American Public Health Association Meeting
Join us at APHA!
The American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Exposition is the premier public health educational forum in the United States. This year, the meeting will take place November 1-4, 2026 in San Antonio, TX.
CPH Alumni & Friends Reception
College of Public Health alumni and friends planning to attend the APHA Annual Meeting, or those in the San Antonio, TX area, are invited to catch up with fellow alumni and faculty, staff, and students at a reception hosted by the college.
Monday, November 2, 2026
6:30 to 8 p.m.
Boudro’s on the River Walk
Overlook Room, 3rd floor
421 E Commerce St, San Antonio, TX 78205
Public Health Expo
Find the UI College of Public Health in the exhibit hall — booth number 1430 (Map).
CPH Presentations
A list of College of Public Health faculty, staff, and students and other University of Iowa colleagues presenting at APHA:
| Day | Time | Title | Presenters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, 11/1 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. | Affording Care, Improving Well-Being: The Impact of Child Care Development Fund Subsidy Generosity on Maternal Mental Health. | David Frisvold |
| Sun, 11/1 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. | Occupational exposures of cosmetologists: Occupational health risks and control strategies | Trysten Culler, Coy Mills, Elise Pohl, Anna Stracciolini, Jin Pan |
| Sun, 11/1 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. | Infant post-natal exposure to neonicotinoid insecticides via breastmilk in the Midwest and Western United States | Mojirade Adetoba, Darrin Thompsom |
| Sun, 11/1 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. | Results from a regional survey of employer perceptions and practices on employee substance use and recovery | Adam Moskowitz |
| Sun, 11/1 | 2:42 – 2:54 p.m. | 2021.0 – Synthesizing the literature on CBPR and promoting principles for community-academic partnership in research and practice | Edith Parker |
| Sun, 11/1 | 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Temporal trends in the prevalence of psychiatric diagnoses among aging veterans in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system: An analysis by sex, age, and cohort | Robert Wallace |
| Sun, 11/1 | 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. | Agricultural repair restrictions, financial stress, and farmer well-being: An umbrella review | Elise Pohl, Diane S. Rohlman |
| Mon, 11/2 | 7:15 – 8:00 a.m. | Conversation Starter: What Makes a Workplace Truly Recovery Friendly? | Adam Moskowitz |
| Mon, 11/2 | 8:30 – 8:45 a.m. | 3003.0 – Substance use and related health services use among US college student family caregivers: Findings from the 2024-25 National College Health Assessment survey | Supriya Shinde |
| Mon, 11/2 | 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Socioeconomic inequality of depression among currently married women of reproductive age in Bangladesh: A decomposition analysis using BDHS data 2022 | Kamrul Hsan, Rima Afifi |
| Mon, 11/2 | 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | 3107.0 – A qualitative analysis of factors influencing modern contraceptives uptake among women living with HIV and implications for mother-to-child HIV transmission | Oluwafemi Adeagbo, Oluwaseun Badru |
| Mon, 11/2 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Awareness and perception of modern contraceptive use among women living with HIV in Calabar, Nigeria | Oluwafemi Adeagbo, Oluwaseun Badru |
| Mon, 11/2 | 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. | Safeguarding Youth Mental Health Amid Preemptive Educational Policy: Responses and Impact on Marginalized Students in Iowa Schools | Bradley Niebling, Rachel Young, Gerta Bardhoshi, Saipreetham Kadara, Karisa Harland |
| Mon, 11/2 | 3:30 – 3:45 p.m. | 3180.0 – Beyond the Traditional Postpartum Visit: A Public Health and Clinical Perspective on Binge Eating Disorder | Aida Vanderpuye |
| Tues 11/3 | 9:00 – 9:15 a.m. | 4059.0 – Uncovering the Geospatial and Seasonal Epidemiology of Fungal Keratitis in Iowa Over 15 Years | Taeuk Kang, Kanwal Matharu, Michael Pentella |
| Tues 11/3 | 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Substance-related behavioral associations with current e-cigarette usage: Data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) | Olivia Caldera |
| Tues 11/3 | 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. | 4086.0 – Sociodemographic correlates of water (un)affordability in Detroit: Recommendations for policy and practice | Gretta Rempel Fisher |
| Tues 11/3 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Prevalence of alcohol use among women living with HIV: A global systematic review and meta-analysis | Joy Edeh, Roba Alwasila, Dieudonne Kavuala, Oluwaseun Badru, Oluwafemi Adeagbo |
| Tues 11/3 | 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. | Workplace violence in emergency departments during the coronavirus pandemic: Qualitative insights from an LMIC | Maleeha Naseem, Patrick Zamba |
| Tues 11/3 | 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. | 4131.0 – Civic Engagement as a Public Health Intervention | Anjali Deshpande |
| Tues 11/3 | 4:45 – 5:00 p.m. | 4199.0 – Lights, Health, and Community: Co-Designing an Educational Dashboard with Chicago High School Students and Teachers | Jun Wang |
| Tues 11/3 | 5:15 – 5:20 p.m. | 4233.0 – Operationalizing pharmacist integration in primary care: Lessons from a pragmatic trial. | Gretta Rempel Fisher, Rachel Hoskins, Jeffrey Reist, Emily Peterson, Kevin Schleich, Chad Triplett, Lindsy Lansberry, Samantha Shaffer, Cam Marsengill, Jennifer Van Tiem, Kathryn Dorsey, Korey Kennelty |
| Wed 11/4 | 8:30 – 8:40 a.m. | 5058.0 – Trade, Health, and Peace in an Interconnected World | Elise Pohl |
| Wed 11/4 | 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. | 5058.0 – Health, Trade, and the Political Economy of Peace | Elise Pohl (Moderator) |
| Wed 11/4 | 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. | 5034.0 – Innovations and Gaps in Prehospital and Emergency Medical Service | Maleeha Naseem (Moderator) |
| Wed 11/4 | 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | 5075.0 – Building Trust and Disrupting Structural Racism in Local Health Departments: A Narrative Review | Gretta Rempel Fisher |
| Wed 11/4 | 10:30 – 12:00 p.m. | 5080.0 – Epidemiology Section: Implementation Science and Translational Epidemiology | Maleeha Naseem (Moderator) |
| Wed 11/4 | 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. | 5069.0 – Effects of State Medicaid Expansions Affecting Parental Eligibility on Children’s Healthcare Access and Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic | Joel James, George Wehby |
For questions, contact Tara McKee.