Leadership Roster

Orion Zello McCotter, MPH

Epidemiologist

Border Infectious Disease Surveillance

Office of Border Health

Arizona Department of Health Service

Phone:  520-770-3179

Fax: 520-770-3307

Main: 520-770-3310

Cell:  520-245-3233

Email: mccotto@azdhs.gov

Public Health Practice Awards Chairperson
Kristopher P. Fennie, MPH PhD
Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street – AHC2 587
Miami, FL 33199
Phone: 305-348-4545
Fax: 305-345-4901
Email: Kristopher.fennie@fiu.edu
 
Student Awards Co-Chairperson
Patrick M. High, MRPH
Safety Research & Data Analyst
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
Crystal Gateway 2
1225 South Clark Street, Suite 500
Arlington, VA 22202-4376
Phone: 703-310-5687
Fax: 703-310-5655
Email: highp@ctc.com

Education Committee

 
Co-Chairperson
Wendy Huebner, PhD
Epidemiologist
Montclair State University
Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences
University Hall
Montclai, NJ 07043
Phone: 973-744-5913
Email: wwhuebner@yahoo.com
 

Co-Chairperson
John Neuberger, PhD MPH MBA
Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Mail Stop 1008
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160-7313
Phone: 913-588-2745
Fax: 913-588-2780
Email: Jneuberg@kumc.edu 

GC Shadowing Committee Chairperson
Christine Arcari, PhD MPH
Assistant Professor and Associate Director, MPH Program
Department of Preventive Medicine & Community Health
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
1.128C Ewing Hall
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, Texas 77555-1153
Phone:  409-772-5271
Fax:  409-772-2573
Email: cmarcari@utmb.edu
 

Section Historian
Elquemedo Oscar Alleyne, MPH
Director of Epidemiology & Public Health Planning
Rockland County Department of Health
Sanatorium Road, Building D
Pomona, NY 10970
Phone: 845-364-2956
Fax: 845-364-2628
Email: AlleyneO@co.rockland.ny.us

Membership & Communications Committee
Chairperson
Marian R. Passannante, PhD (2009-Present)
Member, Stuart D Cook MD Master Educators' Guild
Associate Professor
UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School and School of Public Health
185 South Orange Avenue, MSB F588
PO Box 1709
Newark, NJ 07101-1709
Phone: 973-972-4775
Fax: 973-972-7625
E-mail: passanna@umdnj.edu
 

Newsletter Committee

Chairperson, Epidemiology Section Web Master
Erin P. Garcia, MPH CPH (2011-Present)
Surveillance Officer
California Emerging Infections Program
360 22nd Street, Suite 750
Oakland, CA 94704
Phone:  510-350-3380
Fax:  510-350-3390
Email: egarcia@ceip.us

Nominations Committee

Chairperson
Claudia Kozinetz, PhD MPH
Professor and Director
Department of Pediatrics - Epidemiology
Baylor College of Medicine
8080 North Stadium Drive, Suite 280
Houston, Texas 77054
Phone: 832-824-3730
Fax: 832-825-3697
Email: kozinetz@bcm.edu

Policy Committee
 

Chairperson
Wiley D. Jenkins, PhD, MPH
Research Assistant Professor
Director, Research & Program Development
Department of Family and Community Medicine
SIU School of Medicine
913 N. Rutledge Street
Room 1025
Springfield, IL  62794-9671
Phone:  217-545-8717
Fax:  217-545-5806
Email:  wjenkins@siumed.edu
 
Program Committee
 
Co-Chair 2011-2013
Catherine Troisi, PhD
Associate Professor
Management, Policy and Community Health Division
University of Texas School of Public Health
PO Box 20186, Suite 118A
Houston, TX  77225
Phone:  713-500-9164
Cell:   713-854-5980
Email: catherine.l.troisi@uth.tmc.edu

Co-Chair 2011-2013
Patrick M. High, MRPH
Safety Research & Data Analyst
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
Crystal Gateway 2
1225 South Clark Street, Suite 500
Arlington, VA 22202-4376
Phone: 703-310-5687
Fax: 703-310-5655
Email: highp@ctc.com

Special Invited Sessions
Aaron B. Mendelsohn, PhD MPH (2009-2012) 
Senior Director of Epidemiology and Risk Management
MacroGenics, Inc.
4 Research Court
Rockville, MD 20850
Mobile: 301-693-4326
Phone: 301-354-3527
Fax: 301-251-5321
Email: MendelsohnA@macrogenics.com 

Social Committee

Chairperson
Heidi Mortensen, MLIS AHIP CHIS
Medical Librarian
Sutter Roseville Medical Center
Phone: 916-213-4450
Email: heidijeanmortensen@gmail.com
 

Student Committee

Chairperson and APHA Student Assembly Liaison
Marcia Castano, MBA PhD Candidate
9455 Lands Point Street
San Antonio, TX  78250
Phone:  210-682-8952
E-mail:  marcia_yvnvsv@yahoo.com

Student Assembly Liaison

Shailesh Advani

University of Texas Health Science Center

School of Public Health

E-mail: shailesh.advani735@gmail.com

Committee Mentor
James A. Gaudino, Jr, MD MPH MS FACPM
Manager, Epidemiology Unit and Senior Medical Epidemiologist
Multnomah County Health Department, Portland, Oregon
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University & Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington
Past Chair, Epidemiology Section, American Public Health Assn. (APHA)
Co-Chair, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Section, Oregon Public Health Association
c/o 2405 SW Stephenson Street
Portland, OR 97219
Cell: 503-522-4122
Office: 503-593-4197
Email: jag8nw@comcast.net

Student Awards Committee Mentor
Claudia Kozinetz, PhD MPH
Professor and Director
Department of Pediatrics - Epidemiology
Baylor College of Medicine
8080 North Stadium Drive, Suite 280
Houston, Texas 77054
Phone: 832-824-3730
Fax: 832-825-3697
Email: kozinetz@bcm.edu
 

 
APHA Boards/Committees

Action Board

Wiley D. Jenkins, PhD MPH (2010-2011)
Research Assistant Professor
Director, Research & Program Development
Department of Family and Community Medicine
SIU School of Medicine
913 N. Rutledge Street
Room 1025
Springfield, IL  62794-9671
Phone:  217-545-8717
Fax:  217-545-5806
Email:  wjenkins@siumed.edu

American Journal of Public Health

Lynn Wilcox (2010-2012)

Louise-Anne McNutt (2011-2013)Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Public Health
University at Albany, SUNY
One University Place, GEC Building
Rensselaer, NY  12144
Phone:  518-402-0403
Email: LAM08@health.state.ny.us

Education Board

Olivia Carter-Pokras, PhD (2010-2013)
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University of Maryland College Park School of Public Health
2234G SPH Building
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: 301-405-8037
Cell: 301-257-6106
Fax: 301-314-9366
Email: opokras@umd.edu
 

Amar Kanekar (2010-2013)

International Human Rights Committee

Kristopher P. Fennie, MPH PhD (2011-2013)
Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street – AHC2 587
Miami, FL 33199
Phone: 305-348-4545
Fax: 305-345-4901
Email: Kristopher.fennie@fiu.edu
 
Nominations
 
Resa M. Jones, MPH PhD (2009-2012)
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Community Health and Massey Cancer Center
School of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University
830 East Main Street
P.O. Box 980212
Richmond, VA 23298-0212
Phone: 804-628-2519
Fax: 804-828-9773
Email: rmjones2@vcu.edu

Science Board

Elizabeth A. Bancroft, MD SM (2009-2012)
Medical Epidemiologist
Hospital Infections and Bloodborne Pathogens
Acute Communicable Disease Control
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
313 North Figueroa, Room 212
Los Angeles, CA  90012
Phone:  213- 250-8669
Fax:  213- 482-4856
Email:  ebancroft@dhs.co.la.ca.us
 
Sonja Hutchins, MD MPH DrPH FACPM (2011-2014)
Team Leader, Public Health Preparedness
Office of Director
Office of the Chief of Public Health Practice
Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone:  404-498-2344
Fax: 404-498-2355  
Email:  ssh1@cdc.gov
 
Howell C. Sasser, PhD (2010-2013)
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Community Health
School of Health Sciences and Practice
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY  10595

Phone: 914-594-4898

Fax: 914-594-4853

Email: Howell_Sasser@NYMC.EDU
 
AJPH Editorial Board
 

Louise-Anne McNutt, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Public Health
University at Albany, SUNY
One University Place, GEC Building
Rensselaer, NY  12144
Phone:  518-402-0403
Email:  LAM08@health.state.ny.us
    
Section Liaisons

American Academy of PediatricsPublic Health Special Interest Group
Pauline A. Thomas, MD 
Associate Professor
Preventive Medicine and Community Health
OB/GYN and Women's Health
New Jersey Medical School, MSB F 506
185 South Orange Avenue
Newark, NJ 07101-1709
Phone:  973-972-9384
Fax: 973-972-4574
Mobile:  908-403-1615
Email:  thomasp1@umdnj.edu
 

Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologist (CSTE)

E. Oscar Alleyne, MPH

Epidemiologist

Rockland County Department of Health

Santaorium Road, Building D

Pomona, NY 10970

Phone: 845-364-2956
Fax: 845-364-2627

Email: AlleyneO@co.rockland.ny.us
 

Participating Section Members

Wiley D. Jenkins, PhD MPH

Research Assistant Professor

Director, Research * Program Development

Department of Family and Community Medicine

SIU School of Medicine

913 North Rutledge Street Room 1025

Springfield, IL 62794-9671

Phone: 217-545-8717

Fax: 217-545-5806

Email: wjenkins@siumed.edu

Orion Zello McCotter, MPH

Epidemiologist

Border Infectious Disease Surveillance

Office of Border Health

Arizona Department of Health Service

Phone:  520-770-3179

Fax: 520-770-3307

Main: 520-770-3310

Cell:  520-245-3233

Email: mccotto@azdhs.gov

Christopher Tuohy, MPH

Essex County Cancer Coalition

c/o Dividion of Epidemiology

UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School

30 Bergen Street

Building, ADMC 16, Suite 1614

Newark, NJ 07107-3000

Phone: 973-972-4623

Email: tuohycp@umdnj.edu

Joint Policy Committee to the Societies of Epidemiology (JPC-SE)

JPC-SE Chair
Stanley H. Weiss, MD FACP FACE
Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
30 Bergen St.
Bldg. ADMC 16, Suite 1614
Newark, NJ 07107-3000
Phone: 973-972-4623
Fax: 973-972-6556
Email: weiss@umdnj.edu
stan.weiss74@aya.yale.edu
 

Participating Section Members

James A. Gaudino, Jr., MD MPH MS FACPM (Section Chair, 2007-2009)
Clinical Associate Professor, Dept of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University and
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington
800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 370 and Suite 772
Portland, OR 97232
Phone:  971-673-0288
E-mail:   jag8nw@comcast.net
 

E. Oscar Alleyne, MPH  Epidemiologist
Rockland County Department of Health
Sanatorium Road, Building D
Pomona, NY 10970
Phone: 845-364-2956
Fax: 845-364-2628
Email: AlleyneO@co.rockland.ny.us
 

Wiley D. Jenkins, PhD, MPH
Research Assistant Professor
Director, Research & Program Development
Department of Family and Community Medicine
SIU School of Medicine
913 N. Rutledge Street
Room 1025
Springfield, IL  62794-9671
Phone:  217-545-8717
Fax:  217-545-5806
Email:  wjenkins@siumed.edu

  
Past Epidemiology Section Chairpersons 

 
James A. Gaudino, Jr., MD MPH MS FACPM (Section Chair, 2007-2009)
Clinical Associate Professor, Dept of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University and
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington
800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 370 and Suite 772
Portland, OR 97232
Phone:  971-673-0288
E-mail:   jag8nw@comcast.net
 

Stanley H. Weiss, MD FACP FACE (Section Chair, 2005-2007)
Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
30 Bergen St.
Bldg. ADMC 16, Suite 1614
Newark, NJ 07107-3000
Phone: 973-972-4623
Fax: 973-972-6556
Email: weiss@umdnj.edu
stan.weiss74@aya.yale.edu
 
Sarah L. Patrick, MPH PhD (Section Chair, 2003-2005)
State Epidemiologist and Administrator
Section of Epidemiology for Public Health Practice
Division of Community and Public Health
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
920 Wildwood PO Box 570
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0570
Phone:  573-751-6127
Fax:  573-526-4102
Cell:  573-301-8828
Email: Sarah.Patrick@dhss.mo.gov
 
Robert E. McKeown, PhD (Section Chair, 2001-2003)
Professor
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC  29208
Phone:  803-777-6220
Fax:  803-777-2524
E-Mail:  rmckeown@sph.sc.edu
 
Betsy Foxman, PhD MSPH (Section Chair, 1999-2001)
Professor
Department of Epidemiology
University of Michigan School of Public Health
109 Observation St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
Phone: 734-764-5487
Fax: 734-764-3192
Email: bfoxman@umich.edu
 
Jose F. Cordero, MD MPH (Section Chair, 1997-1999)
Decano (Dean)
Oficina del Decano
La Escuela Graduada de Salud Pública
(Graduate School of Public Health)
Universidad de Puerto Rico
P.O. Box 365067
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-5067
Teléfonos: 787-764-5975  
787-758-2525 Ext. 1401 ó 1402
Email: jose.cordero6@upr.edu
 
Moyses Szklo, MD DrPH (Section Chair, 1995-1997)
Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
and Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
615 North Wolfe Street, Room W6009
Baltimore, MD  21205
Phone:  410-955-3462
Fax:  410-955-8086
Email:  mszklo@jhsph.edu
 

Last updated: 4/12/2012

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