Meet Your New IAPHS Board Members
IAPHS StaffCongratulations to our new IAPHS board members! We encourage you to get to know them and their vision for IAPHS. You can read their candidate statements here.
The Board provides oversight and strategic guidance to IAPHS. They meet by conference calls throughout the year and in-person just before the annual IAPHS Conference.
President Elect, 2026
Marino Bruce, PhD, MSRC, MDiv
Founding Director, The Collaboratories at UH Population Health
Associate Dean for Research and Clinical Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Dr. Bruce will also serve as President in 2027 and Past-President in 2028. In 2027, he will appoint individual(s) to chair the 2027 Program Committee as well as other new members of IAPHS committees in 2027.
Board Member – Junior
Mathew Kiang, ScD, MPH
Stanford University
Board Member – Mid-Career
Rita Hamad, MD, PhD
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Board Member – Senior
Theresa Osypuk, ScD, ScM
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
The three board members above will serve 3-year terms beginning November 1, 2025.
Student Board Member
Arinala Randrianasolo
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Sociology and Criminology (also dual-title Demography program)
Arinala will serve for a 3-year term as a student representative on the IAPHS Board and as Chair of the IAPHS Student Committee.
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