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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