American Public Health Association
800 I Street, NW • Washington, DC 20001-3710
(202) 777-APHA • Fax: (202) 777-2534
comments@apha.org • http://www.apha.org

Leadership Roster

Epidemiology Section Leadership Roster

2008-2009

 

Chairperson (2-year term ends at 2009 Annual meeting)

James A. Gaudino, Jr., MD MPH MS FACPM

Senior Immunization & Maternal and Child Health Medical Epidemiologist

Public Health Division, Department of Human Services, State of Oregon

Immunization Program and Emerging Infectious Disease Program and

Clinical Associate Professor,

Department 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

2405 SW Stephenson St

Portland , OR  97219  

(971) 673-0288 - Direct

(971) 673-0278 - Fax

james.a.gaudino@state.or.us

 

 

Chairperson-Elect

(becomes Chair after the 2009 Annual Meeting ends)  

Awards Chair for 2008-2010

Claudia A. Kozinetz, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor

Director, Epidemiology Center

Department of Pediatrics

Baylor College of Medicine

6621 Fannin, FC 245

Houston , Texas 77030

(832) 824-3730 - Office

(832) 825-3697 - Fax

kozinetz@bcm.edu

 

Immediate Past Chairperson (Served 2005-07); Nomination Chair for 2008

Stanley H. Weiss, MD, FACP, FACE
Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
30 Bergen St.
Bldg. ADMC 16, Suite 1614
Newark, NJ 07107-3000
(973) 972-7716 - Office
(973) 972-6556 - Fax
weiss@umdnj.edu

stan.weiss.74@aya.yale.edu

 

Section Program Planning Committee Chairperson 2008-2009 and Awards Committee Co-chair (Student Awards) 2009

Karyn K. Heavner, MSPH, PhD (2007-2009) 

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Alberta

Alberta Smokeless Tobacco Education and Research

Suite 215, 8215 112th Street

Edmonton, AB CANADA T6G2L9

Managing Editor, Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations

(780) 492-1389 - Office

(780) 492-4911 - Fax

karynkh@aol.com

heavner@ualberta.ca

 

Section Program Planning Committee Co-Chairperson 2008-2009 and Awards Committee Co-Chair (Student Awards) 2009

Aaron B. Mendelsohn, PhD, MPH  (2007-2009) 

Senior Director of Epidemiology and Risk Management

MacroGenics, Inc.

4 Research Court

Rockville, MD 20850

(301) 354-3527 - Office

(301) 251-5321 - Fax

(301) 693-4326 - Mobile

APHA Programming Email:  apha_epi@yahoo.com

Email: MendelsohnA@macrogenics.com

Email: epid_aaron@yahoo.com

 

Secretary (term ends at 2009 Annual meeting) & Newsletter Editor

Elquemedo Oscar Alleyne, MPH

Epidemiologist
Rockland County Department of Health
Sanatorium Road
, Building D
Pomona, NY 10970
(845) 364-2956 - Office
(845) 364-2628 - Fax
AlleyneO@co.rockland.ny.us

 

Governing Councilors

(all serve a 2-year term that ends at the Annual Meeting):

Governing Council Whip:

Howell C. Sasser, PhD (2007-2009)

584 Prospect Street, Apt 8

New Haven, CT 06511

(704) 578-4724

Best e-mail: howell.sasser@yale.edu

Other email: howell.sasser@carolinashealthcare.org

Christine M. Arcari, PhD, MPH (2008-2010)

Assistant Professor

Department of Preventive Medicine & Community Health

Institute for Human Infections and Immunity

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

4.304 Marvin Graves Building

301 University Boulevard

Galveston, Texas 77555-0435

(409) 747-0226 - Office

(409) 747-0220 - Fax

cmarcari@utmb.edu

 

Laurie D. Elam-Evans, PhD, MPH (2007-2009)

Deputy Associate Director for Science 

Division of Adult and Community Health

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

4770 Buford Hwy, NE (mailstop K-45)

Atlanta, GA 30341

(770) 488-5383 - Office

(770) 488-5964 - Fax

lxe1@cdc.gov

 

Kristopher P. Fennie, MPH, PhD (2007-2009)   

Awards Committee Co-Chair 2009 (Public Health Practice Awards Chair)
Associate Research Scientist and Lecturer
Yale School of Nursing
100 Church Street South, PO Box 9740,
New Haven, CT 06536-0740
(203) 785-2057 - Office
(203) 737-4480 - Fax
kristopher.fennie@yale.edu

 

 

Linda Hazlett, PhD (2007-2009)
106 Larkspur Rd.
Columbia, SC 29212

(803) 361-6840 - Office

(803) 732-7818 - Fax
ljhazlett@sc.rr.com

 

 

Victor A. Ilegbodu, MPH, PhD, MD (2008-2010)

Deputy Director

Public Health Bioterrorism Preparedness

Chicago Department of Public Health

2160 West Ogden Ave, Suite 406

Chicago, IL 60612

(312) 746-6121 - Office

(312) 746-4683 - Fax

Ilegbodu_victor@cdph.org

 


Resa M. Jones, MPH, PhD (2008-2010)

Assistant Professor

Department of Epidemiology and Community Health and

Massey Cancer Center
School
of Medicine

Virginia Commonwealth University
1000 East Clay Street
P.O. Box 980212

(804) 628-2519 - Office
(804) 828-9773 - Fax
rmjones2@vcu.edu

 


John S. Neuberger, DrPH, MPH, MBA (2008-2010)
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
(913) 588-2745 - Office
(913) 588-2780 - Fax
Jneuberg@kumc.edu 

 


Jan M. Risser, PhD (2007-2009)

Associate Professor

Center for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology

Epidemiology and Disease Control

University of Texas School of Public Health

1200 Herman Pressler

RAS E 607

Houston, TX 77030

(713) 500-9386 - Office

(713) 500-9359 - Fax

Jan.M.Risser@uth.tmc.edu

 

 

Anbesaw W. Selassie, DrPH, MPH (2007-2009)

and Section Policy Committee Co-Chair

Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology Medical University of South Carolina
302M, 135 Cannon Place
Charleston, SC 29425

(843) 876-1140 - Office
(843) 876-1176 - Fax
selassie@musc.edu

 

 

Catherine L. Troisi, PhD (2008-2010)
Director, Office of Public Health Practice
Houston Department of Health and Human Services
8000 N. Stadium Drive
Houston, TX  77054
(713) 794-9927 - Office
(713) 798-0862 - Fax

cathy.troisi@cityofhouston.net

 

Robin Taylor Wilson, PhD (2007-2009)

and Past Governing Councilor GC Whip (2007-2008)

Assistant Professor
Epidemiology Division, Department of Public Health Sciences

Penn State College of Medicine
600 Centerview Drive, Suite 2200, Mail Code A210
Hershey, PA 17033-0855
(717) 531-7178 - Office
(717) 531-5779 - Fax
rwilson@psu.edu

 

John E. Vena, Ph.D. (2008-2010)
University of Georgia Foundation Professor in Public Health

Head, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

College of Public Health

University of Georgia

132 A Paul D. Coverdell Center

Athens, GA 30602-7396

(706) 583-8202 - Office

(706) 583-0695

 - Fax

 Section Councilors

(All serve a 3-year term that ends at annual meeting)

Toni Alterman, PhD (2008-2011)               
Senior Epidemiologist
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
MS R18           
4676 Columbia Parkway           
Cincinnati, OH 45226
(513) 841-4210 - Office
(513) 841-4489 - Fax
txa8@CDC.GOV
talterman@cdc.gov

Cassandra Arroyo, MS, PhD (2008-2011)
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
MPH Program Director
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8015
Statesboro, GA 30460-8015
(912) 478-1253 - Office
(912) 478-0171 - Fax
carroyo@georgiasouthern.edu

Sonja Suzzete Hutchins, MD, MPH, DrPH, FACPM (2006-2009)
and Section Policy Committee Co-Chair

7256 Waters Edge Drive
Stone Mountain, GA  30087 
(770) 639-8760 - Office
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
(404) 498-2344 - Office
(404) 498-2355 - Fax

ssh1@cdc.gov 

Tiffany L. Gary, PhD (2008-2011)
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 N. Wolfe St. Rm E6531
Baltimore, MD 21205
(410) 614-8280 - Office
(410) 955-0863 - Fax
tgary@jhsph.edu

Polly Marchbanks (2006-2009)
Epidemiologist, Team Leader
Nat. Center for Chronic Disease Prev. and Health Promotion
Div. of Reproductive Health
Women's Hlth & Fertility Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd. ; MS K34
Atlanta, GA 30333
(770) 488-6378 - Office
(770) 488-6391 - Fax
pam2@cdc.gov

 

Siobhan C. Maty, PhD, MPH (2008-2011)
Assistant Professor
School of Community Health
Portland State University
PO Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751
(503) 725-5108 - Office
(503) 725-5100 - Fax
maty@pdx.edu

 

Other leaders:


Section Councilor Assistant (volunteer) and Public Health Practice Award Committee Member
Lauren B. Zapata, PhD, MSPH (2007- present)
Lieutenant Commander, United States Public Health Service
Epidemiologist
Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (WHFB/DRH/NCCDPHP/CDC)
4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop K34
Atlanta, GA 30341
(770) 488-6358 - Office
(770) 488-6391 - Fax
lzapata@cdc.gov

 

Section Councilor Assistant (volunteer)
Christopher Tuohy, MPH (2008- present)
Essex County Cancer Coalition
c/o Division of Epidemiology
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
30 Bergen Street
Bldg. ADMC 16, Suite 1614
Newark, NJ  07107-3000
(973) 972-4623 - Office
tuohycp@umdnj.edu


Section Program Planning Committee (volunteer)
LaVette Arms, MPH (2007- present)

Product Safety Associate
MedImmune
Product Safety
One MedImmune Way
Gaitherburg, MD 20878
(301) 398-4489 - Office
(301) 398-9489 - Fax
(877) 633-4411 X84489 - Toll Free
armsl@medimmune.com


Section Councilor Assistant (volunteer) and former Student Leader
Stella-Xiaoxing He, MD, MPH (2008-present)
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Science
Cleveland State University
2121 Euclid Avenue, HS 122
Cleveland, OH 44115
(216) 687-5447 -Office
(215) 910-9785 - Mobile                                                                                    xiaoxing.he@jhsph.edu
x.he69@csuohio.edu   


Section Councilor Assistant (volunteer)
Orion McCotter, MPH (2009-present)
Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Epidemiologist
Office of Border Health
Arizona Department of Health Services
(520) 770-3179 - Office

(520) 770-3110 - Main
(520) 245-3233 - Cell
(520) 770-3307 - Fax                                         mccotto@azdhs.gov

Section Councilor Assistant (volunteer)
Celeste Marie Torio, PhD, MPH (2009-present)
Program Officer, Research and Evaluation Unit
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Route 1 and College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08543
(609) 627-6075 - Office
(609) 514-7975 - Fax
ctorio@rwjf.org
http://www.rwjf.org

Epidemiology Section Policy Committee member (volunteer) (2008-present) and former Section Governing Councilor
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
(973) 972-9384 - Office
(908) 403-1615 - Mobile
(973) 972-4574 - Fax
thomasp1@umdnj.edu

 

Section Student Leaders and Liaisons to the APHA Student Assembly
Hannah P. Yang, ScM, ScD(c) (2007-present, Lead liaison)
National Cancer Institute (NCI) CRTA (Cancer Research Training Award) Fellow
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
(301) 594-5640 - NCI Office
E-mail: hayang@jhsph.edu

 

Heidi J. Mortensen, MLIS, AHIP, CHIS, MPH(c)  (2008-present)
Center for Health and Technology
UC Davis Medical Center
(916) 213-4450 
hmortensen@ucdavis.edu
heidijen@hotmail.com

 

Lisa Oakley, MPH(c)  (2008-present)
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Public Health
Oregon State University
(541) 520-44088 - Mobile

oakleyl@onid.orst.edu
lisa.p.oakley@gmail.com


Patricia (Tricia) Saul MS, MPH (2008-present)
CDC-ORISE Environmental Health Fellow
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Environmental Health
4770 Buford Highway NE, MS: F60
Atlanta, GA 30341
(917) 208-5775 - Mobile
psaul@cdc.gov
pas2106@columbia.edu

 

APHA Epidemiology Section Program Planning Committee Chairpersons:
Karyn K. Heavner, MSPH, PhD, Chair (2008-2009) 
Aaron B. Mendelsohn, PhD, MPH, Co-Chair (2008-2009) 


Epidemiology Section Awards Committee Co-chair (Career Awards and Awards Coordinator)
Claudia A. Kozinetz, PhD, MPH (2008-2009)
 
Epidemiology Section Awards Committee Co-chair (Student Awards)
Karyn K. Heavner, MSPH, PhD (2007-2009) 
Aaron B. Mendelsohn, PhD, MPH  (2007-2009) 

 

Epidemiology Section Awards Committee Co-chair (Public Health Practice Awards Chair)
Kristopher P. Fennie, MPH, PhD (2008-2010)


Epidemiology Section Policy Committee Co-Chairs:
Sonja Suzzete Hutchins, MD, MPH, DrPH, FACPM (2007-present)
Anbesaw W. Selassie, DrPH, MPH (2008-present)

Epidemiology Section Web Master:
Cassandra Arroyo, MS, PhD (2008- present)

APHA Action Board Representative 2008
Ruth H. Allen, Ph.D. M.P.H.
Achieving Excellence in Health Institute
2039 Durand Dr.
Reston, VA  20191-1370
Phone:   (703) 620-4593
Fax:    (703) 620-1803
ruth.allen@aehinstitute.com

allen.ruth@epa.gov or Allen.Ruth@epamail.epa.gov


Section Continuing Education Coordinator
APHA Education Board Vice Chair (2007-2009)
John S. Neuberger, DrPH, 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
Jneuberg@kumc.edu


2009 Committee on Membership Representative
Epidemiology Section Membership Representative
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 Ave MSB F588
PO Box 1709
Newark, NJ 07101-1709
phone: 973 972-4775
fax: 973 972-7625
e-mail: passanna@umdnj.edu

 

APHA Science Board Representatives:

Sonja Suzzete Hutchins, MD, MPH, DrPH, FACPM  (2008-2011)
and Section Policy Committee Co-Chair

7256 Waters Edge Drive
Stone Mountain, GA  30087 
Work Phone:  (770) 639-8760
Fax: 770639866
Email:  ssh1@cdc.gov 
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
Work Phone:  (404) 498-2344
Fax: 404-498-2355 
Email:  ssh1@cdc.gov <mailto:ssh1@cdc.gov>


Stanley H. Weiss, MD, FACP, FACE  (2006-2009)
and Past Epidemiology Section Leadership on the APHA Joint Policy Committee (JPC)
Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
30 Bergen St.
Bldg. ADMC 16, Suite 1614
Newark, NJ 07107-3000
Phone: 973-972-7716
Fax: 973-972-6556
weiss@umdnj.edu
stanleyweiss@comcast.net


Elizabeth A. Bancroft, MD, SM (2006-2008)
and Epidemiology Section Policy Committee member

Medical Epidemiologist
Hospital Infections and Bloodborne Pathogens
Acute Communicable Disease Control
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
313 North Figueroa, Rm. 212
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: 213-250-8669
Fax: 213-482-4856
ebancroft@dhs.co.la.ca.us


Public Health & Managed Care Task Force Representative
Susan Farner, PhD 

Director
Research and Continuing Education
Central Illinois Neuroscience Foundation
1015 S. Mercer Ave.
Bloomington, IL 61820
(217) 333-6876 - Office
(217) 333-2766 - Fax
sfarner@uiuc.edu

 

Liaison to Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
E. Oscar Alleyne, MPH 


Liaisons to Congress  of  Epidemiology 2011 Planning Committee and Epidemiology Societies Leadership Group
James A. Gaudino, MD, MS, MPH
Claudia A. Kozinetz, PhD, MPH
Stanley H. Weiss, MD, FACP, FACE
John E. Vena, PhD


Liaisons to the Congress 2011 Epidemiology Societies Joint Policy Committee:
James A. Gaudino, MD, MS, MPH, FACPM
Stanley H. Weiss, MD, FACP, FACE
Howell C. Sasser, PhD
Sonja Suzzete Hutchins, MD, MPH, DrPH
Anbesaw W. Selassie, DrPH, MPH


2008-2009 Epidemiology Section Membership and Communications Committee:
Marian R. Passannante, PhD (Chair, Membership and Communications Committee (2008-present) and Section Membership Chair)  
Elquemedo Oscar Alleyne, MPH (Section Secretary & Newsletter Editor)
Cassandra Arroyo, MS, PhD (Section Webmaster)
Christopher Tuohy MPH (Candidate)

Victor Ilegbodu, MPH, PhD, MD (Governing Councilor)

Laurie D. Elam-Evans, PhD, MPH (Governing Councilor)
Toni Alterman, PhD (Section Councilor and Immediate Past Epidemiology Section Representative to the APHA Membership Committee)
James A. Gaudino, MD, MS, MPH, FACPM
Claudia A. Kozinetz, PhD, MPH

 

2008-2009 Epidemiology Section Policy Committee
Sonja S. Hutchins, MD, MPH, DrPH (Co-Chair, Policy Committee)
Anbesaw W. Selassie, DrPH, MPH (Co-Chair, Policy Committee)
Howell C. Sasser, PhD (Governing Council Whip 2008-2010)
Robin Taylor Wilson, PhD  (Past Governing Council Whip 2007-08)
Ruth H. Allen, Ph.D. M.P.H. (APHA Action Board Representative 2008)
Pauline A. Thomas, MD  (former Section Governing Councilor)
Elizabeth A. Bancroft, MD, SM (former Section Governing Councilor and former APHA Science Board member)
Heidi J. Mortensen, MLIS, AHIP, CHIS (Student Liaison/Leader)
James A. Gaudino, MD, MS, MPH, FACPM (Section Chair)
Claudia A. Kozinetz, PhD, MPH (Section Chair-Elect)
Stanley H. Weiss, MD, FACP, FACE (Section Immediate Past Chair)

 

       

Other Past Epidemiology Section Chairpersons

 

Betsy Foxman, PhD, MSPH (Section Chair, 2003-2005)
Professor
Department of Epidemiology
University of Michigan School of Public Health
109 Observation St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
(734) 764-5487 - Office
(734) 764-3192 - Fax
bfoxman@umich.edu

 

Sarah L. Patrick, MPH, PhD (Section Chair, 2001-2003)
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
(573) 751-6127 - Office
(573) 301-8828 - Blackberry
(573) 526-4102 - Fax
Sarah.Patrick@dhss.mo.gov

 

Robert E. McKeown, PhD (Section Chair, 1999-2001)
Professor
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC  29208
(803) 777-6220 - Office
(803) 777-2524 - Fax
rmckeown@sph.sc.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
(787) 764-5975
(787)- 758-2525 Ext. 1401 ó 1402
jose.cordero6@upr.edu

 

Last Updated: 3/26/09 ca