Misson
To serve as a conduit between the epidemiologic  research community and users of scientific  information for the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies impacting on the public's  health

The Epidemiology Section hopes to:

·        provide a link among persons with an interest in  epidemiology and its application to the practice of public health 

·        represent the epidemiologic perspective within the conduct of business of the Association 

Officers are chair, chair-elect, past-chair, secretary-treasurer,  section councilors and governing councilors.

Website
www.human.cornell.edu/pam/apha/index.htm

Chairperson
Robert E. McKeown, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC  29208
Business:  (803) 777-6220
FAX: (803) 777-2524
E-Mail: rmckeown@gwm.sc.edu

Chairperson-Elect 
Sarah L. Patrick, M.P.H., Ph.D.
State Epidemiologist
South Dakota Department of Health
600 E. Capitol
Pierre, South Dakota   57501-2536
Business:  (605) 773-3361
FAX: (605) 773-5683
E-Mail: Sarah.Patrick@state.sd.us

Secretary (Newsletter Editor) 
Rosa M. Crum, M.D., M.H.S.
John Hopkins Health Institute
2024 E. Monument St., Suite 2-500
Baltimore, MD  21205-2223
Business: (410) 614-0588
FAX: (410) 955-0476
E-Mail:rcrum@jhsph.edu

Immediate Past Chairperson
(Nominations Chair)
Betsy Foxman, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
Professor
Department of Epidemiology
University of Michigan School of Public Health
109 Observation Street
Ann Arbor, MI  48109-2029
Business: (734) 764-5487
FAX: (734) 764-3192
E-Mail: bfoxman@umich.edu