APHA 2026
Annual Meeting & Expo
Description
Together We Thrive: Health Across the Lifespan
Join us at the APHA Annual Meeting and Expo, the leading public health event! Connect with approximately 11,000 professionals from around the world, engage with exhibitors, and learn from industry leaders. Together, let’s advocate for health for everyone and ensure well-being across all stages of life.
Registration and housing for the Annual Meeting and Expo are now open. Register now before the final rate increase on October 30, and check out the Online Program. We look forward to having you join us at the Henry B. González Convention Center in San Antonio this November!
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Moose Alperin, EdD, MPH, MCHES — President-Elect, American Public Health Association (APHA).
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Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, MPP — Founder, Willingbridge Strategies LLC; former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Tsung-Mei Cheng, LLB, MA — Health Policy Research Analyst, Princeton University; co-founder of The Princeton Conference.
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Brooke Cunningham, MD, PhD — Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Health.
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Zeke Emanuel, MD, PhD — Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania; physician and health policy and bioethics expert.
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Claudia Fegan, MD, FACP — National Coordinator, Physicians for a National Health Program; former Chief Medical Officer of Cook County Health.
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Linda Fried, MD, MPH — Dean Emerita, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Director of the Butler Columbia Aging Center.
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Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH — Dean, Washington University in St. Louis; Professor of Public Health and Vice Provost of Interdisciplinary Initiatives.
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Merrill Goozner — Editor and Publisher, GoozNews on Substack; health care policy and economics journalist.
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Scott Harris, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA — State Health Officer, Alabama Department of Public Health.
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Debra Houry, MD, MPH — Principal, DH Leadership and Strategy Solutions; emergency physician, researcher, and public health leader.
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Dorian Johnson — CEO, The PHuncle; public health educator, speaker, and creator.
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Nandi Marshall, DrPH, MPH, CHES, CLC, CDE — President, APHA; community-engaged scholar focused on maternal and child health equity.
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John McDonough, DrPH, MPA — Professor of Practice, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; former U.S. Senate HELP Committee staff member.
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Judy Monroe, MD — President and CEO, CDC Foundation; former deputy director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Erica Pan, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FAAP — Director and State Public Health Officer, California Department of Public Health.
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Jamila Porter, DrPH, MPH — Chief of Staff, de Beaumont Foundation.
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Eli Rosenberg, PhD — Director, Office of Science, New York State Department of Health.
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Chung-Liang Shih, MD, PhD — Taiwan Minister of Health and Welfare.
Want to Learn More?
The “Advancing Health and Well-Being Across the Lifespan” feature explores how experiences at every life stage shape present and future well-being and highlights the importance of supporting people from childhood through older age. It also introduces a guide to PHERN and Community Commons resources, including data, tools, stories, and practical materials for learning and action.
Questions? Contact annualmeeting@apha.org
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