Section Committees and Roles

The International Health section uses a variety of committees to accomplish its work. For more information, please click on the any of the committees below to see more about their mission, this year's plans and accomplishments. (February 2009)

International Health Section Committees

Section Chair: Miriam Labbok Labbok@unc.edu

For other Section Officers see our Leadership page.

Programs Committee :

Chair: Omar A. Khan, MD MHS IH.APHA@gmail.com

Co-chair: Michael S. Bailey, MS mbailey@jhuccp.org

Awards Committee :

Chair: Paul Freeman, Dr.PH , MBBS MHP freeman.p.a@att.net

Global Health Connections Committee : > call schedule

Chair: Gopal Sankaran, M.D, Dr.PH gsankaran@wcupa.edu

Co-chairs:    Hala Azzam hazzam@epi.umaryland.edu
                    Mini Murthy Minimurthy@aol.com

Global Health External Connections Committee :

This committee was merged into the former in 2008. 

Global Health Strategies Committee :

Chair: Miriam Labbok Labbok@unc.edu

Co-chairs: Carol Dabbs DabbsCJ@state.gov, Jean Capps jcapps@erols.com, banderso@seattleu.edu

Information and Communications Committee :

Chair : Eckhard Kleinau ekleinau@masimax.com

Co-chair and Newsletter Editor : Josefa Ippolito - Shepherd Ph.D. ippolitj@cpc.paho.org 

Website Manager: Eckhard Kleinau ekleinau@masimax.com

Membership Committee :

Chair: Rose Schneider RN, MPH RSchneider@JHU.edu

Co- Chair: Alison Gernand agernand@jhsph.edu

Nominations Committee :

Chair: Mary Anne Mercer Dr.P.H mamercer@u.washington.edu

Co-chair: Wendy Johnson < wjohns@u.washington.edu>

Policy and Advocacy Committee : > call schedule

Chair: Amy Hagopian , MHA, Ph.D. hagopian@u.washington.edu

Co-chair: Leonard Rubenstein, MD LRubenstein@phrusa.org

Section Organization and Management Committee :

Chair: Carol Dabbs, dabbscj@state.gov

Co-chair: Elvira Beracochea, MD, MPH. elvira@midego.com

Secretary: Amy Hagopian, hagopian@u.washington.edu

Ex-officio member: Morgan Taylor, APHA Global Health Manager

Students and Young Professionals Committee :

Chair: Helene Carabin helene-carabin@ouhsc.edu

Working Groups:

Chair: Paul Freeman, DrPH, MBBS, MHP, freeman.p.a@att.net

Vice-Chair: Malcolm Bryant malcolmbryant@comcast.net

Secretary: Connie Gates

Chair : Maggie Huff-Rousselle , MA, MBA, PhD mhuffrousselle@ssds.net

Co-chair : Annette DeMattos ademattos@ssds.net

IH Section Roles*

Section Governing Council Whip – Amy Hagopian – hagopian@u.washington.edu

Section Organization and Management Committee – Betsy Bassan, bbassan@chemonics.com

* Appointed by the Chair

APHA Roles

Action Board Representative – Donna Barry djbarry@earthlink.net

APHA Staff Liaison to IH Section – Barbara Hatcher Barbara.hatcher@apha.org

Trade and Health Liaison* – Mary Anne Mercer, mamercer@u.washington.edu

International Human Rights Com. - Thomas Novotny (2004) tnovot@bellatlantic.net and Samir Banoob sbanoob@aol.com

Publications Board - Omar Khan, MD, okhan@jhsph.edu

Science board – Adnan Hyder, MD, MPH, PhD, ahyder@jhsph.edu

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