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Two students showing off their APHA 150th anniversary mug and other swag

2022 Annual Meeting


Around the Annual Meeting on Saturday
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Melanie Padgett Powers

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November 05, 2022

Photos from Saturday's activities.
Kermit Crawford

2022 Annual Meeting


How to get your federal grant funded
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Melanie Padgett Powers

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November 05, 2022

Passion, preparation and partnerships are some of the keys to successfully obtaining grant funding.
APHA 2021 Annual Meeting & Expo

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Closing General Session: Working together to achieve health equity
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Melanie Padgett Powers

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October 27, 2021

“The goal of equity is not something to take lightly. It means we can change the world, the way we live, the way that we relate to each other."
APHA 2021 Annual Meeting & Expo

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Drug deaths, suicide drive decrease in US life expectancy
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Melanie Padgett Powers

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October 27, 2021

More research needed to understand “what is it about America” that’s driving an increase in deaths
logo, APHA Public Health Film Festival

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Student filmmakers aim to educate, empower fellow teens
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Melanie Padgett Powers

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October 27, 2021

Films explore impact of pandemic on indigenous youth, advocacy and more
heat maps

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Memphis study illustrates structural racism in evictions
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Melanie Padgett Powers

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October 26, 2021

Researchers also report on homicide among people experiencing homelessness
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Poster sessions cover the A-Z of public health
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Melanie Padgett Powers

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October 24, 2021

Check out new research on telehealth, opioid misuse and using wastewater to track COVID-19
masked woman getting vaccinated

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How to be an effective science communicator online
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Melanie Padgett Powers

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October 24, 2021

Students get a lesson in good communication: “If you perceive science communication as just debunking, you’ll be playing whack-a-mole until you die.”
three smiling women on Zoom screen

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LGBTQ youth lost social support during pandemic
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Melanie Padgett Powers

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October 23, 2021

Attendees at the National Student Meeting take on loneliness, social isolation