Cancer Forum
The APHA Cancer Forum comprises a diverse, multidisciplinary group of professionals representing academia; federal, state and local health departments; and private and nonprofit organizations engaged in cancer control efforts ranging from discovery to delivery.
Our mission is to:
- Create a focus on cancer as a public health issue within the APHA that will engage existing and new members active in cancer prevention and control activities ranging from education to practice, policy, research and surveillance.
- Enable cross-disciplinary interaction that integrates public health principles, engages researchers and practitioners and advances population-level knowledge and practice relevant to cancer prevention and control, from basic science to population science.
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Current Leadership
Chair: Heather McKee Hurwitz, PhD
Vice-Chair: Michelle B. Shin, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN
Immediate Past Chair: Jessica Islam, PhD, MPH
Chair Emeritus: Adana Llanos, PhD, MPH (2025), Toby R. Levin, PhD, MPH, CPH, CHES, MACE (2024), Jennifer Tsui, PhD, MPH (2023), Michael Halpern, MD, PhD, MPH (2022), Adriana Babiak-Vazquez, PhD, MPH, CM (2021) Oluwaseyi Isehunwa, PhD (2020), Brad Richardson, PhD (2018 and 2019), Erika Litvin Bloom (2017), Vani Simmons (2016), Jennifer Vidrine (2015), Candace Deaton (2014), Marc Kivineimi (2013), Sona Thakkar (2012)
Secretary: Kearston L. Ingraham, DrPH(c), MPH
Treasurer: Malesa Pereira, PhD, MPH, CPH, CCRP
Program Planning Co-Chairs: Sarah Nechuta, MPH, PhD and Marlo Vernon, PhD, MPH
Communications Co-Chairs: Banafshe Sharifian, MPH, CHES and Deepali Karina Ernest, PhD, MPH
Development and Fundraising Chair: Mannat Tiwana
Membership and Events Chair: Khushbu Balsara, DDS, MPH
Policy Co-Chairs: Karishma Chhabria Unrue, PhD, MPH and Ken Kobayashi, MD
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