Martha May Eliot Award Committee

The committee focuses on selection the Martha May Eliot Award winner.  The committee members consists of one member from the Maternal and Child Health Section (not nominated by the Section).  The other members come from other Sections having strong identification with maternal and child health.  The Award Winner serves on the committee for one-year.

For 2013 the Committee will have 2 open positions available for a two-year term.

Responsibilities of the Committee
The activities of the Martha May Eliot Award Committee are to share the Call for the Martha May Eliot Award Nomination with their colleagues, reviewing nominations and meet via conference call to select the award winner in mid-June.

Current Members
Term Ending November 2013
Gloria Peel Giarratano, PhD
Andrea P. Lowe, MPH                              
Giselle Plata, MPH                              
Deborah K. Walker, EdD                      

Term Ending November 2014
Laura Kavanagh, MPP
Donna Jeanne Petersen, ScD, MHS


Staff Liaison: Deborah Dillard
202-777-2442
deborah.dillard@apha.org