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Section Leaders

Chair: Rachel Rubin

Secretary: Mark Strand

Secretary-Elect: Tamara Telles

Treasurer: Paul Freeman

Treasurer-Elect: Preshit Ambade

Communication Chair: Banafshe Sharifian

Membership Chair: Jessica Keralis

Student Assembly Liaison: Townson Cocke

Web Editor: Banafshe Sharifian

Section Councilors: Preshit Ambade, Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Yara Asi, Joshua Osowiecki, Jessica Keralis, Jamie Zigterman, Felicia Reid

Governing Councilors: Cheryl Conner, Mirna Amaya, Jirair Ratevosian, Jean Armas, Emily Maistrellis, James Zigterman, Chukwudi Ubah

For more information on our section, including what our committees and working groups do, please visit the IH blog or https://aphaih.org/. Our Section also has committees and working groups that help further our mission and govern our Section operations. 

 

Handbook 

International Health Section Handbook for Section Leaders

Committees

  • Awards-Jean Armas
  • Communications-Victoria Sevilla
  • Historian/archivist-Ray Martin
  • Membership-Jessica Keralis
  • Nominations-Sarah Shannon
  • Mentoring-Brianne Riggin-Pathak
  • Policy and Advocacy-Omid Bagheri & James Pfeiffer
  • Program-Lanice Williams
  • Students-Isaac Ayereka & Sam Faraday Saidu

 

Working Groups

  • Climate Change and Health-Rose Schneider
  • Community-Based Primary Health Care-Sue Gerber & Andrew Herrera
  • Global and Maternal Child Health-Evelyn Cherow
  • Health Systems Strengthening-Mirna Amaya
  • International Abortion Rights-Emily Maistrellis
  • Palestine Health Justice-Yara Asi & Rachel Rubin