Overview
Disability Forum becomes a Section in the American Public Health Association
The Disability Forum was started in 1988 as the Caucus on Disablement by a handful of professionals who were interested in moving disability-related issues into the spectrum of public health. Several years later the small Caucus evolved into a Forum, which enhanced its visibility within the structure of the largest public health organization in the world, the American Public Health Association (APHA). In 2007, under the leadership of Gloria Krahn, Disability Chair, and several members of the Executive Committee, a full fledged membership drive was undertaken to recruit the necessary number for becoming a Section, the largest division in APHA. This past November we achieved an important milestone by becoming a Section. This is an important victory for health professionals interested in disability because it provides our Section with greater visibility and credibility among a broad group of health professionals, and ensures that public health issues related to policy, advocacy, education, training and research will be more inclusive of the disability community. The goals of the Disability Section will be to increase awareness and knowledge of disability issues across all public health professionals and the general public; advise APHA on policy development relevant to the lives of people with disabilities; and secure well grounded interest in addressing the needs of the disability community in all public health related matters. Members of the Executive Committee are listed below.
Executive Committee Members
Chair
James H. Rimmer, Ph.D.,
Professor, Department of Disability and Human Development (M/C 626)
University of Illinois at Chicago
1640 West Roosevelt Rd.
Chicago, IL 60608-6904
Phone: (312) 413-9651
Mobile Phone: (312) 752-0900
Fax: (312) 355-4058
E-Mail: jrimmer@uic.edu
Past-Chair
Gloria L. Krahn, PhD, MPH
Director, Oregon Institute on Disability & Development
Child Development and Rehabilitation Center
Oregon Health & Science University
PO Box 574
Portland, OR 97207-0574
Phone: (503) 494-8364
Fax: (503) 494-6868
E-Mail: Krahng@ohsu.edu
Secretary
Jennifer Rowland, PhD, MPH, PT
Assistant Professor
Department of Disability and Human Development (M/C 626)
University of Illinois at Chicago
1640 West Roosevelt Rd.
Chicago, IL 60608-6904
Mobile Phone: (312) 714-0830
Fax: (312) 355-4058
E-Mail: jenrow@uic.edu
Program Chair
David B. Gray, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology and
Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
Program in Occupational Therapy
Washington University School of Medicine
Campus Box 8505
4444 Forest Park
St. Louis, MO 63108
Phone: (314) 286-1658
Fax: (314) 286-1601
E-Mail: grayda@wustl.edu
Program Chair-Elect
H. Stephen Kaye, PhD
Associate Adjunct Professor
Institute for Health & Aging
University of California, San Francisco
3333 California Street, Suite 340
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: (415) 502-7266
Fax: (415) 502-5208
E-Mail: steve.kaye@ucsf.edu
Communications Chair
Roberta S. Carlin, MS, JD
Executive Director
American Association on Health & Disability
110 N. Washington Street, Suite 340-A
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 545-6140 x 206
Fax: (301) 545-6144
E-Mail: rcarlin@aahd.us
www.aahd.us
Membership Chair
George Jesien, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 920
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (301) 588-8252 x 207
Fax: (301) 588-2842
E-Mail: gjesien@aucd.org
Policy Chair
Suzanne McDermott, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
University of South Carolina
School of Medicine
3209 Colonial Drive
Columbia, SC 29203
Phone: (803) 434-2445
Fax: (803) 434-8374
E-Mail: Suzanne.mcdermott@palmettohealth.org
Awards Chair
Dorothy E. Nary, M.A.
Gerontology Center
University of Kansas
1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Dole 3090
Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: (785) 864-1318
Fax: (785) 864-1326
E-Mail: dotn@ku.edu
Treasurer
Willi Horner-Johnson, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Child Development & Rehabilitation Center
Oregon Health & Science University
Mail Stop CDRC 1270B
P.O. Box 574
Portland, OR 97207-9946
Phone: (503) 494-9273
Fax: (503) 494-6868
E-Mail: hornerjo@ohsu.edu
Accessibility Co-Chairs
Gwyn C. Jones, PhD
Health Scientist
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, Mail Stop E88
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone: (404) 498-4493
E-mail: gbj4@cdc.gov
Kristine A. Mulhorn, PhD, MHSA
Associate Professor
University of Michigan-Flint
303 E. Kearsley St.
Flint, MI 48502
Phone: (810) 762-3172
Fax: (810) 762-3003
E-Mail: kmulhorn@umflint.edu
General Council Representatives
Don Lollar, EdD
CDC/NCBDDD
1600 Clifton Rd. Mail Stop E-88
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone: (404) 498-3041
E-Mail: dcl5@cdc.gov
Charles E. Drum, JD, PhD
Street Address:
707 SW Gaines Road
Oregon Institute on Disability & Development
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR 97207-0574
Mailing Address:
PO Box 574
Oregon Institute on Disability & Development
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR 97207-0574
Phone: (503) 494-8047
Fax: (503) 494-6868
E-Mail: drumc@ohsu.edu
Student Liaison
Jana Peterson, PhD
Post Doctorate Fellow
Child Development & Rehabilitation Center
Oregon Health & Science University
Mail Stop CDRC 3134
P.O. Box 574
Portland, OR 97297-9946
Phone: (503) 494-3534
Fax: (503) 494-6868
E-mail: peterjan@ohsu.edu