Two volunteer positions for APHA International Health section!
1. Volunteer campaign manager for American Public Health Association executive board candidate
We are looking for a student who would be prepared to volunteer a few hours a week to work with the American Public Health Association, International Health section to provide logistics support the candidacy of Maggie Huff-Rouselle for the Executive Board of the APHA. The opportunity will require approximately four hours a week between mid-August and late October, to work with Maggie and Malcolm Bryant (chair of the IH section), to prepare a campaign strategy, put together candidacy materials, liaise with the 27 sections and 50 affiliates, and work with the governing council of APHA.
This is an excellent opportunity to become familiar with the governance of the oldest and largest public health association in the world, and facilitate establishing international health as an active player in the executive decision-making of the association.
Interested students should contact Malcolm Bryant by August 13th.
2. Volunteer fund-raiser for the American Public Health Association, International Health Section.
The international health section is establishing a fund to provide scholarships to students from both the US and internationally, to attend the APHA annual meeting. We are looking for one or more volunteers (you don’t have to be an APHA member), to assist in strategizing how to establish this fund, identifying potential donors, soliciting donations, and developing the bylaws that will guide allocation of resources from this fund for scholarships. Ultimately we would like to be able to offer scholarships for 20 US-based and 10 international students to enable them to present scientific papers at the annual conference.
Anyone interested in this opportunity should e-mail Malcolm Bryant (bryantm@bu.edu) – the current chair of the IH section, and we will organize a meeting of interested individuals during the week of 13th August.
