Roster/Contact Information

The APHA Science Board ensures the Association's professional and public policy programs are evidence-based by reviewing proposed APHA policies for their scientific adequacy, and actively participating in the Association's policy review process.

2011 Science Board


Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH - Chair

Professor and Chair
Freeport McMoRan Chair of Environmental Policy
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Department of Environmental Health Sciences (SL-29)
1440 Canal Street, Ste. 2100
New Orleans, LA 70112-2704
Phone: (504) 988-7904
Email: mlichtve@tulane.edu 
Term Expires: 2011
Section: Environment

Elizabeth Bancroft, MD, ScM -  Vice Chair
Medical Epidemiologist
Los Angeles County, Department of Public Health
1505 9th Street, #401
Santa Monica, CA 90401-2755
Phone: (213) 250-8669
E-mail: ebancroft@ph.Lacounty.gov    
Term Expires: 2012
Section: Epidemiology

Michele Bloch, MD, PhD
Medical Officer
Tobacco Control Research Branch
National Cancer Institute
Executive Plaza North, room 4038
6130 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7337
Bethesda, MD 20892-7337
Phone: (301) 402-5284
E-mail: blochm@mail.nih.gov 
Term Expires: 2013
Section: Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs

Vicky Cardenas, PhD, JD
6126 Stonehenge Place
North Bethesda, MD 20852
Phone: (301) 770-4706
E-mail: Cardenas@u.washington.edu
Term Expires: 2012
Section: Epidemiology

Alex E. Crosby, MD, MPH
Medical Epidemiologist
Division of Violence Prevention/CDC
4770 Buford Hwy NE, MS: F-63
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-4272
E-mail: aec1@cdc.gov
Term Expires: 2013
Section: Injury Control and Emergency Services

Gilbert Gee, PhD
Associate Professor
UCLA School of Public Health
650 Charles E. Young Drive South
Room 16-035 Center for Health Sciences
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
Phone: (310) 825-8838
Email: gilgee@ucla.edu
Term Expires: 2011
Section: Community Health Planning

Miryam C. Gerdine, MPH
Public Health Analyst
Office of Health Information Technology and Quality (OHITQ)
Office of Special Health Affairs/HRSA
U.S.  Department of Health and Human Services
5600 Fishers Lane, 7C-26
Rockville, MD 20857
Office: 301-443-6760
Mobile: 202-270-7222
Email: MGerdine@hrsa.gov
Term Expires: 2011
Section: Health Informatics and Information Technology

Rebecca A. Head, MS, PhD, DABT
Health Officer/Dept Director
Monroe County Health Dept
2353 South Custer Road
Monroe, MI 48161-9769
Phone: (734) 240-7804
Email: rebecca_head@monroemi.org
Term Expires: 2013
Section: Environment

Sonja S. Hutchins, MD, MPH, DrPH, FACPM
Captain, USPHS
Associate Director for Medical Science (Acting)
Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, Office of the Associate Director for Program (Proposed)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E-67
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone: (404) 498-2344
Email: ssh1@cdc.gov
Term Expires: 2011
Section: Epidemiology

Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD, FACE
Research Director on Social Determinants of Health and Equity
Division of Epidemiology and Analytic Methods
Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office
Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE
Mailstop E-33
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone: (404) 498-1128
Email: cdj9@cdc.gov
Term Expires: 2012
Section: Medical Care

Omar A. Khan, MD, MHS, FAAFP
Director of Global Health Programs
Attending Physician
Depts. of Family Medicine
University of Vermont & University of Pennsylvania
1309 Veale Road, Suite 11
Wilmington, Deleware 19810
Phone: (802) 734-7191
E-mail: omar.khan@vtmednet.org
Term Expires: 2011
Section: International Health

Kawika M K I Liu, MD, PhD, JD
Medical Director
Moloka'i Community Health Center
P.O. Box 2040
Kaunakakai, HI
Phone: (808) 553-5038
Email: k.liu.hpha@gmail.com
Section: Medical Care

Howell Sasser, PhD
Associate Professor
New York Medical College
106 Twin Brook Court
Carmel, NY 10512
Phone: (914) 594-4898
Email: howell_sasser@nymc.edu
Term Expires: 2013
Section: Epidemiology

Joan Stelmack, OD, MPH
Chief Optometry
Blind Rehabilitation Service
Edward E. Hines VA Hospital (124)
5000 South 5th Avenue
Hines, IL 60141-3030
Phone: (708) 202-2124
E-mail: Joan.Stelmack@va.gov
Term Expires: 2012
Section: Vision Care

Toni (Antronette) Yancey, MD, MPH
Professor of Health Services
UCLA School of Public Health
Co-Director, UCLA-Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity
650 Charles Young Drive South
Room 31-235 CHS
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: (310) 794-9284
Fax: (310) 825-3317
E-mail: ayancey@ucla.edu
Term Expires: 2012
Special Primary Interest Group (SPIG): Physical Activity

Student Representative

Juanita Carol Graham, MSN RN
Health Services Chief Nurse
Mississippi State Dept of Health
PO Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215-1700
Phone: (601) 576-8109
Email: juanita.graham@msdh.state.ms.us
Term Expires: 2013
Section: Public Health Nursing

APHA Staff Liaison

Tia Taylor, MPH
Health Policy Analyst
800 I Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202.777.2436
Email: Tia.taylor@apha.org