Exploring Seattle and CityMatCH
November 19, 2024
Behind every great person is… a person
Many of the CEMCH Scholars attended this year’s meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA), held in Denver, October 29 - November 2. We will be posting their reflections and highlights this month. By Kara Hoffman, BS The theme of this year's APHA conference was Creating the Healthiest Nation: Ensuring the Right to Health.…
Little professional in a sea of excellence
Many of the CEMCH Scholars attended this year’s meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA), held in Denver, October 29 - November 2. We will be posting their reflections and highlights this month. By Jordan Stephens-Moseley, BA Before attending APHA, I had never gone to an academic/professional conference of that magnitude. The conference was…
Finding a Family in Family Planning
By Miranda Pollock, BS A conference with 12,000 attendees left my expectations for APHA in an overwhelmed fashion. The conference would be HUGE and full of topics I wanted to hear. However, I went in with a plan. I knew exactly what I wanted to hear, and the types of networking events I wanted to…
Making my time count
By Megan Carroll, BS, BA A packed lecture schedule in one hand and a thick book of program materials in the other, I entered the convention center for APHA ready to have my life changed. An entire conference surrounded by other public health professionals and students? I had to make this time count. I’d heard…