Leadership and Committees

 

MCH Section Leadership

 

Chair

Barbara Levin

BarbL11@aol.com

Past Chair

Jan Weingrad Smith

smithjw@chc1.com

Chair Elect

JoAnne Fischer

JFischer@momobile.org

Secretary

Jane Pearson

janepearson@cox.net

Secretary-Elect

Karen VanLandeghem

kvanlandeghem@ameritech.net

 

 

 

MCH Section Councilors

 

 

12/2005-11/2008

Lauren Raskin Ramos

lramos@amchp.org

12/2005-11/2008

Alba Cruz-Davis

Alba_cruzdavis@dfci.harvard.edu

11/2006-11/2009

Anne Keith

akeith@usm.maine.edu

11/2006-11/2009

Judy Lewis

lewisj@nso.uchc.edu

11/2007-11/2010

Phyllis Stubbs-Wynn

pstubbs@hrsa.gov

11/2007-11/2010

Ann Dozier

Ann_dozier@urmc.rochester.edu

 

 

 

Governing Councilors

 

 

11/2006-11/2008

Mary Driscoll

driscoll@hektoen.org

11/2006-11/2008

Joseph Telfair

J_telfai@uncg.edu

11/2006-11/2008

Debra Jackson

bessrfam@iafrica.com

11/2007-11/2009

Judith Katzburg

jkatzbur@ucla.edu

11/2007-11/2009

Deborah Allen

dallen@bu.edu

11/2007-11/2009

Ellen Mason

elemason@aol.com

11/2007-11/2009

Mary Francis Kornak

mkornak@aol.com

 

 

Committees

 

Roles of MCH Section Committees

  • Educate the APHA membership about important MCH topics
  • Contribute to the translation of research to practice by
    • Reviewing abstracts for the annual APHA meeting
    • Organize MCH related sessions at APHA
    • Developing policy statements that link research to practice
    • Advocating for change
  • Advocacy efforts and lobbying
  • Training ground for future Section leaders

 

Adolescent Health

Lucy Fehrenbach and Lynn Roberts

lfehrenbach@astho.org ;

lroberts@hunter.cuny.edu

 

Breastfeeding

Mary Rose Tully, and

Joan Dodgson

mrwtully@bellsouth.net;

Dodgson@hawaii.edu

Child Care

Phyllis Stubbs-Wynn

pstubbs@hrsa.gov

Children with Special Health Care Needs

Deborah Allen

dallen@bu.edu

Epidemiology

Ann Dozier and

Karalee Poschman

Ann_dozier@urmc.rochester.edu;

karalee.poschman@yale.edu

Genetics and Bioethics

Michele Lloyd-Puryear and Penny Kyler

mpuryear@hrsa.gov;

pkyler@hrsa.gov

 

 

Infant and Child Health

Hani Atrash and

Karen Bell

hatrash@cdc.gov;

kbell@sph.emory.edu

Improved Pregnancy Outcomes

Janine Lewis and

Tyan Parker Dominguez

jlewis6@uic.edu; jlewis6@gmail.com;

tyanpark@usc.edu

Innovations in Maternity Care

Carol Nelson,

Barbara Levin, and

Cecilia Wachdorf

cpmcnel@usit.net;

BarbL11@aol.com;

ceciliamw@earthlink.net

International MCH

Lindsay Edouard and

Judy Lewis

edouard@unfpa.org;

lewisj@nso.uchc.edu

Perinatal and Women’s Health

Marjorie Sable and

Wendy Hellerstedt

sablem@missouri.edu;

helle023@umn.edu

Policy and Finance

Sandii Leland Handrick,

and Jane Pearson

lelandhandrick@aol.com;

jpearson@slhi.org

SIDS/Infant Mortality

Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge and

Marian MacDorman

kimberlee.Wyche@nashville.gov;

mfm1@cdc.gov

Violence Prevention

Brian Willis and

Marti Coulter

bwillis40@hotmail.com;

mcoulter@hsc.usf.edu

 

Standing Committees

 

Membership

Jessie  Richardson Hood

jvr4@cdc.gov

Program

Carol Nelson

cpmcnel@usit.net

Awards

Jan Weingrad Smith

smithjw@chc1.com

Newsletter

Clare Feinson

cfeinson@erols.com

Newsletter

Shalini  Tendulkar

stendulk@hsph.harvard.edu

Affirmative Action

Sandra Rivers

Sar02@health.state.ny.us

Nominations

Mary Rose Tully      

mrwtully@bellsouth.net

Student Leadership

Karen VanLandeghem

kvanlandeghem@ameritech.net

 

 

Liaisons

 

Liaison Organizations

Bill Sappenfield

Bsappenfield@cdc.gov

AAP Council on Pediatric Research

Lewis Margolis

lew_margolis@unc.edu

MCH Journal

Milton Kotelchuck

kotelchuck@bu.edu

City MATCH

Patrick

Simpson

psimpson@unmc.edu

AMCHP

Michael Fraser

mfraser@amchp.org

ACMG

Robert Fineman

drbob@u.washington.edu

ATMCH

Jose Gorrin

jgorrin@rcm.upr.edu

Family Voices

Barbara Popper

bpopper@fcsn.org

US Breastfeeding Committee

Jan Weingrad Smith

smithjw@chc1.com

 

APHA Committees

 

Action Board

Holly Grason

hgrason@jhsph.edu

APHA Liaison

Debbie Klein Walker

Executive Board

Terri Wright

tdw@wkkf.org

Governance

Howard Spivak

hspivak@tufts-nemc.org

Human Rights