-mail: minimurthy@aol.com
Term Expires: 2014
Sarah Gareau, DrPH(c), MEd, CHES
Research Associate
So uth Carolina Educational Policy Center
University of South Carolina
Suite 010 , College of Education
820 Main St .
Columbia , SC 29208
Fax: 803-777-0220
Phone: 803-777-0424
Email: gareaus@gmail.com
Term Expires: 2011
Section: Population, Family Planning, & Reproductive Health
Ellen D. Mason, MD
Cook County Hospital
1 660 North Hudson Ave. Apt#3C
C hicago , IL 60614-566
Phone: (312) 689-4654
Fax: (312) 864-9579
E-mail: elemason@aol.com
Term Expires: 2012
Peter Reed, PhD, MPH
President and CEO
Center for Health Improvement
133 0 21st Street, Suite 100
S acramento , CA 95811
E -mail: preed@chipolicy.org
Term Expires: 2012
Vice President of Compliance and Risk Management Services
Illinois College of Optometry/Illinois Eye Institute
3241 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: (312) 949-7304
Fax: (312) 949-7349
Term Expires: 2013
Mildred Hunter, MSW, MPH
Regional Minority Health Coordinator
Office of Minority Health
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Region V
233 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1300
Chicago , Illinois 60601
(Region V - IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)
Phone: 312-353-1386
Fax: 312-353-7800
Toll free: 1-800-444-6472
Term Expires: 2013
New members effective January 13, 2012
Venus M.Gines, MA
CEO/Founder
Dia de la Mujer Latina Inc.
14 Sunny Vale Lane
Manvel, TYX 77578
Staff Liaison: Karlene Baddy, MEd.
Phone: 202-777-2494
e-mail: karlene.baddy @apha.org
American Public Health Association
800 I Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001-3710
(www.apha.org)
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2010 Roster
APHA Committee on Women’s Rights (COWR)
Padmini Murthy , MD , MPH, MS (Chair)
Assistant Professor
New York Medical College
Pleasant Valley, NY 12569
Phone: (914) 594-3717
Fax: 845-471-7906
E-mail: minimurthy@aol.com
Term Expires: 2011
Sarah Gareau, DrPH(c), MEd, CHES
Research Associate
South Carolina Educational Policy Center
University of South Carolina
Suite 010 , College of Education
820 Main St .
Columbia , SC 29208
Fax: 803-777-0220
Phone: 803-777-0424
Email: gareaus@gmail.com
Term Expires: 2011
Section: Population, Family Planning, & Reproductive Health
Ellen D. Mason, MD
Cook County Hospital
1 660 North Hudson Ave. Apt#3C
C hicago , IL 60614-566
Phone: (312) 689-4654
Fax: (312) 864-9579
E-mail: elemason@aol.com
Term Expires: 2011
Peter Reed, PhD, MPH
President and CEO
Center for Health Improvement
133 0 21st Street, Suite 100
S acramento , CA 95811
E -mail: preed@chipolicy.org
Term Expires: 2012
Ex-Officio Board Members
Stacey B. Plichta, Sc.D
Professor & Chair
School of Community and Environmental Health
Graduate Program Director, PhD Program in Health Services Research
4608 Hampton Blvd, Room 3134A
College of Health Sciences
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529
Office phone: (757) 683-4259
Telephone: (757) 683-4989
Fax: (757) 683-6333
e-mail: splichta@odu.edu
2010 Roster
APHA Committee on Women’s Rights (COWR)
Padmini Murthy , MD , MPH, MS (Chair)
Assistant Professor
New York Medical College
Pleasant Valley, NY 12569
Phone: (914) 594-3717
Fax: 845-471-7906
E-mail: minimurthy@aol.com
Term Expires: 2011
Sarah Gareau, DrPH(c), MEd, CHES
Research Associate
South Carolina Educational Policy Center
University of South Carolina
Suite 010 , College of Education
820 Main St .
Columbia , SC 29208
Fax: 803-777-0220
Phone: 803-777-0424
Email: gareaus@gmail.com
Term Expires: 2011
Section: Population, Family Planning, & Reproductive Health
Ellen D. Mason, MD
Cook County Hospital
1 660 North Hudson Ave. Apt#3C
C hicago , IL 60614-566
Phone: (312) 689-4654
Fax: (312) 864-9579
E-mail: elemason@aol.com
Term Expires: 2011
Peter Reed, PhD, MPH
President and CEO
Center for Health Improvement
133 0 21st Street, Suite 100
S acramento , CA 95811
E -mail: preed@chipolicy.org
Term Expires: 2012
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2010 Roster
APHA Committee on Women’s Rights (COWR)
Padmini Murthy , MD , MPH, MS (Chair)
Assistant Professor
New York Medical College
Pleasant Valley, NY 12569
Phone: (914) 594-3717
Fax: 845-471-7906
E-mail: minimurthy@aol.com
Term Expires: 2011
Sarah Gareau, DrPH(c), MEd, CHES
Research Associate
South Carolina Educational Policy Center
University of South Carolina
Suite 010 , College of Education
820 Main St .
Columbia , SC 29208
Fax: 803-777-0220
Phone: 803-777-0424
Email: gareaus@gmail.com
Term Expires: 2011
Section: Population, Family Planning, & Reproductive Health
Ellen D. Mason, MD
Cook County Hospital
1 660 North Hudson Ave. Apt#3C
C hicago , IL 60614-566
Phone: (312) 689-4654
Fax: (312) 864-9579
E-mail: elemason@aol.com
Term Expires: 2011
Peter Reed, PhD, MPH
President and CEO
Center for Health Improvement
133 0 21st Street, Suite 100
S acramento , CA 95811
E -mail: preed@chipolicy.org
Term Expires: 2012
Ex-Officio Board Members
Stacey B. Plichta, Sc.D
Professor & Chair
School of Community and Environmental Health
Graduate Program Director, PhD Program in Health Services Research
4608 Hampton Blvd, Room 3134A
College of Health Sciences
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529
Office phone: (757) 683-4259
Telephone: (757) 683-4989
Fax: (757) 683-6333
e-mail: splichta@odu.edu
Departing at end of 2010
Isabel C. Scarinci, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Division of Preventive Medicine
1530 3rd Ave South MT 609
Birmingham, AL 35294-4410
Phone: (205) 975-7177
Fax: (205) 934-7959
New members effective January 13, 2011
Vice President of Compliance and Risk Management Services
Illinois College of Optometry/Illinois Eye Institute
3241 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: (312) 949-7304
Fax: (312) 949-7349
Term Expires: 2013
Mildred Hunter, MSW, MPH
Regional Minority Health Coordinator
Office of Minority Health
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Region V
233 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1300
Chicago , Illinois 60601
(Region V - IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)
Phone: 312-353-1386
Fax: 312-353-7800
Toll free: 1-800-444-6472
Term Expires: 2013
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2009
Sarah Gareau, MEd, CHES
Research Associate
SC Educational Policy Center
Suite 010, College of Ed., USC
820 Main Street
Columbia, SC 29208
Telephone: (803) 777-0424
e-mail: gareaus@gmail.com
Diane Hatton, RN DNSc
Diane C. Hatton, RN, DNSc
Professor
Associate Director for Research
School of Nursing
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-4158
e-mail: dhatton@mail.sdsu.edu
voice mail: 619-594-5447
Padmini Murthy , MD , MPH, MS
Assistant Professor
New York Medical College
27 Skidmor Road
Pleasant Valley, NY 12569
Phone: (914) 594-4250
Fax: 845-454-9820
E-mail: minimurthy@aol.com
Term Expires: 2011
Stacey B. Plichta, Sc.D.
Professor & Chair
School of Community and Environmental Health
Graduate Program Director, PhD Program in Health Services Research
4608 Hampton Blvd, Room 3134A
College of Health Sciences
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529
Office phone: (757) 683-4259
Telephone: (757) 683-4989
Fax: (757) 683-6333
e-mail: splichta@odu.edu
Term Expires: 2009
Isabel C. Scarinci, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Division of Preventive Medicine
1530 3rd Ave South
MT 609
Birmingham , AL 35294-4410
Phone: (205) 975-7177
Fax: (205) 934-7959
E-mail: scarinci@uab.edu
Term Expires: 2010
Polly Parks Turner, DrPH, MPH
Texas Southern University
Polly Sparks Turner, DrPH, MPH, RPh.
4015 Glen Cove Drive
Houston, Texas 77021
Tel: (713) 747-4745
Email: pollyrx@aol.com
Term Expires: 2010
Ex-Officio Members
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
800 Sumter Street HESC 312A
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
Office Phone: 803.777.4561
Department Phone: 803.777.7096
Department Fax: 803.777.6290
email: hbrandt@sc.edu
Ayman El-Mohandes, MD, MPH (Executive Board Liason)
Professor of Pediatrics & Obstetrics
The George Washington University Medical Center
School of Medicine & Health Services
2121 K Street, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: (202) 416-0415
Fax: (202) 416-0433
E-mail: sphaxe@gwumc.edu
Term Expires: 2009
Marjorie Sable, DrPH, MSW
Associate Professor and Interim Director
School of Social Work
726 Clark Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: (573) 882-4447
Fax: (573) 882-8926
Email: SableM@missouri.edu
Staff Liaison: Karlene Baddy, MEd.
Phone: 202-777-2494
e-mail: karlene.baddy @apha.org
American Public Health Association
800 I Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001-3710
(www.apha.org)