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October 26, 2020

From October 24 - 28, 2020, Dornsife faculty, staff, and students participated in the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) first-ever all virtual . The annual meeting, which was initially planned to be in San Francisco, California, was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite not being able to gather in-person, members of the Dornsife community still participated in the event in numerous ways.

Throughout the conference, guests visited Dornsife’s (number 2201) which was staffed by Dornsife’s Enrollment Management and Student Success (EMSS) team. The booth featured many Dornsife videos, news, and stories for those who stopped by. The EMSS team also held two information sessions for prospective students to learn more about the School and ask questions during the conference.

On Monday, October 26, public health professionals and APHA attendees from across the United States tuned in for the 10th annual APHA Day of Action titled “Safer Communities through Racial Justice: Coordinated Virtual Action” which is planned by the  section. The goal of the event was to take action in support of local and national campaigns that are creating community safety by advocating for divestment from mass punishment, detainment, and incarceration and investment in thriving communities and racial justice. Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH, associate professor in the Department of Community Health and Prevention at Dornsife, co-lead of Policy and Community Engagement Core at the Urban Health Collaborative, and CHPPD Founder and Chair since 2011, and Samantha Rivera Joseph, MPH, PhD candidate in the department of Community Health and Prevention at Dornsife, each helped organize and coordinate this widely attended event with the support of the . Dornsife was one of the proud sponsors. You can .

Below are sessions that members of the Dornsife community took part in.

On Monday, October 26, the following sessions took place:

•  moderated by Samantha Rivera Joseph, MPH
• - Sarah Stevens, MPH, Astha Ramaiya, PhD, Kelli Kostizak, MPH, and Suruchi Sood, PhD
• - Janna Ataiants, DrPH, MPA, and Stephen Lankenau, PhD

On Tuesday, October 27, the following sessions took place:

• - Samantha Rivera Joseph, MPH, and Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH
• - Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH, Samantha Rivera Joseph, MPH, John Rich, MD, MPH, and Ted Corbin, MD, MPP
• - Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH
• - Zach Fusfeld, MPH, Maggie Beverly, MPH, Erikka Gilliam, MS, MPH, Irene Headen, PhD, MS, Matthew Jannetti, MSPPM, Samantha Rivera Joseph, MPH, Kelley Traister, MSW, Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH, and Félice Lê-Scherban, PhD, MPH
• - Janna Ataiants, DrPH, MPA
• - Sharrelle Barber, ScD, MPH
• - Jonathan Purtle, DrPH, MPH, MSc, Katherine Nelson, MPH, Aditi Srivastav Bussells, PhD, MPH, and Sarah Gollust, PhD
• - Jennifer Taylor, PhD, MPH, CPPS
• - Regan Murray, MPH, EMT, Sherry Brandt-Rauf, MPhil, JD, Benjamin Vernon, Kelly Adams, and Jennifer Taylor, PhD, MPH, CPPS
• - Matthew Kearney, MPH, PhD(c), Ali Groves, PhD, MHS, Abdou Gning, Marieme Fall, Deborah Glik, ScD, and Philip Massey, PhD, MPH

On Wednesday, October 28, the following sessions took place:

• - Wesley Goodman-Levy, MD/MPH(c), and Kevin Martinez-Folgar, MD
• - Rabbi Nancy Epstein, MPH, MAHL
• co-hosted by Garumma Feyissa, PhD, MPH

To all who had work recognized at APHA or presented, congratulations on this achievement.

In advance of the meeting, Ashley M. Geczik, MPH, a doctoral student in the department of Environmental and Occupational Health at Dornsife, received the James Keogh Scholarship award to attend the by the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Section. Congratulations, Ashley!

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