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- AcademyHealth
- American Public Health Association (APHA)
- American Statistical Association
- BCHW
The APHA Black Caucus of Health Workers, created in 1968, is the oldest caucus in the American Public Health Association.
- Epidemiology societies
- Association of Black Women Physicians (ABWP)
ABWP is a network of African-American women physicians committed to the improvement of public health and welfare through the advancement of knowledge concerning women and the community health.
- Black Ladies in Public Health (BLiPH)
International online group that promotes scholarship, service, self-care, support and a safe space for Black Ladies interested in, training and working in Public Health. The goals of BLiPH are: Promote scholarship, service, self-care, support and a safe space for Black Ladies in Public Health. Provide multiplatform social solutions that connect and engage Black Ladies in Public health and our Allies. Create opportunities to connect the profession to the public through intentional integration and innovation. Tell the story of who we are, what we do, why we do it, and what we need!
- Black Student Network at Emory SPH - Minutes from Feb 17, 1994
Zara E. Sadler minutes from the February 17, 1994 meeting of the Black Student Network at the Emory University School of Public Health (pdf)
- Building a national organization for students of color: a ten-year odyssey 1993-2003 and beyond
Zara E. Sadler, November 2004, on the origins of the BYPPHN - a.k.a. "The Network" (pdf)
- Clinical Directors Network
A not-for-profit clinician membership organization, practice-based research network (PBRN), and clinician training organization, founded to provide peer-initiated activities for clinicians practicing in low income, minority, and other underserved communities. CDN’s overall goal is to translate clinical research into clinical practice for the enhancement of health equity and improvement of public health.
- Council on Black Health (CBH)
Formerly the African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network,.the Council on Black Health (CBH) is a national network of academic scholars and community research partners based in approximately 20 states around the nation. Shiriki K. Kumanyika is Founder and Chair
CBH seeks to advance the health and well-being of Black American children and adults. CBH has its national office at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, where Dr. Kumanyika is a Research Professor in the Department of Community Health & Prevention.
- It’s Time We Became a Profession
Alfred Sommer and Mohammad N. Akhter. AJPH June 2000;90(6):845-6. Once it is clear that public health is a defined and organized profession, visibility, respect, and compensation of the public health workforce should all increase. So should the profession’s impact on policy and legislation, in a voice more audible and coherent than ever before. (pdf)
- Public Health Communications Collaborative
The Public Health Communications Collaborative (PHCC) is a learning and information hub for professionals who communicate about public health.
- Public health groups/organizations working to advance health of African Americans, Latinos, American Indians, and other minorities