Title: From the Public Health Student Caucus
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Section/SPIG: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
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My name is Amy Carroll, and I am serving as the Public Health Student Caucus (PHSC) liaison to the Community Health Planning and Policy Development Section for 2004. I just wanted to take a bit of space to introduce myself and PHSC, since you will be hearing from me regularly throughout the year.
PHSC is the nation's largest student-led organization, representing over 4,500 students and young professionals in public health and other health-related disciplines. Since its inception in 1996, PHSC has developed numerous programs and initiatives to further the educational and professional development of its members by providing information, resources and opportunities through communication, advocacy and networking.
My goals as PHSC liaison will be to:
1) Represent the graduate student perspective and PHSC leadership within the CHPPD Section;
2) Represent the CHPPD experience to PHSC leadership; and
3) Build a stronger collaborative partnership between PHSC student membership and the CHPPD Section.
I also serve on the Action Committee of PHSC , as well as the Legislative Watch and Student Action Committee of the UCLA School of Public Health. This will provide opportunities to link these committees’ policy and advocacy activities with those of the CHPPD Section and APHA.
Not being new to the CHPPD Section, I have been a member since 1995, have served as an abstract reviewer, and have presented most of my papers in sessions sponsored by CHPPD over the years. I received my MPH from Berkeley in Maternal and Child Health in 1998, and worked for the previous five years as a senior research associate for Samuels & Associates (a public health research, evaluation and policy consulting firm in Oakland, Calif.). I am currently a first-year PhD student in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA School of Public Health. My focus is on the impact of health policy, neighborhood conditions, and grassroots mobilization on the health and well-being of underserved communities.
I look forward to working with all of you over the next year!