If you want to help direct the future of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug activities including policy, advocacy and programmatic issues, your expertise and ideas are important. We encourage you to join the ATOD section and get involved!
Some activities you can participate in are:
• A chance to become involved in ATOD activities and set priorities for the Section,
• An opportunity to influence ATOD policy and have your voice and your issues heard within APHA,
• Advance notification of events and opportunities via the ATOD listserv (e.g., notification of call for abstracts and deadlines)
• Student Poster Showcase Awards
• A special ATOD Section abstract program at annual APHA meeting,
• Formal and informal networking and mentoring and student practicum opportunities, and
• Membership in “one of the most active sections in APHA!”
To find out more about the ATOD Section and benefits of membership, check out our membership brochure.
Previous ATOD Annual Meeting Programs
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Selected ATOD Activities
Sharon Eubanks, Former Lead Department of Justice Litigator in the RICO trial against Big Tobacco received award recognition by ATOD leadership at the Annual Meeting in 2007. From Left, Bob Vollinger, Immediate Past Chair; Sharon Eubanks; Cynthia Hallett, ATOD Fundraising Chair.
Former Acting Surgeon General Steven Galson with ATOD Chair Ann Mahony, and Governing Counselor Johnnetta Davis-Joyce at the 2007 Annual Meeting.
The 136th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting was held in sunny San Diego in October 2008.
The 137th Annual Meeting will be held in historic Philadelphia in November 2009.
For more about the American Public Health Association in general, please visit their main website at http://www.apha.org.