The APHA Science Board ensures the Association's professional and public policy programs are evidence-based by reviewing proposed APHA policies for their scientific adequacy, and actively participating in the Association's policy review process.
Deborah Prothrow Stith, MD (Science Board Chair)
Associate Dean and Professor
Harvard School of Public Health
841 Parker Street, Ground Floor Office
Roxbury, MA 02120
Phone: (617) 495-7777
Fax: (617) 496-0781
E-mail: dprothro@hsph.harvard.edu
Term Expires: 2009
Section: Food and Nutrition
Elizabeth A. Bancroft MD, SM
Medical Epidemiologist
Acute Communicable Disease Control
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
313 North Figueroa, Room 212
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Daytime Telephone: 213-240-7941
After 5 PM: 213-250-8669
Fax: 213-482-4856
e-mail: ebancroft@ph.lacounty.gov
Term Expires: 2008
Section: Epidemiology
Michele Bloch, MD, PhD
Medical Officer
Tobacco Control Research Branch
National Cancer Institute
Executive Plaza North, room 4036
6130 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7337
Bethesda, MD 20892-7337
Telephone: 301-402-5284
Fax: 301-496-8675
e-mail: blochm@mail.nih.gov
Term Expires: 2010
Denise Cora-Bramble, MD, MBA
Executive Director
Children's Hospital
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010
Phone: (202) 884-5857
Fax: (202) 884-3470
E-mail: dcorabra@cnmc.org
Term Expires: 2008
Section: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
José F. Cordero, MD, MPH
Dean
University of Puerto Rico
Graduate School of Public Health
Medical Sciences Campus
PO Box 365067
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-5067
Telephone: 787 764-5975
Fax: 787 759-6719
e-mail: jcordero@rcm.upr.edu
Term Expires: 2008
Robyn C. Gilden, RN, MS
Environment Health RN
UMBSON
4165 Louisville Rd
Finskburg, MD 21048
Telephone: (410) 706-4803
Fax: (410) 706-0295
e-mail: rgilden@son.umaryland.edu
Term Expires: 2008
Section: Environment
Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair
Director, Emergency Medicine
Director, Injury Research Center
Firearm Injury Center
Medical College of Wisconsin
9200 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI, 53226
Telephone: 414-805-6454
e-mail: hargart@mcw.edu
Term Expires: 2010
Richard Joseph Jackson, MD, MPH
University of Michigan
Director, Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute
4503 Dana Building
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1041
Telephone: 734-615-3826
E-mail: rjrjmd@umich.edu
Term Expires: 2010
Suzanne M. Kupiec, MPH, CSP
Biosafety Officer
UMDNJ - Environmental & Occupational Health & Safety Services
65 Bergen Street - 4th Floor, Room 443
P O Box 1709
Newark, NJ 07101
Phone: (973) 972-3820
Fax: (973) 972-3694
E-mail: suzannekupiec@msn.com
Term Expires: 2009
Section: Occupational Health and Safety
Harry Perlstadt, PhD, MPH
Professor of Sociology
Michigan State University - Sociology Department
316 Berkey Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824-1111
Phone: (517) 353-5089
Fax: (517) 432-2856 Fax
E-mail: perlstad@msu.edu
Term Expires: 2008
Section: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Geraldine S. Perry-Allen, DrPH, RD
Lead Health Scientist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
4770 Buford Highway, NE - Mailstop K-67
Atlanta, GA 30341
Telephone: (770) 488-5174
Fax: (770) 488-5965
e-mail: gperry@cdc.gov
Term Expires: 2009
Section: Food and Nutrition
John Santelli, MD, MPH
Professor & Chair
Heilbrunn Department of Population & Family Health
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
60 Haven Avenue, B-2
New York, New York 10032
Telephone: (212) 304-5634
e-mail: js2637@columbia.edu
Term Expires: 2009
Section: Population, Family Planning and Reproductive Health
Joan Stelmack, OD, MPH
Chief Optometry
Blind Rehabilitation Service
Edward E. Hines VA Hospital
5000 South 5th Avenue
Hines, IL.60141-3030
Telephone: (708)202-2124
Fax: (708)202-7949
e-mail: Joan.Stelmack@va.gov
Term Expires: 2010
Section: Vision Care
Rosemary K. Sokas, MD, MOH
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
2121 W. Taylor St. M/C922
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: 312-355-4497
Fax: 312-413-9898
E-mail: sokas@uic.edu
Term Expires: 2010
Section: Occupational Health and Safety
David H. Wegman, MD, MSC
Dean, School of Health & Environment
University of Massachusetts - Lowell
3 Solomont Way, Suite 1
Lowell, MA 01854-5121
Phone: (978) 934-4460
Fax: (978) 934-3006
E-mail: david_wegman@uml.edu
Term Expires: 2008
Section: Occupational Health and Safety
Stanley H. Weiss, MD, FACP
Professor of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical and NJ School of Public Health
30 Bergen Street
Bldg. ADMC-16- Suite 1614
Newark, NJ 07107-3000
Phone: (973) 972-4623
Fax: (973) 972-6556
E-mail: weiss@umdnj.edu
Term Expires: 2009
Section: Epidemiology
Student Member
Kristy A. Siegel, MPH, CHES
PhD student in Environmental Health
University of South Florida, College of Public Health
14220 SW 34th St.
Miami, FL 33175
Phone: (305) 498-1940
E-mail: chair-elect@aphastudents.org
Term Expires: 2009
Section: Environment
APHA Staff Liaison
Kristen Suthers, PhD, MPH
Health Policy Analyst
APHA Center for Public Health Policy
Phone: (202) 777-2434
Fax: (202) 777-2532
Kristen.Suthers@apha.org
APHA Headquarters
800 I St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20001-3710
Fax: (202) 777-2533