Masters of Public Health Association

at Indiana University

Introduction

The Masters of Public Health Association (MPHA) was established in 1996, with the assistance of Dr. Thomas Tai-Seale. The purpose of this organization is to provide students with the opportunity to play a role in the evaluation, policy-setting, and decision-making procedures for the Master of Public Health program at Indiana University. Additionally, MPHA members participate in philanthropic activities on campus and in the surrounding Bloomington community.

Our current goal is to become more involved in campus activities and philanthropic events related to health education. Past activities include raising money for the Hoosier Hills Food Bank and the Susan B. Anthony Breast Cancer Foundation. MPHA also created and presented a booth at the I.U. Health Fair and helped plan, implement, and evaluate the Ruth Lilly Health Education Project. The Ruth Lilly Project allowed us to help Girl Scouts from Indianapolis earn badges related to health topics in a fun and interactive environment.

MPHA hopes to continue these projects in the future, as well as begin new projects.

Officers

• Governance co-Chairs
  Long Nguyen (lknguyen@indiana.edu)

  Andreia Alexander (abalexan@indiana.edu)
   

• Secretary
  Jill Patterson (jipatter@indiana.edu)
   
• Treasurer
  Alexis Whitfield (awwhitfi@indiana.edu)
   

• Community Involvement co-Chairs
  Valena Fiscus (vfiscus@indiana.edu)

  Melody Poindexter (mdpoinde@indiana.edu)
   

• Continuing Education co-Chairs
  Sonya Satinsky (ssatinsk@indiana.edu)

  Michelle Hathaway (mhhathaw@indiana.edu)
   

• Public Relations/Marketing co-Chairs
  Aaron Jones (aadjones@indiana.edu)

  Robin Meleski (rmeleski@indiana.edu)
   

• Evaluation co-Chairs
  Jennifer Rafalski (jrafalsk@indiana.edu)

  Julia Eminger (jeminger@indiana.edu)

Join Us

Information Card  

Qualifications for Membership:

• Must be Masters student in the Department of Applied Health Science

Welcome:

Our next meeting for MPHA will be announced soon. An email will be sent out to all AHS and MPH students once a date, time, and room have been reserved. Everyone is welcome to attend the meetings and become involved through assisting a committee with the various events that are planned for this semester.

Minutes for past meetings can be viewed by clicking on the following links:

Mass Meeting Minutes - 10/20/05

Mass Meeting Minutes - 10/7/05

Mass Meeting Minutes - 4/21/05

Mass Meeting Minutes - 3/24/05

Mass Meeting Minutes - 2/24/05

Mass Meeting Minutes - 1/20/05

Mass Meeting Notes - 1/12/05

Mass Meeting Minutes - 11/17/04

Mass Meeting Minutes - 10/7/04

Mass Meeting Minutes - 9/6/04

If you are interested in joining MPHA, please send an email to mpha or attend our next meeting. If you are a member and would like to become more involved, please contact any of the chairs or co-chairs of committees to express your interest.

Announcement:

MPHA will be having the next mass meeting on November 1, 2005.

We are voting to make changes to the constitution. Both the original and proposed versions are available for you to review:

Original Constitution

Revised Constitution

2005-06:

• 11/7/05, 12pm – 1 pm at Georgian Room, IMU. MPHA will co-sponsor a Sexual Health Seminar: An Experimental Assessment of the Sized-To-Fit Condom, presented by

  Michael Reece, Ph.D., MPH.

• 11/9/05, 10 am - 3:30 pm at Alumni Hall, IMU. Health Fair. The Office of Women’s Health will be holding osteo-screening. We discussed sharing the display board with them, possibly promoting MPHA or public health in general, and the different opportunities that lie with in the major, or master’s program.

• 12/1/05. World AIDS Day-Health Education. MPHA plans to make poster boards displaying HIV epidemics across the world.

Volunteer Opportunity:

• The Bloomington Volunteer Network is a website which lists various volunteer activities throughout the community. The network cooperates with other agencies, organizations, businesses, and Indiana University to assemble volunteers to help serve the community. Visit the Bloomington Volunteer Network for more information.

• Indiana University’s Volunteer Students Bureau

Contact Us

If you are interested in joining the MPHA or learning more about it, please contact: 

Dr. Catherine Sherwood-Puzzello (Advisor) or mpha