Our Annual Meeting Leadership & Planning Committee

The College acknowledges and thanks all those who worked hard and contributed to making the Annual Meeting a success! 

ACE Program Committee 

Macarius Donneyong, MPH, PhD - Chair
The Ohio State University 

Admissions Committee Representative
Matthew Bonner, PhD
University of Buffalo 

Associate Member Committee Representatives
Tamara Chavez-Lindell, PhD
Tennessee Department of Health
Roxanne Seepersad
Monterey County Health Department 

Awards Committee Representative
Narges Khanjani, PhD
Texas Tech University Health Science Center El Paso

Communications Committee Representative
Julie Smith-Gagen, PhD, MPH
University of Nevada 

Executive Committee Representative
Annette Adams, PhD
Kaiser Permanente Southern California 

Ethics and Policy Committee Representative
Jennifer Salerno, PhD
McMaster University 

Finance Committee Representative
Nick Ollberding, PhD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Membership Committee Representatives
Sara Tartof, PhD
Kaiser Permanente SCPMG Research and Evaluation 

Minority Affairs Committee Representative
David Huang, PhD
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

Professional Development Committee Representative
Cara Frankenfeld
MaineHealth Institute for Research

Publications Committee Representatives
Syed (Ahsan) Raza
University of Pittsburgh
Akshaya Bhagavathula
North Dakota State University 

The Local Host Committee

Macarius Donneyong, MPH, PhD - Chair
Associate Professor, Division of Outcomes and Translational Sciences, College of Pharmacy; College of Public Health; Translational Data Analytics Institute (TDAI), OSU 

Jeff BridgePhD
Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, OSU, and Director of the Center for Suicide Prevention and Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH 

Pamela Faust, MA
Research Community Coordinator, Translational Data Analytics Institute, OSU 

Ashley FelixPhD
Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, OSU 

Amy FerketichPhD
Professor and Interim-Chair, Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, OSU 

Maria GalloPhD
Professor and Associate Dean of Research, College of Public Health, OSU 

Teresa LongMD, MPH
Special Advisor - Community Engagement and Partnership, Health Behavior and Health Promotion, College of Public Health, OSU 

Ximena OyarzunMS, PhD
Division of Outcomes and Translational Sciences, College of Pharmacy, OSU 

Maurizio Macaluso, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Director, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center 

Fred Tabung, PhD, MSPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, OSU 

Andrew Wapner, DO, MPH
Associate Clinical Professor, Co-Director, Center for Public Health Practice, Health Services Management and Policy, College of Public Health, OSU 

The ACE Office Team

Brian Buff
Acting Executive Director

Dominique Kuentzel
Digital Manager/Communications & Marketing

Marie McKinnon
Conference & Meeting Planner

Donna Johnson, CMM, CMP
Conference Advisor 

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