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SPH at APHA 2024: Galea, Annas, Fox to Be Honored

The 2024 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo will take place in Minneapolis Oct. 27-30. Here is a rundown of SPH’s participation in the conference, including awards for Dean Sandro Galea, George Annas, and Matthew Fox; oral and poster presentations; an exhibit hall booth; and an Alumni & Friends reception.

More than 12,000 emerging and established public health practitioners are registered to attend the Annual American Public Health Association Conference in Minneapolis, October 27-30, 2024. Members of the School of Public Health community will reconvene with public health colleagues from around the globe. Highlights include:

• Dean Sandro Galea to receive the Wade Hampton Frost Lectureship Award. This APHA Epidemiology Section award is the oldest award given by the Epidemiology Section and recognizes excellence in research and scholarship.
• George Annas, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor, and Director of the Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, to receive 2024 Distinguished Career Award from the APHA Ethics Section.
• Matthew Fox, professor of epidemiology and global health, to receive the Abraham Lilienfeld Award. This APHA Epidemiology Section award recognizes excellence in the teaching of epidemiology during the course of a career.
• Abstracts and presentations from SPH faculty, students, staff, and alumni (a complete schedule is below).
• An engaging exhibit hall booth.
• A reception for Alumni & Friends at the Hotel Ivy, Minneapolis on Monday, October 28.

Visit the BUSPH Booth

APHA Place @ APHA 2024 Exhibit Hours

Sunday, Oct. 27, 12:30pm – 6:00pm
Monday, Oct. 28, 9am – 4pm
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 9am – 4pm

Located at booth #2405, the SPH booth will have special giveaways for all attendees and alums (including alumni badge decals). Stop by to make a public health friendship bracelet with us

Are you a prospective student? Meet SPH leadership at the booth at the following times:

Michael Stein, MD, Chair of Health Law, Policy, and Management
Sunday, Oct. 27, 4:30 – 5:30 PM CST

Associate Dean for Education, Lisa Sullivan, PhD
Monday, Oct. 28, 1:00 – 2:00 PM CST

Julia Lanham, Assistant Dean for Careers and Practicum
Tuesday, Oct, 29, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CST

Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, PhD, Chair of Community Health Sciences
Tuesday, October 29, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST

Alumni and Friends Reception

Monday, Oct. 28

6:00-8:00pm

Hotel Ivy
Grand Studio
201 S 11th St, Minneapolis, MN 55403

Register to attend

SPH Faculty, Students, Staff, Alumni Abstracts and Presentations

Sunday, Oct. 27

3:00-4:00pm

The influence of screening on identification of behavioral health issues: A causal analysis
Families and Children across the Lifespan Poster Session

Presenter: Kerrin Gallagher (SAR‘16, SPH‘17)
SPH co-author: R. Christopher Sheldrick, adjunct associate professor of health law, policy and management

5:00-6:00pm

Prospective association of depression and anxiety with pornography viewing frequency among young adults
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Epidemiology, Epidemiology of Health-Related Behaviors Poster Session

Presenter: Chithra Singareddy (SPH‘23)
SPH co-authors: Sambid Shrestha; Amy Zheng; and Bernard Harlow, professor of epidemiology

Monday, Oct. 28

10:00-11:00am

Health equity in integrative health and medicine literature: A scoping review
Oral Session 2 – Promoting Health Equity in the Delivery of Integrative Health Care

Presenter: Elizabeth Sommers PhD, MPH, LicAc (SPH’89,’10)

2:30-3:30pm

Going for scale with mHealth: Pilot of a stress management mobile app for individuals affected by cancer in Vietnam
Innovations Posters

SPH Co-author: PhuongThao “PT” Dinh Le, assistant professor of community health sciences

2:30-4:00pm

Epidemiology Section Awards

Sandro Galea, SPH dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, will receive the Wade Hampton Frost Lectureship Award, the oldest award given by the Epidemiology Section, recognizing excellence in research and scholarship. 

Matthew Fox, professor of epidemiology and global health, will receive the 2024 Abraham Lilienfeld Award, which recognizes excellence in the teaching of epidemiology during the course of a career.

2:30-4:00pm

Reconciling Rahimi: What the supreme court’s most recent second amendment decision means for gun policies and gender-based violence
Connecting Research to Practice: Empirical Research in Public Health Law – Roundtable

Presenter: Michael Ulrich, associate professor of health law, policy and management

2:30-4:00pm

Lessons learned by intervention partners in the delivery of a multi-site parent-centered pediatric obesity prevention intervention for low-income families: “it should be a priority”
Addressing Complex Health Challenges through Community-Based and Community-Engaged Work – Roundtable

Presenter: Cristina Gago, assistant professor of community health sciences

3:15-3:30pm

We are not equal: Intersectional experiences among Latino sexual and gender minorities

New Directions for Advancing Latino Health Research Toward Equitable Systems Change

Presenter: Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, chair and professor of community health sciences

Tuesday, Oct. 29

2:30-4:00pm

Latino scholars in HIV/AIDS research education (SHARE)

Pa’lante: For Latina/o/x Advancement, Networking, Training, and Education – Roundtable

Presenter: Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, chair and professor of community health sciences

Wednesday, Oct. 30

8:30-10:00am

I’m doing my part, why aren’t you doing yours?: A qualitative exploration of the advance child tax credit among parents with young children

Public Health Social Work Approaches to Systems Change I

Presenter: Carley Ruemmele (SPH’24)

SPH Co-author: Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, research associate professor of health law, policy and management