From Editor

We are pleased to share this spring newsletter with you on behalf of our Section. It’s chock full of colorful news items about our members, Section committees, important alerts on the 2011 Annual Meeting, and various announcements that will be of interest to you.

We wish to extend special thanks to Section Chair Susan Miller for her contribution describing the outstanding work she and her colleagues are doing on hospice care, and to Chair of the APHA Ethics SPIG Chair Bruce Jennings for his important contribution on elderly persons and climate change.  

We are particularly pleased to highlight in this issue the appointment of APHA’s Executive Director, Dr. Georges Benjamin, to Maryland’s Health Benefit Exchange board. Don’t miss Dr. Benjamin‘s comments on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in our legislative update!

We also report on Dr. Linda Rae Murray's illuminating presentation to the Public Health Association of the City of New York on June 1.

Please continue to send us your updates, contributions and announcements about the range of activities in which you are engaged -- from all corners! We wish to continue to encourage regional diversity in our newsletter.

Enjoy!

Best wishes,

Mary Beth Morrissey