In celebration of CHPPD’s 40th Anniversary, CHPPD Student Chair Aneesah Latise Akbar-Uqdah and I are researching the Section’s history. We hope to learn a little about the story behind the Section, and illustrate it through a digital photo journal. We know that we will just be “scratching the surface,” but it is a start.
Some of the questions we are hoping to answer are:
1. How did CHPPD begin?
2. Who were some of the founders? We know their names, but what events in the community led them to start the Section?
3. What are some key events that have shaped the Section in the past four decades?
4. What has remained the same about CHPPD, and what has changed?
To help us in our research, we are looking at past newsletters, back issues of the American Journal of Public Health and The Nation’s Health, the APHA archives, history written by other sections, The First One Hundred Years, a book about APHA’s history, and are also busy talking to members. If you have questions about the Section’s history or topics of interest that you would like us to include in our search, please e-mail Aneesah at aakbaru@sph.emory.edu, or me at pri01@health.state.ny.us.
By Priti Irani, CHPPD Section Chair, pri01@health.state.ny.us