Applied Public Health Statistics Section
Updated: 02/26/2013
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Officers and Committee Chairs: 2012 – 2013
Chair
Din Chen, PhD (11/2012 –11/2013)
Professor
University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box SON
Rochester, NY 14642
585-276-5802
Din_Chen@urmc.rochester.edu
Past Chair
Jeffrey Wilson, PhD (11/2012 –11/2013)
Director of the Data Management and Biostatistics Core, NIH Center for Alzheimer’s
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
W. P. Carey School of Business Department of Economics
Arizona State University
BAC 565
PO BOX 873806
Tempe, AZ 85287-3806
jeffrey.wilson@asu.edu
Chair-Elect
Brisa N Sanchez, PhD (11/2012 –11/2013)
Biostatistics Department
University of Michigan
1415 Washington Heights, Rm 4164
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734-763-2451
brisa@umich.edu
Secretary
Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD (11/2012 –11/2013)
Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Blvd.
Galveston Texas, 77555-1148
409-722-5275
yokuo@utmb.edu
Secretary-Elect
Bertha Hidalgo MPH (11/2012 – 2013)
PhD/Graduate Trainee
Department of Epidemiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
220 Ryals School of Public Health
530 3rd Ave South
Birmingham, AL 35294-0022
760-447-7787
bhidalgo@uab.edu
Section Council
Bertha Hidalgo MPH (11/2010 – 2013)
PhD/Graduate Trainee
Department of Epidemiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
220 Ryals School of Public Health
1530 3rd Ave South
Birmingham, AL 35294-0022
760-447-7787
bhidalgo@uab.edu
Gary Burkholder, PhD (11/2010 – 2013)
Senior Research Scholar, Center for Research Support
Faculty, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences & College of Health Sciences
Walden University
155 Fifth Avenue South, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55401
800-925-3368 X2431
gary.burkholder@waldenu.edu
Melody Goodman, PhD (11/2011 – 2014)
Assistant Professor
Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
314-362-1183
goodmanm@wudosis.wustl.edu
Trent Lalonde, PhD (11/2011 – 2014)
Assistant Professor
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO 80639
970-351-2701
trent.lalonde@unco.edu
Ofer Harel, PhD (11/2012 – 2015)
Associate Professor
Department of Statistics
University of Connecticut
215 Glenbrook Road Unit 4120
Storrs, CT 06269
860-486-6989
Ofer.harel@uconn.edu
Guang Chen, MD, MPH, MS (11/2012 – 2015)
Epidemiologist
Division of Safety Research
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC
1095 Willowdale Road,
Morgantown, WV 26505
304-285-5995
gchen@cdc.gov
Governing Council
William Pan, DrPH, MS, MPH (11/2011 – 2013)
Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Health
Duke Global Health Institute
227 Trent Hall and A355 LSRC
Durham, NC 27708
919-681-1021
william.pan@duke.edu
Gerald Arnold, PhD (11/2011 –11/2012)
American Board of Internal Medicine
510 Walnut Street, Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3690
215-446-3568
garnold@abim.org
Intersectional Council Liaison
James (Jim) Leeper, PhD (11/2010 - 2013)
Professor of Community and Rural Medicine
Director of Education/Evaluation (Rural Programs)
University of Alabama
PO Box 870327
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0327
205-348-1355
jleeper@cchs.ua.edu
Student Liaison
Sarah McCord, MLIS, AHIP
Head of Reference & Instructional Services, Associate Professor
Library and Learning Resources
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
179 Longwood Ave, Boston MA 02115
617-735-1439
sarah.mccord@mcphs.edu
Webmaster
Anh Nguyen, MS (11/2012 – 2013)
Seller Risk Decision Analytics
PayPal Inc
9999 N. 90th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
480-862-7132
anhq08@gmail.com
Booth Chair
Bertha Hidalgo MPH (11/2011 – 2012)
PhD/Graduate Trainee
Department of Epidemiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
220 Ryals School of Public Health
1530 3rd Ave South
Birmingham, AL 35294-0022
760-447-7787
bhidalgo@uab.edu
Awards Committee Chair
Amy Ferketich, PhD (11/2006 – present)
Associate Professor
The Ohio State University College of Public Health
310 Cunz Hall
1841 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
614-291-7327
aferketich@cph.osu.edu
Student Awards Committee Chair
Trent Lalonde, PhD (11/2011 – 2014)
Assistant Professor
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO 80639
970-351-2701
trent.lalonde@unco.edu
Membership Committee Chair
William Pan, DrPH, MS, MPH (11/2010 – present)
Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Health
Duke Global Health Institute
227 Trent Hall and A355 LSRC
Durham, NC 27708
919-681-1021
william.pan@duke.edu
Nominations Committee Chair
Jeffrey Wilson, PhD (11/2012 –11/2013)
Director of the Data Management and Biostatistics Core, NIH Center for Alzheimer’s
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
W. P. Carey School of Business Department of Economics
Arizona State University
BAC 565
PO BOX 873806
Tempe, AZ 85287-3806
jeffrey.wilson@asu.edu
2012 Spiegelman Award Committee Chair
Nilanjan Chatterjee, Ph.D.
Chief of the Biostatistics Branch
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute
Executive Plaza South, Room 8020
301-402-7933
chattern@mail.nih.gov
Action Board
Amy Ferketich (Spring 2009 - Spring 2014)
Associate Professor
The Ohio State University College of Public Health
310 Cunz Hall
1841 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
614-291-7327
aferketich@cph.osu.edu
Executive Board liaison to the Statistics Section
Ayman El-Mohandes, MBBCh, MD, MPH
Dean
Professor of Epidemiology
Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics/Gynecology
College of Public Health
University of Nebraska Medical Center
984355 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-4355
402-559-4960
aelmohandes@unmc.edu
AJPH Editorial Board
Jeffrey Wilson & Linda Chen (11/2010 - ?)
Nation’s Health
APHA Applied Public Health Statistics Section Resourceful Members
James (Jim) Leeper, PhD
Professor of Community and Rural Medicine
Director of Education/Evaluation (Rural Programs)
University of Alabama
PO Box 870327
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0327
205-348-1355
jleeper@cchs.ua.edu
Diane Makuc, DrPH, MSPH, BA
National Center for Health Statistics
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
3311 Toledo Rd Room 6207
Hyattsville, MD 20782-2003
dmm5@cdc.gov
Deborah (Dedun) Ingram, PhD
National Center for Health Statistics
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Chevy Chase, MD
ddi1@cdc.gov