UCLA Fielding School of Public Health at the 2025 APHA Meeting & Expo: "Making the Public’s Health a National Priority"

The 2025 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo will be from:

November 2, 2025 – November 5, 2025, 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern Time), at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty, students, and staff will participate at the 2025 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC: "Making the Public’s Health a National Priority."

Visit the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (booth #1503) and FSPH's UCLA Center for Health Policy and Research (booth #1501), at the 2025 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo, which will be held from Sunday, November 2 until Wednesday, November 5, 2025. For a complete list of sessions at the 2025 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo, click here. Sharing photos on social media? Please tag #UCLAFielding

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Please note that the list below includes the events and sessions we are aware of that include UCLA Fielding community members. Please check the APHA website for the latest information.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty, staff, and student sessions, by day and time (all event times are Eastern time):

Sunday, November 2, 2025

• 1-2 pm: Board 8 Impact of Los Angeles Firestorm on self-reported health of people experiencing homelessness: baseline results from a longitudinal survey; Dr. Jessie Chien, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 2:30-2:45 pm: 2084.0 Citizenship status, institutional trust, and COVID-19 vaccination among Latino adults; Dr. Kathryn Kietzman, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 3-4 pm: Board 10 Life stage matters: Age-stratified patterns and correlates of multimorbidity among Black Americans; Dr. Courtney Thomas Tobin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 3-3:15 pm: 2106.0 Is female genital mutilation entrenched or waning? A comparison in Kenya of the Kuria and Maasai cultures; Dr. Paula Tavrow, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 3-3:15 pm: 2093.0 Examining the use of social media for mental health connection and support among Black American young adults; Leona Ofei, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Monday, November 3, 2025

• 9:15-9:30 am: 3016.0 A longitudinal mixed methods evaluation of field medicine programs in Los Angeles County, California; Dr. Randall Kuhn, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 12:30-1:30 pm: Board 5 Sober Truths: Alcohol Use and the Perceived Risk of Cancer in Rural Communities; Divya Bharadwaj, UC Riverside and UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 2:45-3 pm: 3255.0 Empowering voices: Understanding barriers and facilitators of community engagement in tobacco control policy efforts; Dr. Susan Babey, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 3-3:15 pm: 3281.0 Examining the role of adversity in mental health outcomes among unhoused women with substance use disorders; Brenda Goh, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 3:15-3:30 pm: 3252.0 Informing the future of street medicine: insights from a large-scale mobile health program in Los Angeles; Dr. Randall Kuhn, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 3:30-3:45 pm: 3276.0 Evaluating factors influencing unmet healthcare needs in children with IDD: Impact of Covid-19; Dr. Jack Needleman, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

• 9-9:15 am: 4010.0 What Happens When Public Health Researchers Step into Targeted Violence Prevention; Dr. David Eisenman, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 9:15-9:30 am: 4021.0 Media exposure and behavioral coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic; Dr. Dana Rose Garfin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 12:30-1:30 pm: Board 10 An innovative approach to interprofessional education: Insights from a multi-year program evaluation; Sarah Blenner, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 12:30-1:30 pm: Board 10 The hidden health equity implications of alternative schools; Brenda Goh, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 12:30-1:30 pm: Board 6 Attributes of trustworthy care and institutional barriers: Insights from Black sexual minority men; Dr. Nina Harawa, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 12:30-1:30 pm: Board 4 Impact of SNAP on California college students’ academic performance, Dr. Susan Babey, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 2:30-2:45 pm: 4277.0 Community-informed health communication strategies to address multimorbidity among Black Los Angeles residents: Findings from the M.O.S.A.I.C. Initiative; Kyeongwon Kim, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 2:30-4 pm: FF09 Critical Condition: Health in Black America; Dr. Chandra L. Ford, Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 2:54-3:06 pm: 4225.0 Engaging with underrepresented communities around policy approaches to address tobacco use; Dr. Susan Babey, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 3:15-3:30 pm: 4283.0 Indigenous healing and decolonial health: Approaches to Khmu wellbeing in Laotian refugee diaspora; Angelina Karnsouvong, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
• 3:18-3:30 pm: 4225.0 Engaging rural communities in tobacco prevention efforts; Dr. Susan Babey, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 4:30-6 pm: Table 8 When universities partner with faith communities: Reaching marginalized students to address the health impact of campus climate; Sarah Blenner, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 4:30-6 pm: Table 9 Cancer screening accessibility: Developing multi-component campaigns and toolkits for limited literacy and English proficient populations; Dr. Alison Hermann, UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 4:45-5 pm: 4314.0 Who is undercounted when mass shooting data excludes domestic violence events? A quantitative analysis of ten years of data; Wilson Hammett, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

• 8:45-9 am: 5025.0 Campus predictors of food pantry use among college students in California; Dr. Susan Babey, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 9:15-9:30 am: 5043.0 Uncovering hidden burdens: Life course processes linking early and ongoing adversity to mental health among Black adults; Dr. Courtney Thomas Tobin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 10:45-11 am: 5060.0 E-cigarette and tobacco understanding and use among deaf and hard-of-hearing youth in California; Dr. Burton Cowgill, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• 10:50-10:55 am: 5099.0 Avoidance of public programs due to immigration concerns from 2019 to 2023 and associations with access to care; Dr. Susan Babey, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

More Information

For more information, see: APHA's 2025 Annual Meeting and Expo