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Committees

 

2025 Award Committee

 Committee provides development, oversight and selection of the six IAPHS awards offered at each annual meeting.

Latrica Best (Chair), Boston College
Jennifer Karas Montez (Board Liasion), Syracuse University

2025 Blog Editorial Board

Members advise on themes and strategies for the blog, author posts, and recruit other authors to participate in the blog. 

JoAnne Dyer (Blog Manager)
Claire Altman
(Chair)

2025 Communications Committee

Responsible for developing and implementing an overall communications strategy for IAPHS as well as for the content and timeliness of the IAPHS website, blog, social media, and newsletter.

Elizabeth Cope (Chair)
JoAnne Dyer (Blog Editor)

2025 Finance Committee

A subcommittee of the Board responsible for overseeing IAPHS financial activities; recommending an annual budget; recommending levels of membership, conference, and other fees.

Alexander Tsai (Chair), Massachusetts General Hospital

2025 Membership Committee

Responsible for developing and overseeing IAPHS activities to expand and maintain membership and to promote diversity in its membership and leadership.

Sarah Gollust (Board Liasion), UMN
Kaori Fujishiro (Co-Chair), CDC

2025 Meeting Program Committee

Develops the themes and program for annual conferences.

Philip Alberti (Co-Chair)
Keshia Pollack Porter (Co-Chair)
Elaine Hernandez (Co-Chair)
Matthew Lee (Co-Chair)

2025 Mentoring Committee

Oversees the IAPHS Mentoring Program established in 2019 to meets the needs of members – at any career stage – who could use advice on professional development issues.

Silvia Martins (Board Liasion), Columbia University
Jessica Polos (Chair), DePaul University

2025 Nominations Committee

Coordinates the process of developing diversity goals for nominations for leadership positions in IAPHS, preparing nominations for elected officers and Board members, and supervising IAPHS elections.

Magdalena Cerda (Chair), NYU Langone

2025 Professional Development Committee

Oversees and guides the professional development activities for the organization.  Activities could include webinars, annual meeting sessions, workshops, and membership surveys.

Pricila Mullachery (Chair), Temple University
Bettina Beech (Board Liason/Co-Chair), Syracuse University

2025 Health & Social Justice Committee

 

Nicole Tuitt (Co-Chair)
Rebekah Israel Cross (Co-Chair)
Alicia Riley (Liaison/ Co-Chair)

2025 Student Committee

Working group represents student members of IAPHS. The groups focus is to generate opportunities, at the annual conference and throughout the year, which provide professional development resources for student members.

Michael Green (Chair), Duke University